Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc during the radio team with the wall during the lap of honor at the end of the 2022 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi GP race was the protagonist of a curious mishap: he choked due to his own mistake .
L’last round of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship has given great satisfaction to Charles Leclerc who, also thanks to the providential help of an unsuspected ally in the final stages, managed to cross the finish line in second place behind the winner Verstappen, however beating the other Red Bull standard bearer Sergio Perez thus obtaining second place in the drivers’ standings and helping the Ferrari to maintain second place in the standings reserved for Constructors. Despite, as recalled by the brother of the president of the Maranello company Lapo Elkann, the objective of the Cavallino team is only to finish first, both the Monegasque and the team celebrated the two vice-champion titles with great enthusiasm and did not hid his own satisfaction after the checkered flag at the Abu Dhabi GP.
Satisfaction emerged immediately in team radio staged between the Monte-Carlo driver and the Ferrari wall immediately after the finish line of the last race of the year held on the Yas Marina circuit. And it is precisely during the radio communication with the team in which the feat of having managed to keep rival of the day Sergio Perez behind him that Charles Leclerc has been the victim of a small mishap. Suddenly indeed the Monegasque driver abruptly interrupted his dialogue with the team emitting a few coughs giving the sensation of having choked. Fortunately, later a few seconds of silencethe 25-year-old who just graduated runner-up in Formula 1 2022 has resumed speaking, reassuring everyone.
Leclerc himself explained what happened admitting that it was his mistake to cause that bottleneck: “Oh, I hit the drinks button” in fact said the Monegasque before returning to thank the men of the Scuderia for the great work done in the last race of the season. The Ferrari driver he therefore inadvertently pressed for a long time the button on the hyper-technological steering wheel of his F1-75 which through a small tube brings the mineral drink loaded with super-concentrated glucose at the pilot’s mouth. Surprised by the arrival of such drink with a probably higher flow to what is normally injected when you decide to take it voluntarily, Leclerc got into trouble with the very sugary drink that went sideways and caused the little mishap.
Leclerc pride in the Abu Dhabi GP, Perez beaten: he is vice-champion, Ferrari 2nd among the constructors
The video of this curious episoderesolved without any after the Abu Dhabi GP race, it immediately went viral on the web also becoming a source of sarcasm. In fact, many have ironized on the fact that this was the best way to end the season for Ferrari, that is making a mistake in pressing a button as happened several times during the year on the wall at the time of the strategies precisely in the race in which, thanks to an apt strategy that surprised Perez and the Red Bull Charles Leclerc and the Maranello team, they obtained a second place which counts as a victory given the importance of the stakes.
