Editorial mood. Monaco 4, Leclerc 0
Last weekend the Monaco Historic Grand Prix took place in the Principality. It was therefore legendary cars, such as the Bugatti 51 or the old Formula 1 cars, which competed in their respective categories.
The most Monegasque of Formula 1 drivers and current leader of the championship, Charles Leclerc, took the opportunity, between two race weekends, to give a little demonstration of his talents at home. But not at the wheel of just any car: Niki Lauda’s mythical 1974 Ferrari with which the Austrian legend had won the first of his three world championship titles.
As he approached the La Rascasse bend, the Monegasque lost control of the car and crashed into the safety rails. It was therefore with a twisted rear wing that the stage local returned to the pits. A mechanical problem with the brakes would be responsible for the 40-year-old racing car going off the track.
“When you think you’ve already had all the bad luck possible in Monaco and you lose the brakes at La Rascasse with one of F1’s most iconic Ferraris,” Charles Leclerc wrote on social media. Indeed, the Monaco circuit is as legendary as it brings bad luck to Leclerc. In three participations, the native of the Rock has never been able to cross the finish line. Retirement in 2018, crash in 2019 and gearbox glitch prevents him from taking part in the race in 2021, when he had taken pole position the day before.
If bad luck has struck him again, Leclerc may be able to console himself by saying that on May 29, when he starts the Grand Prix at the wheel of his F1-75, he should have the royal road in the Principality. .