F1 News: Charles Leclerc has had bad luck again. The Scuderia Ferrari driver had to surrender as he would be subject to a 10-step withdrawal penalty when racing at the Canadian F1 Grand Prix tomorrow.

As previously reported, Leclerc retired from pole position at last weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the second time in three races that the Ferrari driver has been forced to abandon a race due to group issues powertrain – also experiencing problems in Barcelona.

Before the weekend, Ferrari admitted that the power unit used by Charles Leclerc in Baku was “irreparable”, and despite speculation, it was unclear whether the Monegasque driver would be forced to take a grid penalty. However, after FP2 – where Leclerc finished second behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen – Ferrari announced it had been forced to adopt new control electronics, which the driver said was the best decision.

“Well, obviously I started a little further back. But I think it was the best decision to make, so let's see how it goes. “Overtaking was a little bit harder than expected today, but yeah, I mean, the speed is there, so hopefully we can get back to where we want to be,” he said, as reports the official F1 website.

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“Pretty close. “Race pace we need to improve. I mean, it's a little hard to get a clear picture because I was with different compounds all the time but overall it doesn't look too bad so that's good.” , he continued.

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