Charles Leclerc breathed a sigh of relief after his seventh podium of the season for Ferrari and thanked a late Safety Car intervention for "saving" his second place in the Mexico City Grand Prix.

"I'm very happy with this weekend and happy to be on this amazing podium again, but I was very happy also to see the Safety Car at the end," Leclerc said.

"My tyres were completely gone and I could see Mas was coming back on the softer tyre so it was tough, but the Safety Car saved me.

"It was the most stressful part of the race."

He said the start was "chaos as well... There was Lewis (Hamilton) on the inside and I don't think he expected that and there was Max on the outside and a little bit of contract.

"I had to go straight, but it was stressful too. I thought the race would end there fo

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