Charles Leclerc escapes community service penalty given to Max Verstappen for swearing
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has been handed a €10,000 fine, half of which suspended, for swearing in the Mexico Grand Prix's post-race press conference. After finishing third in Mexico City, Leclerc used an expletive in the FIA press conference to describe his thinking as he went off the track at Mexico's final corner, which allowed McLaren driver Lando Norris through to claim second.
Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari, Charles Leclerc, Scuderia Ferrari Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images 'The Stewards reviewed the transcript of the Post-Race Drivers' Press Conference in Mexico and found that Charles Leclerc, the driver of car 16, used language in response to a somewhat leading question asking him 'What did you say to yourself' in relation to the significant moment towards the end of the race when Leclerc was fighting to control the car at the exit of the...
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