Ferrari F1 News: Monaco Grand Prix session RED FLAGGED after strange Leclerc incident

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Monaco, 2024 — Photo: © IMAGO

Monaco Grand Prix

Monaco Grand Prix session RED FLAGGED after strange Leclerc incident

Ferrari star and hometown hero Charles Leclerc ran over some debris

Originally written by Sam Cook. This version is a translation.

Saturday 25 May 2024 04:00

First practice at the Monaco Grand Prix was disrupted by a red flag following an incident involving Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.

A brush with the barriers for Kick Sauber driver Zhou Guanyu at Turn 1 left debris strewn all over the track, and a yellow flag in the first sector was waved, warning drivers of the debris.

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However, hometown hero Leclerc came flying around the first corner, and ran over the debris, further spraying it across the track, and getting bits of Zhou's Sauber caught up within his car. Marshalls then decided the session needed to be red flagged.

Ferrari managed to remove the piece of bright green livery from Leclerc's car, allowing him to continue in the session, and FP1 resumed after a few minutes' delay.

Monaco practice red flag

Leclerc has come to his home race hoping to win it for the very first time, with the Ferrari seemingly closer to the dominant Red Bull team than it has been since 2022.

Leclerc has not secured a pole position since the Las Vegas GP, with Max Verstappen equalling Ayrton Senna's record of eight consecutive poles last time out at the Emilia-Romagna GP.

Ferrari will hope Leclerc can get some full running today despite the incident, with the incident with the Sauber debris hopefully not causing any lasting damage.

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