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Charles Leclerc has insisted Ferrari shouldn’t “overreact” to a disappointing Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix where an engine hitch contributed to a double retirement.

Leclerc made a strong start from 11th to displace RB’s Yuki Tsunoda and advance into the points places, but it then transpired that he was nursing an engine gremlin.

The Monegasque was informed over the radio that the issue was costing him around five-tenths on the straights as Alex Albon breezed past once DRS was activated.

Ferrari utilised a mid-race Safety Car to allow Leclerc to reset his SF-24 car in his pit box and decided to gamble on the improving track conditions to move onto slicks.

“Then at one point we decided we tried to go on the slicks when we knew it was going to be more chances that it wouldn’t work.

“But we had to test something because anyway with the engine issues we had, we would have been out of the points anyway and that was it really.

“After that, it was just extremely tricky to do all the engine changes that the team was asking me at the same time.

“We were still losing a second and a half [on the] first straight, so we’ve got to look into the engine issue because yeah, that’s going to be tricky for the rest of the season.”