Charles Leclerc reckons he and Sauber could have beaten Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg to sixth place at Formula 1’s British Grand Prix without his race-ending pit stop problem. Leclerc was battling with Hulkenberg for the head of the midfield pack when he came in on Lap 18 of 52 to discard his Soft tyres for a fresh set of Mediums. However, Sauber did not firmly affix his rear-right tyre and Leclerc was forced to halt his C37 a few turns later, with the team receiving a €5,000 fine for the unsafe release 'It’s a shame because we were fighting for P6 because in the end Nico finished P6 and I think the undercut was working very well, but it happens,” he said....
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