The numbers of Monte Carlo
The one obtained yesterday from Charles Leclerc in Monaco was the 24th pole position of his career of Monegasque, the third on the streets of the Principality’s home. In the special ranking of poles in Monte Carlo, Leclerc now has only the sacred monsters of Formula 1 ahead of him: Fangio, Clark, Stewart and Prost at four and Ayrton Senna at five.
Ferrari thus obtained pole position number 13 on this track and further separated the pursuers McLaren – stopped at 11 – and Lotus – at 9.
However, the focus is already on the race, with Leclerc still looking for his first success in Monaco and Ferrari having won only one of the last 21 editions (in 2017 with Vettel).
A curious statistic
On the sidelines of Leclerc’s pole position, a particular statistic emerged: Since 1979, the Ferrari driver who starts the race from the first spot on the grid has not won the race.
In fact, on the last six occasions (two of which with Leclerc) the Ferrari driver who started on pole has failed to realize the advantage.
Year | Ferrari driver on pole in Monaco | Race result in Monaco |
1956 | Juan Manuel Fangio | 2nd |
1974 | Niki Lauda | Retirement on lap 32 |
1975 | Niki Lauda | VICTORY |
1976 | Niki Lauda | VICTORY |
1978 | Carlos Reutemann | 8th |
1979 | Jody Schecketer | VICTORY |
1996 | Michael Schumacher | DNF on the 1st lap |
2000 | Michael Schumacher | Retirement on lap 55 |
2008 | Felipe Massa | 3rd |
2017 | Kimi Raikkonen | 2nd |
2021 | Charles Leclerc | Not gone |
2022 | Charles Leclerc | 4th |
2024 | Charles Leclerc |
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