Charles said that while he understands why that strategy was considered, it was clearly the wrong decision. "We lost lots of points and it hurts." Then said he now understands why he was asked to let Carlos overtake him - after being explained Perez was coming fast behind. "I thought Carlos was alone in the world and would have loved to fight on track but now I understand the choice made and the situation." Finally, he expressed how tired he is of the "poles not converted" statistic, that he does an amazing job on Saturdays but doesn't have the car to convert on Sundays and change the statistic.
“It gives me chills too! for two reasons, julien febreau did an incredible job commenting the whole race and particularly the last legendary lap. And also because it’s my friend pierre. we’ve known each other since childhood.
we went on holidays together when we were younger. at this time it was just a dream for one of us to be in f1 one day and in the end we’re both together in f1, we both won a grand prix, both in monza too.
i find it rare to have a real friendship, a sincere one in f1 because of the competition. so yes there are friendships and sometimes it’s not very sincere but with pierre it always was. i was really happy that day even if my race went wrong but his win made it a good day.”
- Charles on Pierre’s 2020 Victory in Monza. Translations from twitter.