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Ferrari investigating Leclerc engine cylinder problem

Ferrari has confirmed it is investigating the cause of Charles Leclerc’s power unit problem which denied him a maiden Formula 1 race win with team boss Mattia Binotto conceding the issue points to a dropped cylinder. Leclerc had been running comfortably in the lead of the Bahrain Grand Prix when 11 laps from the chequered flag he suffered a heart-breaking drop in power from his engine which saw him lose around five seconds per lap. While Binotto says a full analysis into the issue will be completed, suspected to be a dropped cylinder caused by “an external component”, he dismissed the initial theory Leclerc’s MGU-H had broken. “It is an engine problem, we had miscombustion on...
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