News Details

Monaco Preview: Leclerc dream and Lauda memories stir emotions

Charles Leclerc will race around his home streets in a Ferrari for the first time in Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix, a boyhood dream come true, but dominant Mercedes also have sentiment on their side this weekend. The death on Monday night of Austrian Formula 1 great Niki Lauda – a triple world champion, a two-time Monaco winner in his driving heyday and most recently non-executive director of the Mercedes F1 team – has cast the showcase race into a different light. A week ago there were those who feared a sixth successive Mercedes one-two finish, at a tight and twisty track that has seen plenty of processions in the past, would have the fans turning off in droves. Now that looks...
Full Story »
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes' Toto Wolff: Lauda will be missed as...

Mercedes' team boss Toto Wolff has issued a statement following the death...
5y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Sebastian Vettel hopes to clear his mind of Lauda's...

Sebastian Vettel hopes that he can put the death of Niki Lauda behind him...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Driving For Ferrari At My Home Race In Monaco A...

Charles Leclerc calls his first home race at the Monaco Grand Prix with...

Tributes pour in honouring F1 legend Niki Lauda

< ► > Reaction to the death of three-times Formula 1champion...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Jorge Martin to miss Thai and Argentine MotoGP races

Aprilia has announced that Jorge Martin will miss the first two MotoGP...
46m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Dale Coyne announces askROI as full season sponsor

Dale Coyne Racing announced on Wednesday that AI-driven business askROI...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Zak Brown outlines investment that could maximize...

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has released a public letter covering...

Team Penske quickest in final IndyCar test day

The NTT IndyCar Series held its second and final preseason open test day...

Pato O’Ward fastest in first day of IndyCar...

The entire NTT IndyCar Series paddock set up shop in Sebring, Florida on...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

WRC drivers follow F1 in statement to FIA president

World Rally Championship drivers have penned a strongly-worded statement...

Elfyn Evans wins Rally Sweden by a whisker

Super Sunday on Rally Sweden was just that! After 300km of hard racing,...

Elfyn Evans under pressure on Rally Sweden –...

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin maintained their lead on Rally Sweden after...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Revealed: Chelsea have made moves and are leading race...

Chelsea have made moves ahead of potentially targeting Borussia Dortmund...
36m ago from CaughtOffside.com

'That's put them off' – Gary Neville claims this...

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has claimed that Arsenal didn't...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.