Monegasque Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has taken his second win of the 2024 F1 season, speeding to victory on the team’s home track in Monza after pulling off a spectacular one-stop race.
After winning on his home circuit in Monaco in May, 26-year-old Charles Leclerc has achieved another stunning victory, this time at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza.
“Monaco and Monza are always the two races I want to win each season. They are special races and I have won both of them this year,” said a smiling Leclerc in a post-race interview, before sharing a few words in Italian for the tifosi who cheered him on throughout the race.
In the latter stages of the race on Sunday 1st September, the roar of the crowd came close to overpowering the sound of the cars and, as Leclerc mounted the podium for the Monegasque national anthem and then the Italian national anthem, the noise from the crowd was incredibly powerful.
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Leclerc and the team in the Ferrari garage made the daring decision to attempt a one-stop race, a gamble that certainly paid off.
“I was not surprised you stayed out,” McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, who finished in P2, said to Leclerc after the race, “but I was surprised you survived!”
McLaren’s Lando Norris, who had started in pole, rounded out the podium. He admitted that neither of the McLaren cars could have managed to do the same.
Leclerc’s teammate, Carlos Sainz, who also made only one pit stop, came in fourth. The results added some important points to both teams’ tallies in the Constructor Standings as they try to chase down Red Bull for the title. McLaren is closest to the current leader, with just eight points between the team and Red Bull, compared to Ferrari’s 39.
Leclerc, who won the fans’ Driver of the Day, is third in the Driver Standings behind Norris in second and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in first place.
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