Part of the Ferrari staff initially refused to attend the Silverstone podium following Carlos Sainz’s victory on Sunday, according to a former Scuderia team member. As stated by former Ferrari press officer Alberto Antonini, a source told him that the staff initially did not want to celebrate the race win at the Silverstone circuit:
“I have been told – and I trust the source – an ugly episode that occurred in the immediate aftermath of the Silverstone race,” Antonini wrote on formulapassion.it – “Part of the Ferrari staff allegedly refused, at least initially, to attend the podium ceremony and photo op. If true, as I fear, this is not a good sign. A little healthy rivalry inside the garage is fine, it is fine for each mechanic and each technician to cheer for ‘his’ driver, but the common interest must be to aim to win.”
However, the information was strongly denied by Charles Leclerc:
“It is a shame to see all these type of things because it is definitely not happening inside the team. We are a very united team, we have always been. “Actually I think half of the team that were in the picture missed the plane to go back home. It was quite tricky. Actually we wanted to do the picture first but Carlos was not there. So we had to delay everything. There are no hard feelings or whatsoever.” – Charles Leclerc said, during the press conference for the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg.
“Of course there is disappointment on my side, leading the race and finishing fourth. But everybody was very happy for Carlos and this is the feeling inside the team. But we need to be better in these things not happening again, but we will. I feel the support of the team, of course in the last few races, it hasn’t gone my way for whatever reasons. But yeah I do feel the support of the team.” – Scuderia Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc concluded, ahead of the race at the Red Bull Ring.
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