The 2024 Monaco GP qualifying delivered on its hype with a completely unpredictable grid amid Purple Bull’s struggles. Ferrari and Charles Leclerc took essentially the most benefit of the identical to take pole place and break Max Verstappen’s qualifying dominance this yr. Nevertheless, alongside the Monegasque is his newly ‘adopted’ son – Oscar Piastri, who certified in P2. Apparently, the #16 driver’s brother Arthur Leclerc celebrated this end result, deeming it as a ‘Household Entrance Row’.
Piastri has been as much as this humorous charade of eager to have some Monegasque roots in his blood. The Australian driver did the identical for earlier races this yr to have extra house races. Seeing his quest to name the Monaco GP one among his house races, Charles Leclerc supplied to undertake Piastri as his son!
This joke has carried on with F1, Oscar’s mother – Nicole Piastri, and several other others becoming a member of the banter. Method 1 posted a graphic on Friday to quote the McLaren driver’s title as “Oscar Piastri – Leclerc”. The 2 drivers have additionally reacted to the identical and now Arthur Leclerc has joined the banter.
Arthur posted on his Instagram story, “Household Entrance Row” with a coronary heart emoji and tagged Piastri and Leclerc‘s handles. The previous posted a time of 1:10:424, relative to the Ferrari’s driver’s pole time of 1:10:270.
Whereas the McLaren driver was a tenth and a half shy of taking his maiden pole place within the Grand Prix format, as per their banter this weekend, it’s a ‘Leclerc front-row lockout’. So, which will carry a smile to Piastri’s face.
Nonetheless, the duo have put themselves in prime place to struggle for the Monaco GP win, particularly with Leclerc trying to break his house race curse.
Charles Leclerc inches nearer to house race glory
Charles Leclerc has confronted wretched luck on the Monaco GP with a finest results of P4 in 2022. The Monegasque driver would wish to get that monkey off his again after securing pole this weekend.
The Ferrari driver has been extremely fast all through all observe periods to date and confirmed his prowess when it mattered in Q3. With Verstappen struggling and beginning sixth on Sunday, Leclerc would fancy his probabilities to get his first race win since Austria 2022.
Nevertheless, McLaren’s progress up to now two races would make Ferrari cautious of not making any errors. The 2022 race noticed them fumble their technique execution below changeable circumstances and Leclerc ended up ending outdoors the highest 3, regardless of beginning on pole.
So, if the Italian workforce need Leclerc to interrupt his house race curse, their tire technique and pitstops within the race have to be excellent. In the meantime, McLaren can be trying to preserve the #16 driver below strain, as even Piastri would wish to take his maiden Grand Prix win.
