No Q3 appearances. No points. Two retirements. Charles Leclerc’s record at the Monaco Grand Prix makes for pretty unfortunate reading. But the Monegasque was looking for a reversal of his fortunes around his home circuit this weekend as F1 returns to the track for the first time since 2019.
Leclerc may have learnt to swim in the pool the drivers navigate around at over 140mph on a Grand Prix weekend, but that local knowledge has failed to serve him well so far in Formula 1, with Leclerc qualifying 14th for Sauber in 2018 before getting wiped out by Toro Rosso’s Brendon Hartley in the race – while a disastrous 2019 appearance saw Leclerc fall out in Q1, while he was forced to retire from the Grand Prix with floor damage after an overambitious move on Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg went wrong.