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Ferrari suspects Leclerc’s driveshaft issue was unrelated to F1 qualifying shunt
Leclerc was unable to take part in his home race after suffering a driveshaft issue on his way to the grid. Ahead of the race, Ferrari confirmed that the gearbox did not need replacing having found no defects following further checks, meaning he could line up in pole position. While Ferrari doesn’t fully understand the issue, Binotto suspects it could be unrelated to his crash in qualifying. “We need to fully understand what happened,” Binotto said. “The failure is on the driveshaft into the hub on the left-hand side. So it's not a gearbox problem we had. The gearbox had been inspected yesterday evening, it has been reviewed, and I think that the gearbox was OK for the race....
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