Blue, white… black for Charles Leclerc

A cry in the furnace. A howl of pain, disappointment, frustration, anger above all. Charles Leclerc just lost control of his Ferrari, embedded in the wall of tires in the double right of Beausset. He tries to put reverse, but it doesn't respond. Then he shouts again, pronounces the word " throttle ". Doubt sets in. Did he encounter, as during the last laps of the Austrian Grand Prix where he emerged victorious, a new accelerator problem? No, nothing like that, he just went off the track while he was riding alone after enduring the pressure of Max Verstappen for 15 turns, and repelled his attacks. He was 10″ ahead of Lewis Hamilton, climbed to 2nd place after the Dutchman stopped to change his tires.

Suddenly on screens, the unthinkable © DPPI

Already faster than the Red Bull, the Ferrari was also showing its advantage in terms of degradation and, at this stage, no one seemed