Jeremy Clarkson wowed by "correct racing" of Charles Leclerc at F1 Dutch GP

Charles Leclerc’s shut battle with George Russell drew applause from former High Gear host and well-known F1 fan Jeremy Clarkson.

The presenter and author, additionally identified for The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm, made his opinions about Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix clear in a collection of social media posts.

Clarkson first praised Charles Leclerc’s wheel-to-wheel duel with Mercedes driver George Russell.

Ferrari’s Leclerc barged his well past Russell at Flip 12 with a forceful transfer following a Digital Security Automobile restart.

“Leclerc. Holy shit. That’s correct racing,” Clarkson wrote on social media.

Nonetheless, Russell was not impressed with Leclerc’s driving, complaining over staff radio: “He was off the observe, absolutely?”

In the meantime, Leclerc mentioned on staff radio: “Flip 11, 12, he doesn’t depart an area. He can not complain.”

The incident was investigated by the stewards after the race however Leclerc and Russell each prevented penalties.

The stewards famous that “each drivers felt that this was a racing incident and that there ought to be no additional consequence to both driver for the incident”, including “we reviewed all of the obtainable proof and arrived on the identical conclusion.”

Russell in the end completed fourth, whereas Leclerc’s race ended within the Flip 3 limitations after he was taken out by Russell’s teammate Kimi Antonelli.

Clarkson leaps to Antonelli’s defence

Clarkson additionally defended Kimi Antonelli after the Mercedes rookie worn out Leclerc, writing: “Antonelli is an adolescent.”

Nonetheless, not everybody was so supportive of Antonelli, who got here below fireplace from 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve.

The Canadian brutally prompt “possibly F1 is simply an excessive amount of for him”.

“Very poor. A transfer that you simply would possibly see in System 4 or System 3, from a driver who doesn’t have expertise,” he Sky Sports activities F1.

“It’s not calculated the way in which it ought to be.

“When you’re in F1, you’ll make errors for those who drive too arduous on the restrict. However this wasn’t that.

“It was simply badly calculated. He shouldn’t have achieved that.

“Then, he obtained all riled up and [was penalised for breaking the pit lane] pace restrict, as effectively.

“Perhaps F1 is simply an excessive amount of for him.”