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Charles Leclerc willing to 'take some risks' to negate grid penalty

Charles Leclerc says he will take additional risks at the start of Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix in an effort to reclaim lost ground. Leclerc made it through to Q2 for the sixth successive event, having used his previous appearances as a platform to score points, achieving the feat in four of the last five Grands Prix. However, Leclerc will drop from 13th to 18th on the grid on account of a five-place penalty incurred for a gearbox change, which came as a result of a suspension issue during third practice. “I will have to take some risks at the start because of that suspension failure that finished in a gearbox failure but it’s life sometimes, it happens in...
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