The Monegasque suffered his second retirement in three races at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix w🉐hen his Ferrari engine blew up while leading. Leclerc now trails Max Verstappe🐭n by 34 points after the Red Bull driver eased to his fourth win in the last five races. 

𒊎As a result, Leclerc is now certain to be hit by grid penalties further down the line for exceeding power unit components. Leclerc has already reached his maximum allocation of three turbocharges for the season, as well as two internal 𒅌combustion engines, MGU-Hs and MGU-Ks. 

Ahead of FP1, the FIA announced that Leclerc had taken a new internal combustion engine, MGU-H, MGU-K and ene🎉rgy store.

Shortly after the second session, it was announced that Leclerc has al🌜so taken a new control electronics and thus will incur a 10-place grid penalty.

Ahead of this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, Ferrari confirmed that Leclerc’s power u🔴nit from Azerbaijan is damaged✱ “beyond repair” and therefore cannot be used again. 

"Investigation confirmed Charles Leclerc's Baku power-unit is beyond🍒 repair,” a Ferrari statement read.&nb🐠sp;

“One possible cause﷽ of the failure is it occurred as a consequence of the problem in Spain. We are now working on countermeasures to strengthen the package and the situation is under control.” 

Despite his recent woes, Leclerc, who has claimed the last four pole positions, insists the motivation remains high at Maranello to return to winning ways and hunt down Red Bul🎃l in both world championships. 

“Three races in a row wi𒈔th problems or a mistake, but as a team I think we are working extremely hard🐭,” he added. “The pace is there, which is the positive to take. The motivation is still extremely high!”