Leclerc received a 10-place penalty for starting at the Canadian GP

Charles Leclerc’s engine problems, first in Spain and then in Azerbaijan, are forcing Ferrari, before this year even reaches its midpoint, to exceed the number of permitted engine parts available to each driver for the duration of the racing season.

After the full disaster repair of the Ferrari F1-75 powerplant in Baku, the Italian team installed a new V6 engine and MGU-K and MGU-H electric motors for the free tests of the Canadian GP, ​​but by then it had already reached its limit- Turbocharger installs an older one and avoids the penalty.

However, after the end of the free tests in Montreal, the FIA ​​became aware that Scuderia had changed the engine’s central electronic control unit. It’s the third Leclerc is fielding this year and with only two available to each driver for the full season, he was ranked 10 at the start of the race.

Speaking about the difficult situation he is in in terms of the number of engine parts he had so early in the year, Leclerc said: “This isn’t the best place to be. [Το σιρκουί του Μόντρεαλ] is one of the tracks that is quite easy to cross, but there are others in the next three or four races.”

However, on the occasion of the Monegasque’s conviction in Canada, Ferrari is not excluded from taking the opportunity to change other components in its power unit, limited in kilometers and endurance.

However, this will mean Leclerc being kicked from last position or out of the pits – where Yuki Chunoda will be in Montreal for exceeding the limit of Alpha Tauri engine components.