Once more all the early drama caused by Ferrari it self.
Ferrari could have swap them during the pits, as they did eventually, and avoid all that drama.
Vettel wasn't faster. He was just first on clean air.
He was right not to slow down for letting Leclerc pass because he would loose 1-2 seconds to Hamilton . No reason to do that or Ferrari to order it.
The reasoning that Leclerc should be more close to let him pass, was mind games from Vettel. Playing it smart. But was a rubbish reason.
Not loosing time to Hamilton yea i respect, Leclerc was not close enough was tactics.
Leclerc after early SC stayed stayed for 2 laps within 1 sec and another 2 laps to 1.3 sec from Vettel. For those 4 laps Leclerc was already taking more life out of the tyres than Vettel did.
When Vettel told the world he should get closer, it was like telling him, spend 1-2 laps to come within 0.5 destroy your tyres even more, so when i let you by, at some point i feel like doing it, i will demonstrate how fast i am behind you and moan that you are too slow.
Leclerc was right not to try to get too close to Vettel. He was already taken life out of the tyres and the whole strategy was about extending the stint as much as possible. He would be compromising his strategy even more, if he had done what Vettel wanted him to do.
He was frustrated because they obvious had a deal and because the frustration was building up from Singapore.
Ferrari put both of them on a unnecessary state of mind. Leclerc more than Vettel if you ask me.
They could have said from the beginning , keep a gap to each other, save the tyres , extend as much as possible go as fast as possible, and we swap on the undercut or l8r.
I don't know why they keep doing this to them selves.
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