Charles Leclerc was after an investigation by commissioners for a collision with Max Verstappn in the first turn subsequently penalized. We imposed rules on him time penalty 5 (due to collision) plus 10 seconds (due to racing with a damaged car), which cost him one place, on top of that, the young Mončan received at his own expense two penalty points.
Justification by the Commissioners: Leclerc should anticipatethat it may lose vacuum behind other race cars. “The number 16 car therefore bears the main blame in this collision."In addition, the Commissioners wrote:"It is an unusual first lap incident because only these two race cars were involved. As a result, there are no normal mitigating circumstances.“Racer Ferrari admitted his mistake after the race: “It was my fault. I ruined Max’s race and put us in a tough starting position."
He was after the race Leclerc received a lot of criticism on social networks. He was stabbed the most by a user on Instagram, who requested a position from him. “Are you also going to say a word about the fact that you almost tore Lewis' head off with your back wing?”Was one of the comments below the post Leclerc. And he's obviously a fan Hamilton replaced in doing so hind and forewings, because it was the front.
Leclerc nevertheless replied: "The only part of the race car that came off what I could see from the cockpit was the rearview mirror. Because of this, I kept it on the planes so it wouldn’t come off and hit someone. You don't see all the other parts as a racer. I knew about the injuries on the front wing, I could feel that too. But I didn’t know that the wing parts were still falling off. Thank God no one was hurt."
To drive with damaged race car in potential threat there are other racers Classic Ferrari for sale also received a fine of 25.000 euros.
