Telemetry data shows Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver driver Charles Leclerc had an engine problem in his last Q3 lap during the qualifying for the 2022 Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez:
It got worse through the lap: compare the first straight (-4km/h compared to SAI with identical rear wing) to the last (massive speed difference)
You could hear a strange engine noise on the onboard in his last sector!
What is sure is that his DRS broke in the last straight (confirmed by Mattia Binotto after qualifying.) That’s why the speed difference to Carlos Sainz increases in that straight compared to the previous ones. The DRS was ‘active’ but the DRS plane didn’t open
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