Leclerc says Ferrari briefly braked without warning during Singapore GP

Charles Leclerc told Ferrari he nearly crashed after his car slowed unexpectedly during the Singapore Grand Prix. A settings change appeared to resolve the issue, which did not recur, according to the team radio exchanges described in the source.

RaceFans has reported:

Charles Leclerc warned Ferrari he nearly crashed when his car slowed without warning during the Singapore Grand Prix on Oct. 12, 2026. The problem occurred at the slowest corner on the track, and the driver feared losing control if it happened again elsewhere on the circuit.

“What the fuck happened?” Leclerc exclaimed over team radio. “The car started to brake on its own!” Race engineer Bryan Bozzi responded: “Keep pushing. I’ll try and fix it soon.”

On the following lap, Leclerc said: “If this happens again, and I have no control of the car, I put it in the wall.” Bozzi said he believed the fault was isolated: “It was a single case, should not happen, I’ll come back to you.”

Two laps later, Bozzi instructed Leclerc to change a setting. “We need white 10 position two, white 10 position two to help with the issue you had before,” he said. Leclerc did not indicate that the problem returned during the rest of the race.

The incident took place on lap 46. Leclerc’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton did not report similar trouble with his car. The source did not identify a cause for the braking fault or provide further details about the repair beyond the settings change.

Leclerc said he was otherwise pleased with the Ferrari’s performance. “We brought some small parts here and there on the car, which maybe helped us to do a step forward,” he said, referring to changes made for the Singapore event.

The account was published on Oct. 12, 2026, at 14:17 by Keith Collantine for RaceFans. Collantine, a lifelong motor sport fan, established the site in 2005, when it was called F1 Fanatic. He had previously worked as a motoring journalist and began running the site full-time in 2010 to focus on his interest in motor racing.

The RaceFans page also listed related coverage of a virtual safety car message that prompted an apology from Hamilton, Hamilton’s requests for Ferrari to let him pass Leclerc after a “hold position” order, rival teams’ concern over Red Bull’s “exceptionally fast” car after Max Verstappen dominated again, and Lando Norris’s belief that Hamilton “would have to let me past” after a first-corner move. It directed readers to its collection of 2026 Singapore Grand Prix articles and carried an invitation to become a supporter for an ad-free experience.