bringing out a red flag at Monza<\/a>.<\/p>\nLeclerc climbed from the car unaided and was taken to the circuit medical centre, where no injuries were detected, but later revealed his right eye had initially caused concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe neck was OK, it was just the vision a little bit at first,\u201d Leclerc said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe right eye was not showing me great vision, but now it\u2019s all good, so that\u2019s the thing I was most worried of getting off the car.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen after that everything, a bit of pain here and there, which is normal after a crash like this, so nothing more.\u201d<\/p>\n
While his vision had returned to normal, the Monegasque confirmed he would undergo further examinations before next weekend\u2019s Spanish Grand Prix at the new Madring circuit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I\u2019ll have quite a few additional checks that we still have to do on my side, probably tonight and tomorrow, to make sure that I\u2019ll be fully fine for Madrid,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt should be the case, but better be safe than sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leclerc was defending from Oscar Piastri when the rear of his Ferrari broke away through the Parabolica, having initially appeared to lose control after clipping the kerb, ending his home race after only two laps.<\/p>\n
He suggested an unusual change in the car\u2019s power delivery may have played a role, although he was reluctant to draw conclusions before Ferrari had examined the data.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen for the crash itself, I went on throttle \u2013 on the first lap it felt kind of weird, I had to go back off and on throttle,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn that second lap, I tried to do the same thing but, I don\u2019t know, it just felt a little bit weird, so we\u2019ll look into it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The retirement completed a nightmare opening to Ferrari\u2019s home grand prix after Leclerc had already been involved in a tense first-lap battle with teammate Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n
The pair started third and fourth and went wheel-to-wheel through the opening chicane, with Hamilton forced into the gravel at Turn 2 and dropping several positions.<\/p>\n
Hamilton immediately complained over the radio that Leclerc had pushed him off, while Leclerc later conceded the Ferrari pair had allowed their fight to become too aggressive.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Lewis it was a way too close into Turn 1 and unfortunately in Turn 2 \u2013 I don\u2019t know if we had contact or whatsoever,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was quite a lot on the inside curve and tried to make the corner, which I didn\u2019t do it tight enough, and then I obviously only saw in the mirrors what happened which is never what you want between two cars, between two cars of the same team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leclerc later went further, admitting the teammates had crossed the line in their approach to the opening corners.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere it\u2019s true, though, that we went too far, I think, [with] Lewis in Turn 1. Then in Turn 2 I tried to do the tightest corner possible, but that was just not enough, and doing it here is not good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hamilton took a firmer view of the incident, insisting he had earned the right to more space after getting ahead at the second part of the chicane.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was ahead in Turn 2, by the apex, I was ahead. There was no \u2018we\u2019 in it,\u201d Hamilton said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfterwards we will take it offline and talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The seven-time world champion, who recovered to finish sixth, also called for Ferrari to establish clearer rules of engagement between its drivers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it comes down to rules of engagement,\u201d Hamilton said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was at Mercedes, we had written rules of engagement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe never really, really had it too bad. There was a moment between me and Nico [Rosberg] a couple of times, but more often not, it was good.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere, there are no rules. We need to address that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hamilton admitted the clash had immediately compromised Ferrari\u2019s race before Leclerc\u2019s accident made an already difficult afternoon considerably worse.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was very bad for the team, and obviously it put us way back in positions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just tried to reset, and I was like, \u2018okay, I\u2019ll try and catch up, and then obviously we had to stop.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I put the wrong tyres on, probably.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCharles Leclerc will have more medical checks after his heavy Monza crash. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n