Ferrari’s Qualifying Radio Message Gave Charles Leclerc A ‘Heart Attack’

Posted on October 21, 2023 | by Charley Williams CHARLES LECLERC TAKES POLE POSITION FOR THE UNITED STATES GP! Who needs a special helmet to commemorate their 100th race with Ferrari when you can grab your 21st pole position instead? ???? Leclerc pulled off a beautiful lap at the Circuit Of The Americas during Friday’s qualifying session, beating Lando Norris in P2 and Lewis Hamilton in P3. Max Verstappen had set a time good enough to beat him but his lap was deleted after he breached track limits at Turn 19. But before Charles was informed that he was in fact on pole position, Xavi, his race engineer came onto the radio to inform him of Verstappen’s deleted lap – but the way he paused made Leclerc fear that it was his lap that was deleted! ???? Xavi: So, lap time deleted for… Verstappen.” ???? Charles: “for f**k sake, tell me the name before!” ???? Xavi: “VERSTAPPEN… lap time deleted.” ???? Charles: “Yeah, well, I had a heart attack in the meantime.” After the session in