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Ferrari did not check driveshaft as it ‘was not broken'

Ferrari's inspection of Charles Leclerc's car after his Monaco Q3 crash did not cover the left driveshaft, as that was not broken. The Monegasque driver thought he had dodged a huge bullet when his gearbox was cleared despite a heavy shunt into the barriers, meaning he was free to start his home race from pole. But Leclerc's Monaco curse returned on the parade lap when he was forced to return to the pits, with Ferrari then discovering a driveshaft problem. And with not enough time before lights out to fix it, that meant Leclerc was left with a DNS and would remain without a Monaco finish to his name, a run stretching back to his Formula 2 days. “We need to fully understand what happened....
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