Leclerc failed to set a time in the last part of qualifying for the Red Bull Ring sprint race because of the issue
Charles Leclerc's failure to set a lap time in Formula 1's Austrian Grand Prix sprint SQ3 was caused by an anti-stall problem aboard his Ferrari cutting its engine. Leclerc pulled out of the queue for sprint qualifying's top 10 runners as they massed at the end of the pitlane with the clocking ticking down at the Red Bull Ring, where Max Verstappen would go on to claim the top spot on the grid for the first of two races at his team's home race this weekend.
'The team told me that we will speak when I'll be back in the garage, but obviously I went straight from the car to here so I don't know.' Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24 Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images When asked what he might have been able to achieve had he put in an SQ3 run, with his team-mate Carlos Sainz finishing fifth in that session, Leclerc replied: 'We weren't super strong, but definitely better than P10. 'So, it's a bit disappointing.
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