Ferrari brake suppliers criticise Charles Leclerc after ‘dangerous’ accusation at Monaco Grand Prix

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Ferrari brake suppliers Brembo say Charles Leclerc’s comments about his race-ending Monaco Grand Prix crash were ‘premature’.

Leclerc found the barriers at Anthony Nogues when the race restarted following a safety car period. Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll had triggered the full-course caution by crashing at the same corner moments earlier.

The FIA then red-flagged the race, which gave marshals time to clear up the track. The surface on corner entry appeared to be breaking up – an issue that had been flagged by George Russell over the radio long before the accidents.

Brembo insist cause of Charles Leclerc’s Monaco Grand Prix crash is unknown

Leclerc immediately attributed the accident to faulty brakes and told Sky Sports in the media pen afterwards that the issues he was experiencing were ‘borderline dangerous’.

In a statement, via Formula Passion, Brembo said they were ‘very surprised’ by Leclerc’s comments. In their eyes, he should have waited for a thorough investigation to be conducted first.

Brembo supply brake hardware to every team on the F1 grid and first partnered with Ferrari over 50 years ago on the 1975 car.

“The Brembo Group is very surprised by the statements made by Charles Leclerc following the Monaco Grand Prix,” the statement read.

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“The company does not currently know the cause of the problems encountered by Charles Leclerc and therefore believes it is premature to make definitive technical assessments before analysing the available data.

“In cases like this, it is necessary to examine the telemetry data together with the team’s engineers to precisely pinpoint the origin of the incident.

“Brembo is now a benchmark in Formula 1 and is present on all single-seaters with its own braking technologies. Over the years, world championship teams have continued to choose Brembo solutions, recognising their reliability, innovation, and top-level performance.

“The Group will continue to invest in innovation, reliability and performance, continuing its collaboration with Scuderia Ferrari and all the other Formula 1 teams.”

Ferrari chief urges Charles Leclerc to ‘be cautious’ with Monaco crash claims

Leclerc explained, via Crash, that three of his four brakes weren’t functioning properly before his crash, explaining that ‘it’s like the calipers were not even in the car’.

He added that team principal Fred Vasseur and deputy Jerome D’Ambrosio had seen the ‘very clear’ problem in the data.

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But in an interview with Sky Italy, D’Ambrosio didn’t quite echo Leclerc’s account.

“When we talk about mistakes, you always have to be cautious,” he said. “When a car hits the wall, it doesn’t necessarily mean there’s just one cause. Often, several reasons explain such an incident.”