Ferrari star ruled out of Canadian Grand Prix session after big practice crash

Ferrari star Charles Leclerc has been ruled out of FP2 at the Canadian Grand Prix, after a hefty crash earlier in the day.

The Monegasque driver locked up early in the lap, sending him into the barriers and destroying the left-hand side of his car.

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur suggested during a press conference that Leclerc was set to miss FP2 on Friday, saying: "When I left the garage, we think we damaged the chassis and we won’t be able to do FP2 by regulations, we need to do some checks but I think it’s over today for Charles." That was followed by Sky Sports F1 pundits confirming the news live on air.

Ferrari did not manage to fix Leclerc's car in time for FP2, with the Monegasque driver set to sit out of the session.

It will mean Leclerc will have only completed 15 minutes of practice during Friday out of the scheduled two hours for the other 19 drivers on the grid heading into Saturday's final practice ahead of the competitive qualifying session.

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Why is Charles Leclerc out of FP2?

While Leclerc's car has now been fixed, the damage was so much that the team had to quickly build a new chassis following his crash.

That chassis is not able to be scrutinised by FIA personnel and checked if it's legal until Saturday morning local time, meaning that he will not be able to use the car until then.

This rule was brought in to try and stop teams from quickly building a chassis and cutting corners with safety features just to get a car on track.

Either way, it continues what has been a miserable weekend for Leclerc so far, and the Monegasque driver will only get one hour of practice on Saturday morning before qualifying gets underway at 4pm local time.

Leclerc will head into that first competitive session of the weekend attempting to uphold his stellar qualifying record so far in 2025, where he has outqualified seven-time champion team-mate Lewis Hamilton seven times to two.

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