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New Internal Combustion Engine Gives Leclerc Grid Penalty for Brazil

Charles Leclerc goes into the penultimate race of 2019 in Brazil knowing he will be take a ten-place grid penalty after his Scuderia Ferrari team opted to chance his internal combustion engine following an issue with the one he was using in the last round in the United States. Leclerc, twice a winner in 2019 in his first year with Ferrari, is looking forward to returning to the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, the venue where he starred in Qualifying in 2018 whilst racing for the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team, making it through to the top ten despite rain beginning to fall during his flying lap. The Monegasque racer says the track is an exciting one to drive despite it being so short – it is...
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