Ferrari’s supreme state of affairs of getting each Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz beginning on the entrance in Abu Dhabi was left in tatters because the Monegasque exited qualifying in Q2, along with his 10-place grid penalty consigning him to a back-of-the-grid begin.
With the constructors’ title on the road this weekend, the scenario going into the Grand Prix has gone from unhealthy to worse for Leclerc after the 27-year-old was handed the penalty on Friday after Ferrari had been compelled to switch the vitality retailer in his automobile.
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Consequently, qualifying close to the highest of the order in Abu Dhabi turned all of the extra vital given Ferrari’s hopes of successful the title – the Scuderia are at present 21 factors behind leaders McLaren. Nevertheless, Leclerc’s Q2 effort, which had initially despatched him into P1, was deleted for observe limits at Flip 1, leaving him in P14.
That can imply a begin behind the grid for the Grand Prix with Leclerc now compelled into executing a significant restoration drive if Ferrari nonetheless hope to overtake McLaren – a problem made all of the harder with the papaya staff’s entrance row lock out.
