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These Are The Reasons For Every Charles Leclerc DNF In Monaco

These Are The Reasons For Every Charles Leclerc DNF In Monaco

Charles Leclerc might be the most successful Monegasque F1 suburbanite of all time, but his luck in his hometown is starting to get ridiculous… 

2017

The Monaco expletive stretches all the way when to 2017, when in Leclerc’s Formula 2 days. After setting the fastest laps in self-ruling practice and qualifying, Leclerc retired from both the Sprint and Feature races due to mechanical and electrical issues.

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2018

In 2018, Leclerc suffered a restriction failure during the final few laps of his debut home race, and collided with Brendan Heartley resulting in a DNF. Ouch…

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2019

Lightning struck twice in 2019, when Leclerc was first knocked out in Q1 by teammate Sebastian Vettel and then collided with Nico Hulkenburg during the race, forcing him to retire on lap 18. Double ouch…

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2021

The expletive was lifted for a unenduring moment in 2021 when Leclerc put his Ferrari on pole position, shortly surpassing shunting at turn 15 on his cool-down lap. The crash caused forfeiture to his gearbox and could not be repaired surpassing the race.

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 2022

And finally, as if things couldn’t get any worse, Leclerc crashed Niki Lauda’s priceless 1974 Ferrari whilst performing in a historic Monaco demo event due to flipside unravel failure. 

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Could the expletive protract for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, or has Leclerc had his pearly share of bad luck?