After the Monacan racer’s victory, Charles Leclerc announced he was getting married to his girlfriend Alexandra Saint Mleux.

After the Monacan racer’s victory, Charles Leclerc announced he was getting married to his girlfriend Alexandra Saint Mleux.

 

After the Monacan racer’s victory, Charles Leclerc announced he was getting married to his girlfriend Alexandra Saint Mleux.

 

Ferrari team manager Fred Vasseur said that one of his team’s biggest challenges was to manage the tactical race in Monaco and slow down race winner Charles Leclerc to preserve the gaps required to govern the race. After six attempts, Charles Leclerc finally overcame the stigma associated with Monaco to win his home race. He is the seventh Ferrari driver to win here and the 37th driver to win on the streets of Monaco. Although Louis Chiron, another Monegasque, won here 93 years ago, much before the World Championship was established, he is also the first to do so since the Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championship began in 1950.

 

Across the garage, Carlos Sainz experienced a far more difficult day in his SF-24 after making a small contact with Oscar Piastri’s McLaren, which resulted in a puncture. After a red-flag interval, the Spaniard was able to restore his starting position and finished Round 8 of the 2024 Formula One season in an amazing third place. Regarding his team’s performance at the Monaco Grand Prix, Fred Vasseur expressed his satisfaction with Charles Leclerc’s first home triumph after a string of unfavorable results in the past. According to the Frenchman, the primary

 

“After a few difficult races in the past here in Monaco, Charles enjoyed the ideal weekend and one to remember. He performed flawlessly and was flying from the first lap of FP1. We had to complete 77 laps on the same set of tires following the red flag, which made the race itself quite peculiar. He was always in charge of the circumstance, and on a few occasions, he asked to push harder than we could allow, but we were unable to provide it. Carlos put in a great race and was a major contributor to our victory by helping us close the gaps behind and performing admirably for the team.

 

At the moment, we are all pushing very hard, there is a very good dynamic in the whole team with everyone working in the right direction. We mustn’t get carried away, we have to stay focused, but this win is a huge motivation for everyone, at the track and also of course at the factory where everyone has done a great job.

 

“This was a very special day, you could see the emotion from all the team members around the podium. Now we must already think about doing a good job again, a better one even, in Canada.”