The Monaco Grand Prix, the most famous of the Formula 1 season, takes place this Sunday (3 p.m.).
Former Ferrari driver and Canal + consultant, Jean Alesi believes that Charles Leclerc arrives this year with a competitive Ferrari.
He announces to
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: “He does not need to overdrive so it will work.
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However the GP of Monaco does not succeed in the child of the country.
In F1 since 2018, Leclerc has never finished a race in the principality.
The most famous meeting of the Formula 1 season. All the drivers on the grid dream of hanging the Monaco Grand Prix, the most legendary, on their list.
Perhaps a little more Charles Leclerc, a native of the rock.
Jean Alesi, the former Ferrari driver and consultant on Canal + which broadcasts the race this Sunday (3 p.m.), declares to
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to be "confident" in a victory for Charles on his land, while the Monegasque has never finished a GP in the principality.
Did you expect Max Verstappen and RedBull to regain the lead in the world championship at the Barcelona Grand Prix?
By the way it happened, no.
Seeing a Ferrari withdraw like that, immediately in the race, is quite traumatic both for the fans and for Charles Leclerc.
Obviously we can't expect that.
But I'm sure we're going to see this mano a mano between Max and Charles all season.
Will the difference be in reliability, do you think?
When you give up, you are at 0. And with these competitors, it can quickly make a big difference.
Which was the case in Barcelona.
We are not going to find ourselves in seasons with many modifications, due to the establishment of a "budget cap".
The teams are going to make small changes bit by bit to always remain very competitive, so it's more the reliability that makes the big difference.
Should we be worried about Ferrari's first retirement of the season for mechanical problems?
Me, I do not believe so.
Because historically speaking, when there is a real problem, it's almost the domino effect on cars.
You break a first car, then the other breaks.
There, that was not the case, Carlos Sainz pushed until the end of the Grand Prix.
The technical glitch happened to Charles' car, but it's an isolated problem that can happen in motorsport.
It unfortunately fell on Charles, but that's not a design issue.
Max Verstappen cursed the whole GP against his DRS, Mercedes instructed his drivers to slow down in the final laps… Today the level of competition and competitiveness is so high that reliability can quickly change things .
Does this change anything in the title race for Ferrari and Leclerc?
No no.
On the contrary, it gives a little more suspense.
They have six points difference [Verstappen has 110 points in the driver standings against 104 for Leclerc], that's nothing.
We will have them wheel in wheel until the end.
Are you impressed with Ferrari's start to the season?
Yes.
I'm a real Scuderia fan, and this good start to the season impresses me especially because of the new regulations, everything has changed on the cars, they haven't kept anything, everything is different.
When it's like that, ouch ouch ouch, you can quickly go in the wrong direction, and really have a bad season, without achieving good performances.
After two difficult seasons, they could have been the first to miss each other.
But they presented a hypercompetitive car.
This is to the credit of Mattia Binotto.
Before the Imola Grand Prix I went to visit the factory where the F1 cars are made.
It's breathtaking, even for a connoisseur like me.
I grew up and I spent five years at Ferrari, I know the locals.
But the new buildings really impressed me and the conductor anyway,
Do you see Charles Leclerc winning the Monaco GP, he who is so fast on this circuit, but at the same time so sticky?
It's because he always arrived in Monaco with a car underneath.
He was coming like a mad dog to snatch pole position and the Grand Prix and it was not working in his favor.
He also overdrove, and the margin of error is so small in Monaco that he was going to make a mistake.
Last year, he made a mistake after taking pole.
This year he has a competitive car, he doesn't need to overdrive so it will work.
I'm pretty confident.
For Helmut Marko, Max Verstappen is a cut above Charles Leclerc, do you agree?
I have a lot of respect for Helmut Marko [head of youth development at RedBull] and his assessment is completely understandable, since he talks about his driver.
I followed all the evolution of Charles because my son was at the Ferrari academy when he was in F3.
In addition to his performance, Charles has class and I love him.
I think this year can be his year.
They are going to fight with Max during every episode of the season and it is magnificent.
They are a sublime generation, and true ambassadors of F1.
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Do you understand the questioning of certain historic GPs, like that of Monaco for example?
The answer is very simple, I would like to see a Grand Prix of France and Monaco the next 50 years in a row and that they are not questioned.
There are new Grand Prix coming, Miami this year, Las Vegas next year, and the promoters are paying a lot of money.
I understand that there is preferential treatment linked to seniority, but there are too many differences between a circuit like Monaco and that of Miami.
There are too many differences in the prices of the set and that's what the discussions are about.
At the same time if in the same restaurant you pay 30 euros for your steak and I pay 150 euros for it, obviously I will not be happy when I see the bill.
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