Charles Leclerc ends Monaco GP ‘curse’ with redemptive victory
Char🌜les Leclerc finally takes a long-awaited maiden victory on t🐼he streets of Monaco.
Home hero 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc finally claimed a long-awaited first victory at the F1 Monaco Grand Prix.
The Ferrari driver controlled proceedings from start-to-finish to secure an emotional first win around the streets he grew up on and calls his home, beating McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and teammate Carlos 💎Sainz.
At times, Leclerc drove 10 seconds slower than his pole position time in a ra🌠ce that became a sluggish procession with drivers managing their tyres to the end after an early red flag for a hu𝔉ge multi-car incident enabled them to switch compounds, meaning pit stops were no longer mandatory.
The race had to be suspended on the first lap after Sergio Perez was tipped into the barriers by Haas’ Kevin Magnussen on the run up tꦺhe hill through Beau Rivage, while Nico Hulkenberg was unfortunate to get caught up in the dramatic incident which eliminated all three drivers on the spot.
Following a lengthy red flag period to clear the stricken cars and repair the damage caused to the barriers, Leclerc once again held his nerve at a standing restart to🧸 maintain his lead over Piastri.
The result never looked in doubt for Leclerc, who set the pace all weekend and converted pole position at Monaco into the win at the third attempt to seal his sixth grand prix triumph and with it, the victory that had eluded him thr🅘oughout his career.
"No words can explain that," Leclerc said. "It's such a difficult race, I think the fact twice I've been starting on pole position and we couldn't quit♍e make it makes it even better in a way.
"It means a lot, obviously. It's the race which made me dream of becoming a Formula 1 driver onꦫe day. Fi♌fteen laps to the end you're hoping nothing happens and the emotions are coming.
"M𝓰y dad has given everything for me to be here and it was a dream of ours for me to race here and win here, so it's unbelievab👍le."
McLaren’s Lando Norris finished fourꦍth ahead of George Russell’s Mercedes, while reigning world champion Max Verstappen endured a frustrating run to sixth.
Lewis Hamilton took seventh in the other ♔Mercedes, ahead of RB’s Yuki Tsunoda, Alex Albon’s Williams and Pierre Gasly, who completed the points-scoring positions in 10th place for Alpine.
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