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Bad luck again for Leclerc: pit stop after three laps in Belgium

28 August 2022 at 14:32
  • GPblog.com

Another setback for Charles Leclerc. The Ferrari driver found himself ninth in the Belgian Grand Prix after just one lap, but during the safety car the current world championship runner-up popped in for fresh rubber.

The reason the 24-year-old driver had to come in was because there was some smoke on the right front. The team informed Leclerc: "It was a crack in the cooling of the right front brake. We have removed it, everything should be fine now."

As a result, Leclerc has to start again from P17 for a catch-up race. Title rival Max Verstappen is in eighth place at the moment.