So based on both radios, I’m guessing Gaetan heard JU say “maintain a gap [ ] to car in front” (said car in front being Carlos) and reported it as being told not to stay behind (which is a reasonable assumption but not the exact same thing). But because of the slipstream, Alex has a passing opportunity that would achieve the same result (gap in front), so JU allowed it, but Gaetan didn’t have time to react.
Chinese GP '25 // Thurs Interview
“[On his crash in Australia] On my way back from the car to the paddock, (I beat myself up). Then, once I had a look at the data and saw what happened, I felt a lot more relieved... There's still these very small details that sometimes, in 99% of the cases, will not [catch] you out, but the first time that you run a certain mode, with certain quality of upshift, in certain low grip situations that, obviously, I've never experienced before in this team, it caught me out. And it meant a very bad ending to what had been, until then, a positive weekend. So, we learn from it. But it's these kind of experiences that you need to go through to make steps with the team and to move forward and progress.”
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Carlos’ instagram story — Imola GP, media day
Go Carlos Go!
He sounds so relieved and happy that he's able to make progress. He actually really needed that, we all did. I hope he scores good points tomorrow. Even better things to come to him. He deserves it all 💙💙
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my fav carlando moment is that video of lando saying “imagine if we were p1 and p2” cause like, he didn’t care who was p1 and who was p2. he just wanted them to be p1 and p2, regardless of who’s at the top step because that was never the important part of their friendship. the important part was to do it together. because, with carlando, they share every win, whether the other is on the podium or not. but they share every win, and that’s what they care about. that’s what real friendship is.