“You Never Invite Me”: Heartbroken Charles Leclerc Hits Out at Carlos Sainz for Hostile Behavior

Many had speculated how Charles Leclerc may not get along quite well with his new teammate at Ferrari in 2021. Though, since Carlos Sainz has arrived at Maranello, he seems to have gelled well with Leclerc. There is a good understanding between the duo on-track and off-track. But, eventually, there is a difference in their personalities. While Carlos can be quite assertive, Charles doesn’t carry his dominating racing spirit off the track. This was quite evident in the latest feature activity by Ferrari.

On the latest YouTube video by Shell, a Ferrari partner, Leclerc was left heartbroken after Sainz showed a hostile denial of his teammate’s only request. Charles stated about Carlos has never invited him over to taste Sainz’s handmade food. He said, “He [Carlos Sainz] cooks well. Pasta, No, Hamburgers. You still need to invite me to your house to cook me the hamburger.”

To this, Carlos Sainz assertively denied and said, “Yeah, but you never want to come.” The Monegasque continued the banter by saying, “You never invite me.” Carlos still had one reason to assertively justify his behavior toward Charles in this aspect. He stated, “You’re always like ‘I’m too busy’.”

Nonetheless, the Ferrari duo carried on as Leclerc was listing 3 things that he likes about Sainz. He mentioned how Carlos is a very fast driver and a very good chef and makes great pasta and hamburgers. But he also stated how the Spaniard is not as good a chess player, which makes Charles win whenever they play.

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Nonetheless, the duo has been quite cool with each other’s company, despite a tough 2022 season with the Scuderia. Sainz would certainly invite Leclerc someday to cook him some pasta and hamburgers, as he has proved his cooking skills against the Monegasque already.

When Carlos Sainz proved his cooking skills against Charles Leclerc

Ferrari organizes different challenges for its drivers from time to time. Since Carlos Sainz arrived, he has been involved with Charles Leclerc in a series named C² Challenge. This series featured a cooking challenge with a face-off between the two drivers at the 2021 Italian GP weekend.

Carlos and Charles had to cook Pasta, Alla Carbonara, which is a type of pasta cooking style famous in Italy. Usually, the Carbonara pasta will be cooked with guanciale (cured pork meat), eggs, and black pepper. Though, when Leclerc and Sainz got to cook, they messed things up to some extent.

Ferrari had kept confusing ingredients to puzzle the duo. But only Leclerc confused himself, and Sainz kept his patience to make the dish right. Charles made several mistakes and the major one was choosing the wrong type of pasta. Meanwhile, Carlos took his time to prepare everything and correctly chose the Lunga pasta.

Leclerc may have finished his cooking first, but Sainz got the dish right and properly prepared. Eventually, Sainz won the cook-off as the judges gave him 23 points relative to only 18 for Leclerc.

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So, there is a reason that Leclerc wants to taste Sainz’s food. Being the better cook of the two; the Spaniard shall invite his teammate someday to celebrate one of their triumphs for Ferrari, probably. What do you think of Leclerc and Sainz’s relationship?