10-Place F1 Grid Penalty May Await Beaten Down Charles Leclerc at Canadian GP

Charles Leclerc is not enjoying his time behind his Ferrari single-seater as things get more frustrating in Baku. The reliability issue with the Ferrari F1-75 saw Leclerc retire midway while leading the race.

The Ferrari driver is driving an incredibly unreliable car, which is costing Ferrari important points. And because of multiple turbo power unit (PU) failures, Leclerc might have to face a grid penalty. This penalty will be under FIA rules, which allow only three PU changes in a season. And if the engine failure in Baku is serious enough, Leclerc will get a 1o place grid penalty in Canada.

However, if Ferrari can use the older power units, they can avoid the penalty in the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix. Each team can use up to only three power units in the 22-race long season. With just nine races in and Leclerc already facing his first penalty, he might end up with multiple penalties by the end.

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Speaking on the power unit issue, the Scuderia team principal, Mattia Binotto said, “We need to understand what happened, so it’s really early right now as I said the engines and the power units will be back to Maranello. We will analyze, investigate, and pretty sure we’ll find as a team a solution as the team is proved it’s capable of addressing the problem and we will do it for the future.”

Charles Leclerc losing championship ground with unreliability

Ferrari might get a second shot to modify their engines thanks to new regulations because of their unreliability.

A frustrating prospect for the Ferrari driver as he saw his lead taken away by both Red Bull drivers. Commenting on the same, Binotto said, “Drivers are as disappointed as we are but they’re a part of the team as well so they’re part of the problem and they’re part of the solution.” 

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Three races in a row Leclerc can feel hard done by his team and his car. A 10-place grid penalty will be a pile-on for the Monegasque. Let’s hope the Ferrari man can push past these situations and still deliver in the coming races.