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Leclerc avoids engine penalty despite blow up

Charles Leclerc will start P4 on the Austin grid having avoided an engine penalty after Ferrari put an old power unit in his SF90 following his FP3 blow up. Leclerc did not set a lap time in Saturday's final practice for the United States Grand Prix as he engine failed. Just minutes into FP3 he was forced to pull over and park his Ferrari as smoke poured from the rear of the car. 'There's something wrong with the engine,' he told his team. He missed the rest of FP3 but Ferrari did get him back on track for qualifying with an old engine fitted in the car. He qualified P4. He avoids a grid penalty as it was an old engine that had already been used this season. 'I lost some track time this...
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