Charles Leclerc and the bloody home GP

A typical home run always provides additional tenths that serve to improve performance compared to other appointments on the calendar. Formula 1. However, for charles leclerc run to Monaco It is always more of a tough test. Since he arrived at the Gran Circo, despite running fast, on Sunday he had some kind of setback that ruined his weekend. This time he comes to his GP with less pressure, as the World Cup is far away, but with the need to end the losing streak once and for all.

The Monegasque’s best result in the Principality is “only” fourth place, which he achieved last season. He has never been on the podium despite scoring two pole positions in five editions. In fact, in formula 2, the year in which he was champion, 2017, he achieved pole position. However, this was the only round of the year where he left with a zero on the scoreboard with two DNFs. That didn’t stop him from becoming a champion and landing in the highest category.

In his first year in Formula 1, with Alfa Romeo, also retreated. When he was fighting in the middle zone, with six laps to cross the finish line, he experienced brake trouble and crashed into toro rosso of Brandon Harley

In his first Monaco GP wearing Ferrari red things were even worse. He led the free practice, but as usual in 2019, at the moment of truth came problems. In qualifying, a bad approach from the wall left him KO’d in Q1, in 16th position. In the race he started to come back but made a mistake overtaking Hülkenberg at Rascasse, punctured and was forced to retire.

2021, the worst of all

In the middle of the fight for the World Cup Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, Leclerc is the top favorite to finally get his victory on the streets of his city. The Monegasque took pole position but crashed in the pool area in the second qualifying attempt, causing severe damage to his Ferrari.

Those from Maranello were surprised by the GP but after analyzing the accident they thought that Leclerc did not need to change the gearbox. When Charles went out to do the reconnaissance laps, a transmission shaft problem was detected which prevented ‘Il Predestinato’ from even starting. It’s one of the most important mocks in Ferrari’s recent history. Leclerc’s radio that day was a poem.

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Missed the bullet for the World Cup

Last season, when Verstappen was still fighting for the title, a bad read by Charles and, more importantly, a bad strategy by Ferrari ruined a race he had in the bag. The rain confused the Italians and they told him to go to the pits to install another set of intermediates once the track had dried. The result was that he entered the pit lane twice and went from leading the race to fourth behind Red Bull and Sainz.

His bad experience reached such a level that, even during an exhibition with Niki Lauda’s 1974 Ferrari also experienced an accident that caused severe damage to that relic.