More trouble for Ferrari as Charles Leclerc hit with 10-place grid drop for F1 Saudi Arabian GP
Following his 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:engine failure at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Ferrari have been forced to fit a fresh control electron♔ics unit onto Leclerc’s car.
The changes have triggered an automatic 10-place griꦰd drop for the second race of the season in Jeddah and put Leclerc on the back foot heading into the weekend.&൲nbsp;
Each driver is permitted just two energy stores for the entire season and Leclerc had already 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:used up half of his allocation when Ferrari o💮pted to replace power unit components ahead of💜 the Bahrain GP.
Leclerc retired from th𒁏ird place in the race due to an𝓀 engine issue.
The Monegasque trails Red Bull’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen by 25 points after his DNF and already appears to have a mountain to climb 💜if he is to win the 2023 world title.
Reliability was one of the key priorities for new team principal Fred Vasseur to fix over the winter but it see✱ms like Ferrari have so far been unable to shake-off the gremlins that plagued their 2022 campaign.
"There were two issues, one on the S𒆙unday mor✱ning when we did the fire-up and one in the race," Vasseur explained.
"Unfortunately, it was two times🗹 the control electronics box and it's soౠmething that we never experienced in the past.
"I hope that now we have it under control. We have a deep analysis on this. But unfortunately, we will have to take the penalty in Jeddah because 🍌we only have a pool of two control electronics for the season."
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