Engine issue forces Carlos Sainz out of F1 Qatar GP before start
The Spaniard was due to start 12th after a dif🤡ficult qualifying but has been ruled out of the race before it even got underway after Ferrari found a leak on his car.
Ferrari’s mechanics worked frantically to fix the fuel system i🅰ssue but the problem could not be reꦺsolved, resulting in Sainz’s first DNF of the season.
Sainz’s absence is bad news for Fer🔯rari in their battle with Mercedes for second place in the constructors’ championship.
Mercedes currently hold t🧸he upper hand but are just 26 pointꦕs ahead with six races remaining.
George Russell and Lewis Hamilton will start from second and third on the 🌃grid, while the sole Ferrari of Charles Leclerc goes fr꧑om fifth.
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