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Leclerc a ‘passenger’ in Hartley crash after brake failure

Charles Leclerc felt like a “passenger” during his late-race crash with Brendon Hartley in Monaco on Sunday after suffering a brake failure on his Sauber Formula 1 car. Exiting the tunnel, Leclerc slammed into the back of Hartley’s Toro Rosso, forcing both cars to retire from the race with a handful of laps remaining. The stewards looked into the incident but took no action after Sauber confirmed Leclerc’s car had suffered a brake failure, leaving him unable to avoid the crash. 5774263478001 CrashTV:  “With Brendon I was basically a passenger. I went on the brake and the bite was not there, the brakes would definitely not come, and the front left disc broke and exploded when...
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