“When you thought you had already had all the bad luck in the world in Monaco and you lost the brakes in the Rascasse with one of the most iconic Ferraris in the history of Formula 1.” The peace that sticks to his wheels in the Principality, Charles Leclerc preferred to laugh about it on social networks after the historic Monaco Grand Prix, finished in the safety rail. It must be said that apart from the repairs to Niki Lauda’s mythical car, which is not a straw on such a museum piece almost fifty years old (1974), this umpteenth misfortune of the Monegasque at home did not really lend itself to result. A sixth abandons in as many “real” races (F2 then F1) disputed on the mythical urban track would however cost him much more expensive this Sunday.

Because Leclerc, brilliant since the start of the season (two wins, two second places, four pole positions), has just experienced his first major hitch in 2022. Promised for victory in Barcelona in a Grand Prix…