Hard tyre stint ruined Leclerc’s Mexico F1 race

Leclerc had a solid first stint on the medium tyre despite missing a front wing endplate after a first-corner clash with Sergio Perez.

He pitted for hards just a couple of laps before Kevin Magnussen’s crash brought out the red flag.

During the break Ferrari replaced his damaged front wing but rather than switch to medium tyres for the restarted second half of the race, as some rivals did, the team stuck with the hards.

However,…