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Charles Leclerc's hopes of victory at this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix were dented on Friday when it was confirmed he will face a substantial grid penalty for Sunday's race. | Sport24news

Soon after finishing second behind series leader and world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull in second practice at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari said they would fit new electronic control components to Leclerc's power unit.

Pierre Gasly improved to take sixth place for AlphaTauri ahead of Mercedes' George Russell, Lando Norris and his McLaren team-mate Daniel Ricciardo. Hamilton appeared to be unhappy with the experimental set-up of his car and complained it was"undrivable" on a weekend when the team's chief technical officer James Allison was at the track to help Mercedes recover from a disappointing start to the season.

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