Scuderia Ferrari spent the majority of Wednesday sitting on the sidelines, trying to figure out the cause behind the failure that sent Sebastian Vettel flying off the track. Heading through Turn 3 halfway through the morning session, Vettel suffered some kind of left front mechanical failure and was thrown off the track into the barriers. While he was brought to the medical centre for checks, these were purely precautionary and he was released shortly after.
The Maranello team has now concluded that Sebastian Vettel’s crash was caused by impact with foreign object: “After thorough checks we found that Seb’s off yesterday was due to a (wheel) rim issue,” says a spokesperson – “The rim had been damaged a few seconds before by an impact with a foreign object.”
The initial plan for yesterday was to get Charles Leclerc, who was scheduled to drive in the afternoon anyway, back out in the repaired SF90 as soon as the car was fixed but, due to Ferrari needing to be fully sure of what caused the failure, Charles Leclerc only managed to get back out on track with five minutes remaining. In light of their reduced track time on Wednesday, Scuderia Ferrari have thus decided to change their run plan for the last two days. Charles Leclerc drives the entirety of Thursday, with Sebastian Vettel who will be back for the final day on Friday.
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