'Shut up and drive!' - F1 pundit takes aim at Leclerc after his frustration-fueled remarks

Like Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc will likely not remember the Canadian Grand Prix as one of the best weekends of his career.

The Monegasque got off on the wrong foot, making a careless mistake and ending up in the barriers just minutes into FP1. He then made another error during his final Q3 attempt, which cost him a shot at the front row—despite having set the fastest first sector—leaving him to start from eighth on the grid.

In the race, he managed a decent recovery to finish fifth, helped in part by the late retirement of the McLaren driver.

Leclerc heavily complained about Isack Hadjar shortly after his qualifying mistake, accusing the young driver of unintentionally ruining his lap by getting in the way and leaving him in dirty air. It was a team radio that didn’t sit well with Italian pundit Davide Valsecchi, who strongly criticized the Ferrari driver’s attitude.

“I cannot understand why the drivers keep complaining on the radio,” the 2012 F2 champion told the F1 Nation podcast. “Leclerc this weekend was flying, right? He had seven or eight laps in FP1. He was top of the board. Then he crashed, missed the second session and it was his fault''.