FERRARI had a race weekend to forget during the Formula One season opener in Australia.
However, a radio exchange between Charles Leclerc and his race engineer, Bryan Bozzi, left fans in hysterics and did at least provide one lighter moment for the Italian team.
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Changeable conditions at the Albert Park circuit caused chaos as six cars crashed out of the race, including rookie Isack Hadjar on the FORMATION LAP before he was then consoled by Anthony Hamilton.
But early on in the race, Leclerc was heard asking Bozzi about an issue he was having, sparking a stunning exchange.
The Monegasque started by asking: “Is there a leakage?”
Bozzi replied: “A leakage where?”
Leclerc explained: “I have the seat full of water, like full of water.”
After a minor delay, Bozzi then responded: “Must be the water.”
The 27-year-old then sarcastically replied: “Let’s add that to the words of wisdom.”
Fans were loving the hilarious exchange, with one saying on social media: “Following Ferrari is like watching an episode of The Office.”
A second said: “Charles Leclerc radio message for the history books.”
Another said: “Leclerc’s comedy gold, F1‘s new stand-up sensation!”
A fourth added: “Engineering breakthrough at Ferrari: Water is wet.”
Leclerc’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton also had his own issues over the radio, lamenting engineer Riccardo Adami for giving him too much information.
Ferrari also had a disastrous strategy late on during a rain shower.
After leaving both Hamilton and Leclerc out on dry tyres, the Scuderia pair were both placed on the podium with Hamilton even briefly leading the race.
However, the slippery conditions saw the team then pit both well after all their rivals had.
This left them down in P9 and P10.
Leclerc managed to get up to P8 after overtaking Hamilton and Pierre Gasly, while Hamilton finished P10 after overtaking Gasly but was overtaken by Leclerc and Oscar Piastri.
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Hamilton blasted an expletive down the radio following the strategy blunder before apologising.
Speaking after the race, Leclerc said: “It was definitely a missed opportunity.
“I mean, especially in those conditions, when it’s changing and you don’t have the pace, it’s there that you’ve got to score the points. – and we didn’t.
“We were not fast enough at the beginning of the race when the race was kind of boring.
“Once it mattered to make the right choice, we didn’t.”
Hamilton, making his debut for the Scuderia, said: “It was very tricky and went a lot worse than I thought it would go. The car was really, really hard to drive today.
“For me, I’m just grateful I kept it out of the wall because that’s where it wanted to go most of the time.
“A lot to take from it and just getting acclimatised with the new power unit in the wet conditions.
“The settings it requires are different, and a different way of driving and a different set-up on the steering wheel.
“I hung out as long as I could, got in the lead at one point. Just the guidance with how much more rain was coming, was missing there, so I think we missed out.”
The race was won by McLaren’s Lando Norris despite him going off track, with Max Verstappen second and George Russell third.
The drivers will have a week to regroup before the Chinese Grand Prix, which is also the first Sprint Race of the season.
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