{"id":4375,"date":"2023-11-05T21:45:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T02:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/ferraris-charles-leclerc-crashes-on-formation-lap-in-brazil\/05\/11\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-11-05T21:45:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T02:45:39","slug":"ferraris-charles-leclerc-crashes-on-formation-lap-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/ferraris-charles-leclerc-crashes-on-formation-lap-in-brazil\/05\/11\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari&#8217;s Charles Leclerc crashes on formation lap in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ferrari&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=5498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Charles Leclerc<\/a> crashed on the formation lap at the S\u00e3o Paulo Grand Prix, where he was due to start from second position on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Leclerc was perfectly placed to attack <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=4665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Max Verstappen<\/a> on the run down to Turn 1 after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/f1\/report?id=600026788\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">strong qualifying performance<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<p>However, on the lap that precedes the start, the Ferrari driver spun off the track in the middle sector and hit the barriers.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F1105%2Fr1248980_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F1105%2Fr1248980_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F1105%2Fr1248980_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F1105%2Fr1248980_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Charles Leclerc had qualified in second place at the S\u00e3o Paulo Grand Prix.\u00a0<cite>Mark Thompson\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Leclerc&#8217;s race radio suggested his car suffered a hydraulics failure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hydraulics. Why the f&#8212; am I so unlucky!&#8221; Leclerc complained on the radio after the crash.<\/p>\n<p>However, speaking to Sky Sports shortly after the incident, Leclerc said the crash was caused by a different issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a hydraulic problem&#8230; I mean, I know what it is but I can&#8217;t go into too much detail,&#8221; Leclerc said. &#8220;There was an engine thing that made me lock the rear wheels and then I spun and hit the wall, so I couldn&#8217;t do anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Monaco native managed to get his car moving again but only to drive into an escape road, which meant there was no delay to the start of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Because of Leclerc&#8217;s crash, Verstappen started the race with an empty grid slot next to him.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/f1\/report\/_\/id\/600026765\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">clinched the championship at the Qatar Grand Prix<\/a> at the start of October, led comfortably into Turn 1.<\/p>\n<p>A crash between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/racing\/driver\/_\/id\/5592\/alexander-albon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alex Albon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/rpm\/driver?seriesId=6&amp;driverId=4623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kevin Magnussen<\/a> saw the race red flagged (and immediately halted) because the incident sprayed debris across the run-off area at the first corner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/f1\/story\/_\/id\/38824694\/ferraris-charles-leclerc-crashes-formation-lap-brazil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari&rsquo;s Charles Leclerc crashed on the formation lap at the S&atilde;o Paulo Grand Prix, where he was due to start from second<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/ferraris-charles-leclerc-crashes-on-formation-lap-in-brazil\/05\/11\/2023\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[2688,1179,2744,2473,2745,2146,1180],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4377,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4375\/revisions\/4377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}