Ferrari confirmed that Charles Leclerc will not be taking part in his second practice at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Leclerc crashed from his first F1 practice in a 20-minute run at Villeneuve on the Circuit Gilles.
Leclerc was trapped in turn 3 and ran a big run across Chicane.
He misjudged how much space he could use, and as a result he hit the wall on the left.
The crash didn’t look that serious at first, but the damage is worse than expected.
Ferrari was forced to replace the Leclerc chassis, and the viable cells of his SF-25 were damaged.
As a result, LecLerc will not participate in FP2.
Ferrari issued the following statement ahead of FP2: “Charles Leclerc will not be participating in FP2 as the crash in FP1 maintained damage to his car, as he will need to replace the survival cell on the SF-25.
“Regulations say Charles can drive on an FP3.”
Hamilton and Leclair “compromised”
Leclerc’s lack of Friday running has a knock-on effect.
This means he can’t complete the race simulation or help Ferrari improve the car setup.
Leclerc’s absence also affects Lewis Hamilton’s weekend in terms of back-to-back tire comparisons.
Giving his views on the crash, Martin Blandle said ahead of FP2, “If you’re going to do that, today is a better day than Saturday. It’s no surprise that there’s so much damage when you pick up such wheels, especially when you swing the gearbox and drive shaft and the rear at the front.
“You have the tether so you keep the wheels close to the car, but then they come back and do damage to the chassis. It was actually a big crash in terms of damage.
“That’s a big shame. They’ll lose one car in terms of getting longer on FP2 and getting higher fuel data. It’s a compromise between Lewis and Charles over the weekend, so they have something to do. Tomorrow morning is very important to them.”