2022 was a mixed year for Charles Leclerc, with his season having been ridiculed by a plethora of errors and reliability troubles. The Vice-Champion suffered from poor reliability, strategic errors, and driver errors this year, all of which allowed double World Champion Max Verstappen to cruise to a second consecutive Drivers’ Championship. Leclerc started the
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Charles Leclerc might look back on 2022 as the year that should’ve been his, especially given the fact that he claimed victory at two of the opening three races of the season. The Ferrari driver started the season stronger than anyone could’ve imagined, with it, at the time, looking like the Monegasque might actually be the Italians savour.
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Former Formula 1 driver Hans-Joachim Stuck gave us all a bit of a surprise when he suggested that Ferrari told Charles Leclerc to lie about the cause of his crash at the French Grand Prix. The Monegasque had started from pole in Le Castellet, and had fended off the early threat of Max Verstappen, before
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A Formula 1 fan has given Charles Leclerc his own parking space at the Paul Ricard Circuit after his crash there during the French Grand Prix. The Monegasque had taken his seventh pole position of the season in France which, discounting Monaco, is very close indeed to his home race. It was further proof that
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Charles Leclerc has been one of the star performers of 2022 so far, despite the Monegasque driver being 80 points behind Drivers’ Championship leader Max Verstappen. Leclerc’s title bid needs a huge revival should he stand any chance of becoming the World Champion at the end of the year, after countless Ferrari errors have dropped
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In the latest round of social media banter, a fan endeavoured to find out if a plane can take off on the run-off area on the exit of Turn 11 in Le Castellet, but did they succeed? First of all, some context. Charles Leclerc had brilliantly taken pole position for the French Grand Prix in
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Red Bull and Ferrari do not believe that Charles Leclerc’s accident at last weekend’s French Grand Prix was at all related to “porpoising” and bouncing. The phenomenon has appeared this season amid the arrival of the new technical regulations, which have brought about the return of ground effect aerodynamics. It meant a complete change to
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Following on from the French Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz has incredibly revealed that he chose to race without a drinks bottle, in a bid to save weight. Having been awarded numerous grid penalties for exceeding the allowed number of engine components, the Ferrari driver started the race in 19th place. Sainz incredibly made his way
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Charles Leclerc is taking a few days away from the madness of Formula 1 before the Hungarian Grand Prix after his crash in France last weekend. The Monegasque started on pole and held off Max Verstappen in the opening stint, before spinning at Turn 11 and slamming into the barrier, ending his hopes of victory.
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McLaren racer Daniel Ricciardo was mildly frustrated after the French Grand Prix after finishing behind the Alpine of Esteban Ocon. The Australian started ninth having narrowly missed out on a Q3 spot in qualifying, before being bumped up because of penalties for Kevin Magnussen and Carlos Sainz. Esteban Ocon started one place further back at
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