Charles Leclerc has explained why his request for Lewis Hamilton to drop back and give him DRS was denied in the later stages of the Imola race. The two drivers were next to each other late in the Italian race but Leclerc’s request for Hamilton to give him DRS was turned down.

Charles Leclerc will not appear at the track at Imola for media duties on the first of Ferrari’s two home grands prix in Italy

Charles Leclerc had missed media day before the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, creating the possibility that he could be replaced for the Imola weekend if too ill to race