2024-05-27 20:54:59
On the race in Monaco, Charles Leclerc lastly took his first “dwelling victory”. He then created an emotional second.
Charles Leclerc shouted his pleasure loudly over the radio. After the Ferrari driver crossed the end line first on the Monaco Grand Prix and eventually secured his first victory at his dwelling race after an extended interval of struggling, there was no stopping the 26-year-old. “Sure, sure, sure,” he shouted to his group after which introduced an extended celebration: “It should be an amazing evening,” he mentioned.
Leclerc, who was born in Monaco, needed to wait a very long time for his first victory within the principality. His participation within the well-known road race has been an actual curse. Leclerc has already competed within the Grand Prix 5 occasions since his debut in Components 1 in 2018, and has even secured pole place twice. However on account of technical defects and his personal errors, he has solely made it to the end line twice – and by no means to the rostrum.
However now the whole lot modified: With a robust lap in qualifying on Saturday, Leclerc secured pole place once more and defended the place on the first begin. Even a severe accident within the area and a subsequent interruption to the race didn’t trigger the Monegasque driver to stumble. Leclerc additionally maintained first place on the second begin and confidently introduced dwelling the victory within the slim streets that hardly enable overtaking maneuvers.
Earlier than Leclerc began his introduced evening of partying, he created one other extraordinarily emotional second. In an interview after the race, he remembered his father Hervé, who died in 2017 only a few months earlier than Leclerc’s Components 1 debut.
“Phrases can’t clarify it,” mentioned Leclerc with a glazed look on his face. “That is the race that made me dream of Components 1. The feelings got here on the final laps and I considered my father. It was our shared dream that I’d race right here and win,” Leclerc continued. “He sacrificed the whole lot in order that I might be right here.”
“The truth that I have been on pole twice right here and have not made it makes it even higher now,” mentioned Leclerc, additionally addressing his dangerous luck up to now.