The Monaco Historic Grand Prix took place over the weekend and it was a welcomed foray of nostalgic sights and sounds. Entertainment from the event also included Scuderia driver Charles Leclerc taking an ex-Lauda F1 car onto track. His Monaco curse continued after a brake failure resulted in some minor bodywork damage.
We are sure the local Monegasque driver also took a blow to the ego after his bad luck continued at his home town street circuit. The iconic 19-corner track hasn’t been kind to its most famous motorsport citizen. His first official outing in 2017 for a GP2 race ended in a retirement after a failed pitstop, the following year on his home debut in Formula 1, the brakes on his Alfa Romeo failed going into the braking-intensive Nouvelle chicane resulting in a nasty accident with Brendon Hartley.
Things were looking better the following season after making the momentous jump to the fabled Scuderia in 2019 however he started from the tail end of the grid and during an ambitious overtaking manoeuvre, an accident and subsequent retirement from the race resulted. This was still more favourable than last year’s Formula 1 race which saw the Monegasque snatch pole position in dramatic fashion but fail to start the race on the following day due to a gearbox issue.
The Monegasque drivers bad luck continued over the weekend where he was invited to race the 1974 Ferrari 312B3 of Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni during the Monaco Historic Grand Prix and brake failure in the final sector of the lap results in a tap with the barriers at La Rascasse. He made a statement on Twitter following the incident but we believe seeing purpose built machines like the ex-Lauda F1 car being driven on its limit to the unfortunate detriment of some bodywork is a better fate than having it gathering dust in a private garage!
The commentators curse strikes again for Charles Leclerc’s Monaco curse, watch below.
