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Charles Leclerc to use same engine in China as one that cost him Bahrain win

Charles Leclerc will use the same engine at the next race in China as the one that developed a problem that cost him victory in Bahrain on Sunday. Ferrari said they had traced the issue that dropped Leclerc from first to third behind the two Mercedes to "a short circuit within an injection-system control unit". The team said they had never seen this problem before with that component. Leclerc is fourth in the championship after the first two races of 2019. The championship is led by Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas, winner of the opening race in Australia, one point ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who inherited victory in Bahrain from Leclerc. Red Bull's Max Verstappen is third, 17...
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