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Binotto says Ferrari made sure Leclerc had time to ‘digest' bad news

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has revealed that Charles Leclerc was told not long after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that he would be taking a penalty in Canada last weekend. For the second time in three races, Leclerc lost a win because of a reliability failure and, sandwiched in between Barcelona and Baku was Monaco, where a series of strategic errors by Ferrari saw him go from pole to fourth. The Monegasque needed an entirely new power unit fitted for Montreal, which incurred a penalty that would see him start on the last row regardless of where he qualified. READ: Ferrari boss questions legality of FIA rule change after Hamilton’s porpoising concerns Yuki Tsunoda took the same...
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