Former F2 champion turned pundit Davide Valsecchi has questioned Charles Leclerc’s complaining at the Canadian Grand Prix.
“I cannot understand why the drivers keep complaining on the radio,” he told the F1 Nation podcast. “Leclerc this weekend was flying, right? He had seven or eight laps in FP1, [and] he was top of the board. Then he crashed, [and] missed the second session and it was his fault.
“Then he got in FP3, he was second, then he got to quali, he made the mistake in his last try, he complained about [Isack] Hadjar who was far away in front. We can say that the frustration was because he was competitive, quickest in the first sector then he started the race and he kept complaining with the radio about the strategy.
“How is this possible? I mean, why do you keep complaining on a weekend when you can score a victory or you can stay on the podium, your weekend is full of mistakes, it’s not the right time to complain!
“It’s the right time to drive and say sorry and then it could be better and we’ll win next weekend. I cannot understand why the team take this situation, I cannot understand why someone is not saying, ‘Shut up and drive,’ please, you are one of the best in the world, just drive!”
