Charles Leclerc's bullish 'Monaco curse' response after earning landmark home victory

With a Monaco win eluding him for his career, Charles Leclerc said he 'never believed' a curse existed.

Having had a particular run of bad luck at his home event stretching back to a double DNF in his GP2 days, to a DNS after taking pole in 2021 and a strategy issue foiling his chances a year later, he was heading into the weekend in search of his first podium at his home race, let alone a win.Leclerc was the fastest driver for much of the weekend at Monaco this year, looking fast all the way through practice, taking pole position and leading the race to the chequered flag.

While luck had eluded him at Monaco before, Leclerc admitted he is not a believer in luck, and when it was put to him after the race that the ‘curse’ at his home Grand Prix had finally been lifted, he politely gave the idea fairly short shrift.“However, it always felt very difficult in the two occasions I had to win here. One I couldn’t even start the race. The second one, we didn’t make the right choice, I think, so it was very, very frustrating to lose those wins.

“So I knew that today was another opportunity. I knew how it felt the last two times I was in this position, but I obviously really wanted to get that victory today and so there was a bit of tension.

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