May 15th, 2022 World championship leader Charles Leclerc was left red-faced after crashing an iconic Ferrari Formula 1 car previously raced by Niki Lauda.
It's safe to say Monaco hasn't been kind to Charles Leclerc, he has had more than a few unfortunate experiences at the legendary street circuit. His first appearance back in 2017 as a GP2 driver ended in retirement after a pit stop went wrong. Things weren't any better a year later when he made the switch to Formula 1 as the brakes of his Alfa Romeo failed, thus rear-ending the Toro Rosso driven by Brendon Hartley.
In 2019, he crashed his Ferrari and failed to finish the race. There was no race in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, while 2021's event ended before it started as a gearbox failure forced Leclerc to retire before Sunday's big race.
Fast forward to 2022 the Monegasque's string of bad luck continued. During the Monaco Historic GP, he crashed a classic Ferrari 312B3 driven by Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni during the 1974 season when it took second place in the constructors’ championship.
Charles Leclerc - Crash - 2022
"When you thought you already had all the bad luck of the world in Monaco and you lose the brakes into Rascasse with one of the most iconic historical Ferrari Formula 1 car."