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Ferrari forgot to tell Leclerc about Vettel's penalty

Ferrari has admitted it forgot to tell Charles Leclerc about Sebastian Vettel's penalty in the closing stages of the Canadian Grand Prix, something which almost cost the German another position.

Vettel was controversially handed a five-second penalty in Montreal, which meant he finished the race first but was immediately dropped to second position behind the chasing Lewis Hamilton. Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc had been gaining on the lead pair in the closing stages and finished just six seconds adrift of Vettel -- which became one second once the penalty was applied.

Leclerc said he had been pushing as almost, trying to catch Hamilton.