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Ferrari team order to help Leclerc ‘too risky'

Nov.14 It was too 'risky' to impose a team order and boost Charles Leclerc's chances of finishing second overall in the 2022 drivers' standings. That was the explanation of Ferrari's team bosses after Leclerc – now dead even on points with Sergio Perez with just the Abu Dhabi finale to go – admitted his frustration that the pitwall did not ask Carlos Sainz to pull over. Spaniard Sainz, third, confirmed that an order never came. 'To me on the radio, nothing came,' he said. 'So I have nothing to comment.' Leclerc made his unhappiness clear. 'I'm happy with my own performance,' he said, 'but I think about these three points if I lose second place in the championship in the end....
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