Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will have at least a 10-place grid penalty at this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as a result of his retirement from the season-opening race in Bahrain.
Team principal Frederic Vasseur said on Wednesday that Leclerc’s car had two problems with the electronics control unit (ECU) on race day in Bahrain.
As drivers are restricted to two ECUs for a season, Leclerc will be penalised for going over his allocation.
Vasseur said that the ECU had a problem when the car was started on race morning in Bahrain, and that Leclerc, 25, retired with a problem in the replacement part.