Sensor failure led to Leclerc’s “unlucky” pitlane speeding penalty

Leclerc received a five-second penalty shortly after the chequered flag when he was found to have exceeded the pitlane speed limit when he came in at the end of Lap 42.

The penalty dropped Leclerc from fifth to sixth place behind Fernando Alonso, and came after Leclerc had been running comfortably in fifth. The decision to pit again was a bid by Ferrari to try and get the fastest lap bonus point, only for Leclerc to fall six-tenths of a second shy of Max…