Mattia Binotto has admitted that Ferrari “forgot” to inform Charles Leclerc about teammate Sebastian Vettel’s penalty during Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix. Vettel was handed a five-second time penalty for returning to the track in an unsafe manner after running wide at Turn 3 and skating across the grass into the path of Lewis Hamilton, who was forced to slam on his brakes to avoid contact between the pair. The German retained track position over Hamilton and crossed the line in first place, only to be demoted down to second - one place ahead of Leclerc - once the controversial time penalty had been applied. “It was a mistake from our side,” Binotto conceded in Ferrari’s...
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