Canadian Grand Prix F1 session red flagged after massive Ferrari crash

Charles Leclerc's first session of the Canadian Grand Prix weekend ended early on Friday, after a huge crash in FP1.

The Ferrari star wrecked the left-hand side of his car in the shunt, leaving his team with a fast turnaround to fix it up ahead of FP2 later in the day.

Leclerc's crash also caused a red flag, with a delay to proceedings during the first practice session of the weekend ensuing.

"**** sorry, I’m in the wall," Leclerc said on his team radio after the crash. "Yeah my bad, I should’ve gone straight. I thought I will just made it but I clipped the wall."

The crash caused a 10-minute delay to practice, which was not good news for the six drivers on the grid that have never driven an F1 car around the iconic Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

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Ferrari open weekend with big blow

Following rumours during the week about team principal Fred Vasseur's future with the team, Ferrari would have been hoping for smooth running on Friday to try and get dialled in to the Montreal track.

Leclerc was top of the timesheets when he crashed out of the session, but his error meant that he missed the rest of FP1, and his participation in FP2 was also in doubt too due to the amount of damage inflicted on his car.

Sky Sports F1 pundit Karun Chandhok described the incident in more detail, and what Leclerc meant by 'I should've gone straight'.

"He's completely locked up and hit the barrier on the left," Chandhok said during FP1. "Just carried way too much speed and snatched the front, then you're just a passenger.

"It's a horrible feeling. You see the wall and there's nothing you can do." “By trying to not abandon the lap he’s ended up doing the opposite."

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