Leclerc crashed out on the formation lap at Interlagos, putting him out of the rac♐e in dramatic fashion.

The Ferrari driver was set to start Sunday’s race from second on the grid - and given Mercedes’ later struggles - it was a missed opportunity for the t🧜eam to close in on their rivals in the constructors’ championship.

Speaking aft𓆉er the race, Vasseur explained the issue with Leclerc’s car.

“It’s a system issue where the system shut off the hydraulics and engine,” Vasseur🌸 clarified. 

“The result of the [issue] from the system we don’t know yet because the car is not🍃 back, but it was more an electronic problem.”

“He started to switch off and switch on [the car] and so on.༺ The issue is he made 30 metres and then found himself in the same situation so it was better to stop. No way to recover. When the system switches off you don’t have any more steering or gearbox.”

The Frenchman dismissed any suggestiꦕons that Leclerc was a🙈t fault for the shunt.

“Today is not Charles’ fault at all. Someone told me that on social media they were comp🍃laining about Charles, but without the gearbox and the p🌞ower steering you can’t do something,” he added.

“Now we have to stay calm, to understand what’s happened to av😼oid any issues in the future and I think the pace over the weekend was ওnot that bad.”