Um, leaving Leclerc out for defense was the only logical call. He's useless behind them on the same tires.
Next 3-4 laps are critical. If Sainz can keep the gap around 7 seconds at that point, he should be fine.
My prediction was that he was going to cause a safety car. Something wrong with his car today. Sent from my SM-S908U using Tapatalk
He would've been behind Russel and on the same tires, whereas this way he can be a road block. It's the right call 100%.