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Leclerc's incident reminiscent of Ratzenberger - Hakkinen

Mika Hakkinen says Charles Leclerc driving on with a badly damaged front wing at the Japanese Grand Prix brought back memories of Roland Ratzenberger's fatal crash at Imola in 1994. Ratzenberger died after crashing during qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix, having opted to remain on-track and attempt another timed lap after damaging the front wing on his Simtek car the lap prior. Article continues under video Leclerc raced on for three laps in Suzuka last weekend after damaging his front wing in a lap-one collision with Max Verstappen. Ferrari failed to call Leclerc into the pits and his wing eventually failed in dramatic fashion, slinging carbon fibre into the path of the cars...
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