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Ferrari caught off-guard by Leclerc's issue

Ferrari team boss, Mattia Binotto has admitted that there were no warning signs of an issue with Charles Leclerc's engine, revealing that the first the team knew of a problem was when the driver told them. Seemingly cruising to his third win of the season, with a comfortable lead and the added bonus of a buffer - in the form of George Russell - holding the Red Bull pair at bay, on lap 27 Leclerc suddenly began to slow. 'No, no, no,' he cried, 'what happened, I lost power!' He subsequently pitted and retired, just one lap after Guanyu Zhou - another driver powered by Ferrari - had become the first retirement of the day. While admitting that it was engine-related, Ferrari was unwilling to...
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