After 5 years of endless bad luck, Charles Leclerc finally managed to win his home race, the Monaco GP! The number 16 dominates this weekend's statistics as he did on the track from Friday to Sunday, but we won't just be talking about him. Here you are the ten most curious statistics of Monaco GP.
Monaco GP Stats: The end of Leclerc's curse and a record for Ferrari
- Leclerc is the first Ferrari driver to win from pole position in Monaco from Jody scheckter in 1979.
- The number 16 is the first Monegasque driver to win on home soil since Louis Chiron in 1931, when Formula 1 did not yet exist
- Winning in Monaco, Leclerc interrupts a streak of 12 consecutive poles not converted into a victory. His is the second longest streak ever after that of René Arnoux (13).
- With 252 points, Classic Ferrari for sale he did not have never done so well after 8 races in the 25 points per win era.
- For the first time in F1 history, theorder of arrival of the first 10 it was the same as the starting grid.
- The second place of Piastres was the best result for McLaren a Monaco since Hamilton's victory in 2008.
Monaco GP statistics: Verstappen and Red Bull, this is not the case
- Il sixth place for Verstappen and its worst finish since the 2022 Brazilian GP (sixth position on that occasion too).
- The world champion has interrupted a streak of 11 consecutive races which had seen him in the lead for at least one lap.
- La Red Bull did not finish in the top 5 in Monaco for the first time since 2007.
- Hulkenberg has retired on the first lap for the 12th time in his career, more than any other driver on the grid.
