By Joe Murphy
Current Championship leader Charles Leclerc had a nightmare exhibition in his home country as he suffered a crash. Leclerc had been on track in his home territory for the Monaco Historic Grand Prix, where he got the honour of demonstrating the 1974 Ferrari 312 B3 which three-time World Champion Niki Lauda had driven nearly fifty years ago. It had been a joyous sight, but as he was coming to the end of those demo laps, the rear stepped away from Leclerc upon entry to La Rascasse, giving the Ferrari a whack as he spun off into the barriers.It was later revealed by Charles himself that the brakes had failed him heading into the tight, penultimate, corner.
The incident himself led to Leclerc being checked out by nearby medical staff. The driver can ill-afford to miss any F1 action with a resurgent Max Verstappen in hot pursuit. Luckily for Charles, the incident didn’t occur at speed and he was later cleared by the medical team on hand. In fact, he was in good spirits and should have no problems lining up for the Scuderia in Barcelona, later in the week. The damage was only minor, but may prove expensive.
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“When you thought you already had all the bad luck of the world in Monaco and you lose the brakes into Rascasse with one of the most iconic historical Ferrari Formula 1 cars…,” he posted. The 24-year old is not the first driver to endure such an embarrassment. Jean Alesi was involved in a crash while racing this same car in last years event.
The Ferrari man has never had much luck when racing around the streets he grew up on. Less than a year ago, he qualified on pole for the Monaco Grand Prix, although a crash at the end of Q3 had led to a driveshaft failure on his Ferrari which became apparent on his lap to the grid and that meant it was the end of Leclerc’s day before the race had even begun. In fact, his run of misfortune precedes even this. Having raced in F1 at the venue since 2018, he has never even finished a race. It is worth noting that he was rather more fortunate around the street of Monte Carlo, during his F2 spell.
The Spanish Grand Prix is next up, before the official event in Monaco, the following week. Charles Leclerc will be hoping for better luck, in just under a fortnights time.
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