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No more ‘risky' runs in historic F1 cars – Leclerc

Jun.8 Charles Leclerc says he will not be doing any more running at the wheel of historic Formula 1 cars this year. Recently, the Monaco local appeared at the wheel of Niki Lauda's 1974 Ferrari for a series of demonstration runs – before crashing at Rascasse. 'The brakes were suddenly gone and I couldn't prevent the spin,' Leclerc said. 'Obviously the car had been checked before it was used, but as it turned out, a screw in the brake pads was defective. You can't prevent things like that,' he added. Therefore, the former 2022 world championship leader says he will not agree to driving any historic cars at least for the remainder of this year's season. 'I'm in a title fight and to be...
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