Charles Leclerc says his disqualification from the United States Grand Prix for excessive floor plank wear came as a 'complete surprise' for his Ferrari team.
Leclerc's SF23 was one of the four cars checked for plank wear after the finish and was found to be in breach of the regulations, alongside the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, meaning the Monegasque driver lost his sixth place. Ferrari was caught out by Austin's bumpy Circuit of the Americas, with the added difficulty of the sprint format preventing teams from making changes to the floor after Friday's single free practice session.
Photo by: Ferrari Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-23 'Also on the Saturday night, we could see more or less where we are touching and we thought there was still plenty of margin,' he added. 'And then we finished the Sunday and it was a big surprise, so we are still in the analysing part of where exactly did we wear the plank more than what we expected. Leclerc's race was already compromised after dropping from pole to sixth due to a wrong strategy call.
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