Overview
- Rafael Camara, who was drafted in to replace Esteban Ocon for his home weekend, impeded Charles Leclerc during FP2 at Interlagos on Friday, squeezing the Ferrari toward the outside wall and forcing Leclerc to take evasive action with a significant portion of his car off track.
- The FIA stewards summoned Camara and team representatives, reviewed team radio, in‑car and external video, and concluded Camara was warned multiple times yet moved into the racing line, upgrading the normal free‑practice warning to a formal reprimand for creating a 'clearly dangerous' situation.
- Haas engineers praised Camara's overall first day and noted steady improvement, but his on‑track issues included recurring heavy lock‑ups under braking into Turn 1 and a half‑second gap to teammate Ollie Bearman in FP2 that the team is working to fix.
- No further sporting penalties were applied, Leclerc escaped without damage, and the reprimand now sits on Camara's official record as a formal mark from the stewards' hearing.
- The case highlights the steep procedural and braking learning curve for debutants driven into action mid‑season and signals that teams and stewards will closely monitor rookie behaviour and radio discipline over the rest of the weekend.