Leclerc says he raced with Ferrari’s latest power unit in Baku
The Ferrari driver said he had the latest power unit in Baku after the team had declined to say which specification it would use.
Charles Leclerc said he raced with Ferrari’s latest power-unit specification at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, answering a question Ferrari had left open before the event. Asked in a Sky Italy interview after the race whether his car had the ADUO-1 or newer ADUO-2 unit, he replied that it had the “latest specification” — pointing to ADUO-2.
A Ferrari press officer beside him shook her head during the exchange. Leclerc then wondered aloud whether he should have said it, adding that he had thought the information was already known. RacingNews365 describes the answer as revealing a “secret”; SportMediaset instead focuses on why Ferrari’s choice for Baku had been uncertain.
SportMediaset reports that the ADUO-2 unit had been used at Monza, then sent for checks after Leclerc’s crash and not fitted for the following Madrid Grand Prix. It says Leclerc had indicated before Baku that the unit was available again, although Ferrari would not say which specification it would use.
Leclerc started second in Azerbaijan and finished fourth, while team-mate Lewis Hamilton was sixth.
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- SOURCECharles Leclerc gives too much away about Ferrari engine in awkward interview after Azerbaijan GPCrash.net · Source date as found: 2026-09-27
- SOURCE"Non so se ho detto una cosa che non potevo dire…" La gaffe di Leclerc diventa viraleSportMediaset · Source date as found: 2026-09-27
- SOURCECharles Leclerc reveals Ferrari secret and embarrasses press officerRacingNews365 English · Source date as found: 2026-09-28
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The account of the unit’s checks after Monza and its non-use in Madrid comes from SportMediaset’s report.