Charles Leclerc has been handed a 20-second post-race time penalty for a last-lap incident on the Method 1 Miami Grand Prix.
Leclerc suffered a high-speed spin on the ultimate lap of the Miami race, avoiding an enormous accident however nonetheless struggling front-left automobile injury after tapping the Flip 3 wall.
Consequently Leclerc misplaced a podium end to Oscar Piastri, and he then desperately tried to fend off Mercedes’ George Russell and Purple Bull driver Max Verstappen.
However as a result of he suffered steering arm injury Leclerc reduce a number of corners and pushed the lapped automobile of Arvid Lindblad out of the best way. He additionally made slight contact with Russell on the hairpin as he misplaced locations to each the Mercedes man and Verstappen on the line.
After the race the FIA race stewards investigated the contact with Russell in addition to Leclerc allegedly leaving the monitor and gaining a bonus. Leclerc was handed a drive-through penalty for the latter, which was transformed right into a 20-second penalty post-race.
Consequently Leclerc drops to right down to eighth behind team-mate Lewis Hamilton and Alpine’s Franco Colapinto, who nets his best-ever grand prix consequence consequently.
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