Charles Leclerc was denied a famous victory at home, in Monaco, four years ago today, 29 May, due to strategic errors by Ferrari.
Four years ago today, Charles Leclerc should have been celebrating one of the most emotional victories in recent Formula 1 history. Instead, the Monegasque driver sat fourth in his Ferrari, seething, his home race ruined by a catalogue of strategic errors from the Scuderia pit wall. The 2022 Monaco Grand Prix, held on 29 May, began with Leclerc on pole alongside team-mate Carlos Sainz in a Ferrari front-row lockout. Heavy rain delayed the start, and when the field eventually got underway behind the safety car on a soaked Circuit de Monaco, Leclerc controlled proceedings from the front with relative ease. It was what followed, as the track dried, that turned the afternoon into a disaster.
