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Leclerc set to miss FP2 after damaging chassis in crash
Charles Leclerc’s Friday at the Canadian Grand Prix appears to be over already after damaging his chassis in a crash in FP1.
The Ferrari driver locked up and ran wide at Turn 3 early in the first practice session, heavily damaging the left-hand side of the car as he could not regain control on the grass before hitting the barrier. The incident brought out the red flags and when the Ferrari got back to the team’s garage the extent of the damage proved too big to turn around in time for the second practice session.
“When I left the garage we think that we damaged the chassis and [that means] we won’t be able to do FP2 by regulation,” team principal Fred Vasseur said. “We’ve got to do some checks, but [it looks like] it’s over for today for Charles.”
Leclerc was fastest in the session at the time of his crash but ended up 10th overall, as a challenging start to the weekend for Ferrari continues. On Thursday Leclerc denied a report in the Italian press that he was considering leaving the team having lost confidence in its direction, while Vasseur’s future was also called into question in the articles.
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While studying Sports Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire, Chris managed to talk his way into working at the British Grand Prix in 2008 and was retained for three years before joining ESPN F1 as Assistant Editor. After three further years at ESPN, a spell as F1 Editor at Crash Media Group was followed by the major task of launching F1i.com’s English-language website and running it as Editor. Present at every race since the start of 2014, he has continued building his freelance portfolio, working with international titles. As well as writing for RACER, his broadcast work includes television appearances on F1 TV and as a presenter and reporter on North America's live radio coverage on SiriusXM.
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