CHARLES LECLERC has been slapped with a ten-place grid penalty for this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The Ferrari star was forced to retire in Bahrain due to issues with his car’s electronic control unit [ECU]. Leclerc, 25, had been in third place before being forced to quit. Ferrari experienced issues with Leclerc’s ECU on the morning of the race, before similar problems with its replacement forced their star man out of the opening GP of the season. With Ferrari already requiring a third, Leclerc will have to start Sunday’s Saudi GP with a ten-place penalty. He said: “Last year, there were things I told them, I said the issues that are with the car.

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