• Charles Leclerc has suffered the latest setback to his championship chances.
• Ferrari added a third electronics control unit at the Canadian Grand Prix
• Leclerc has had two engine problems in the previous three races.

Charles Leclerc has suffered the latest setback to his championship chances includes a grid penalty for overuse of the engine.

Ferrari added a third electronics control unit at the Canadian Grand Prix, leading in an automatic 10-place grid penalty for Sunday’s race.

Each team may utilise no more than two electronics units per driver per season.

Following a string of misfortunes, Leclerc has lost 80 points to championship contender Max Verstappen.

In Montreal, he is certain to lose even more distance to the Red Bull driver.

Verstappen led Leclerc by 46 points after two victory and a second place finish in the first three races, two of which the Dutchman retired.

However, Leclerc has had two engine problems in the previous three races, both while leading.

He also lost the Monaco Grand Prix when a Ferrari strategy blunder dropped him from first to fourth, and a spin in the final stages of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix dropped him from third to sixth.

As a result, Vettel enters the Canadian Grand Prix 34 points behind Verstappen. Who set the quickest time in Friday practice following a great day in the Red Bull.

The world champion stood 0.081 seconds ahead of the man who seemed to be his title challenger not long ago.

Carlos Sainz of Ferrari was third fastest, 0.225 seconds slower.

And Sebastian Vettel finished fourth for Aston Martin in his home race, ahead of Fernando Alonso’s Alpine.

Lewis Hamilton characterized the Mercedes as the “worst I have felt in any vehicle here.”

“It was very much like every Friday for us, trying lots of various things, an experimental floor on my side, which didn’t work,” Hamilton explained.