Stewards at the Monaco Grand Prix have opted to take no further action against Charles Leclerc for the collision that eliminated both himself and Brendon Hartley.
Leclerc was chasing Hartley for 11th position at his home race when he hit the rear of his rival under braking for the Nouvelle Chicane on lap 70 of 78.
Leclerc’s car sustained substantial front-right damage in the impact while the rear-end of Hartley’s STR13 was also heavily damaged, and he toured around to the pits to retire.
The incident was caused by a front-left brake disc failure on Leclerc’s car and, having heard from both drivers and a team representative, stewards took no further action.
“I felt like the pedal was getting very very long on the brakes and it was very inconsistent,” he said.
“Even putting the same amount of brakes on the pedal it was really not decelerating and accelerating, not decelerating and accelerating.
“It was very difficult to manage and then at one point they just gave up.”
Added Hartley: “Charles and I spoke afterwards and he said he lost the brakes, it’s pretty frustrating, but that’s Monaco.
“We were strong all weekend apart from Q1, where we didn’t get it all together.”
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