Charles Leclerc said he had done his
best in climbing from 19th at the start to 3rd place at the
finish behind Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz in third and they
had been hoping to win the constructors' title but McLaren's
Lando Norris, who led from the start to win the season-ending
Abu Dhabi Grand Priz and give the British team their first title
since 1998, had been too strong for them.
"I knew I had to be aggressive on the first lap to find myself
in a good position for the rest of the race. We did it but we
were too far back to do more. We did our best, unfortunately it
wasn't enough and that hurts", said the Monegasque, who will be
flanked by joint-record seven-time world champ Lewis Hamilton
instead of Sainz next season.
"Unfortunately after such a hard-fought season until the end we
narrowly missed the objective.
"At the beginning of the year things weren't going well, then
they improved and with Sainz we did really well.
"I was hoping to close these 4 years together with the
constructors' title. A disappointment".
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