It was a cat, and not a cut, what Leclerc saw during Baku's F1 sprint race. He explains:
driver appeared to be raising the alarm about a cut to the power unit, and was publicly revealed as such on television with an on-screen graphic.
The feline interloper caused the safety car to briefly put on the brakes, with Leclerc - then leading the race - reporting it over the radio. "There was a cat in the middle of the road and the safety car had to stop, but I think I was probably the only one who saw that.
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