Charles Leclerc has explained why he drove the f♏inal two laps of the Spanish Grand Prix before retiring with his seat belts u꧅ndone.

Leclerc came to a halt midway through the race in Barcelona and subsequently undone his belts as h🌺e prepared to get out of his Ferrari car.

He was then able to get his car running again an♋d continued for two more laps, before eventually returning to the pits to retire the car.

Explaining what happened, Leclerc said:ജ “I unbuckled myself once I knew that there was a problem with the engine. I didn’t think I would go again. And then I re-put them on, on the way to go again on tꦓhe track.

“I did one slow lap, especially to know if the engine was working properly again or not. And then on the second lap when I started to push I realised that one of the four buckles we have as a seatbelt was not on. 🐬So I told it to the team and I stopped straight away.”

The legend🧸ary Spa-Francorchamps circuit consists of long straights in the first and final sectors of the lap m♉eaning straight-line performance and engine power is critical.

Ferrari has often languished in the bottom end of the speed trap figures in 2020 and Leclerc expects Ferrari to “suffer” this weekend foജ🅠r that very reason.

“I don’t thi𒊎nk there are any particular things to do for here as it is already a pretty low downforce⛦ track, it is the same for everyone.

“I think we will suffe𒈔r a bit in the first and third sector but the second sector is still very powerful for lap time and hopefully we can gain some time on our competitors theღre.”