Overview
- Ferrari will fit Charles Leclerc with the Carbon Industrie brake discs used by Lewis Hamilton for FP1 at the Barcelona Grand Prix as a trial to address his recent rear‑brake problems.
- Leclerc said he lost three of four brakes during his crash at Monaco and that the switch aims to fix the car's inability to generate rear‑brake temperature and the poor pedal feel he reported.
- Brembo publicly disputed drawing conclusions before data review and called for telemetry analysis after Leclerc’s Monaco comments.
- Ferrari has also brought aerodynamic updates to Barcelona so FP1 data will mix aero changes with the brake trial and will need careful interpretation.
- If FP1 and subsequent sessions show improved feel and temperature, Ferrari could keep the Carbon Industrie discs, a move that would strain its long, decades‑long supplier relationship with Brembo and change supplier prominence at Maranello.