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Leclerc: Suddenly my screen and engine switched off

Not only is the Ferrari SF1000 a beast to drive, for both Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc, it also is finicky enough to switch itself off on a whim as it did during the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix, costing the team a double-points finish on Sunday. According to the Italian team, a reliability problem put Charles out of the running in Barcelona on Sunday: 'A malfunction in an electronic control unit resulted in his car shutting down, causing him to spin, effectively ending his race.' It was indeed a strange one as the #16 Ferrari swapped ends unexpectedly through the tight Turn 14-Turn 15 strip, the car stalled pointing in the wrong direction before the driver got it going again somehow....
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