Next setback for Ferrari: Charles Leclerc has to line up at the Canadian Grand Prix. The Monegasse is punished for an intervention in the control electronics of his car.
Charles Leclerc will be penalized ten places in the starting grid for the Formula 1 race in Canada this Sunday (8 p.m. / in the t-online live ticker). As the race stewards announced on Saturday night, the Monegasque drove in the second free practice session on Friday with new control electronics, the so-called power unit. The third of these was used this year, one more than is allowed. Therefore, Leclerc has to accept the starting place penalty.
For the 24-year-old Monegasque it is the next setback in the world title fight. After standing on pole four times recently, but not winning any of the races, instead not finishing twice, Leclerc is only third in the classification. He is 34 points behind World Championship leader Max Verstappen from Red Bull.