Nico Rosberg is blaming Ferrari for Charles Leclerc's Q2 crash in qualifying. The man from Monaco crashed his Formula 1 car as one of the favourites for pole position.
Around Baku, Leclerc set the pace across Friday and early parts of Saturday. But he put his car into the wall at turn 8 mid-way through the second part of qualifying in Baku. Rosberg is putting the blame on Ferrari.
"They just completely threw it away again in qualifying. It's unreal how they manage to do it every single time. Leclerc was on for a definite pole position, he was really on it all weekend," Rosberg said on his own Youtube channel.
"I don't even blame it on him, I would blame it on the team because in Q2 they decided they're going to be even smarter now Ferrari and put on the harder tyre. Because they thought 'If we start the race on the harder tyre, that's going to give us even more benefits because we're so fast anyway'.
"It's like overconfidence and it went just completely pear-shaped from that moment on. I was sitting on the sofa, shaking my head, like 'what are they doing now,'. Come on, not on a street circuit, don't mess about like that. The drivers need rhythm and everything."
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"And that's terrible, really disappointing because all of us want to see Ferrari do a bit of a comeback to really push Mercedes to the limit. But they just totally failed."
The 2016 world champion isn't at the Grand Prix this weekend, but he's known for his strong opinions. Is he right to lay the blame on Ferrari? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
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