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Charles Leclerc will have to swap internal combustion engine and turbo

Just as Autoracing's editor-in-chief said in Sunday's video analyzing the Azerbaijan GP and then in yesterday's Crazy, Charles Leclerc's internal combustion engine and turbo used in Baku are completely destroyed and cannot be used again this season, according to reports from Italy.

Charles Leclerc will have to swap internal combustion engine and turbo

Just as the Grand Prix editor-in-chief said in Sunday's video analyzing the Azerbaijan GP and then in yesterday's Crazy, Charles Leclerc's internal combustion engine and turbo used in Baku are completely destroyed and cannot be used again this season, according to reports from Italy.

Leclerc started from pole position in the Azerbaijan GP, but lost the lead to Red Bull's Sergio Perez right at the start.

The first of Ferrari's problems occurred with nine laps to go when Carlos Sainz stopped due to a hydraulic failure, which triggered a virtual safety-car.

Leclerc took advantage of this to change his tires coming back in P1 ahead of Perez

However, while Leclerc was leading Max Verstappen after the Dutchman overtook Perez, he also suffered a failure when his engine blew up in the final sector.

The UP was taken to Maranello on Monday morning, and the reports that there is not much of it left that Ferrari can use again, so they will have to put in the third and final engine allowed for Leclerc this weekend in Canada.

There is natural concern from the Reds as a result of this, but there is some hope in the fact that they can still use the first UP turbo they used this season.

Since Leclerc has suffered two abandonments related to UP reliability in the last three races, concern will also increase about the longevity of this already used turbo.

Ferrari discovered that a pump that controls the hydraulics broke on Sainz's car, meaning that he was in danger of losing the brake-by-wire system - not a good thing to happen when the walls are so close together.

While the Spaniard's problem is easier to solve, Ferrari - between the factory teams and their customers Haas and Alfa Romeo - have suffered 10 failures in the last three race weekends, so they are looking for quick answers before this happens again.