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lec: Soft, sweet, makes you happy... of course we are talking about LEC, a true friend for life (what did you expect? 🐶)

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What was your favourite story from 2024?

"Charles Leclerc achieving his family’s dream of winning the Monaco Grand Prix was a very special moment. All of the drivers on the grid have worked so hard to be there, and careers are littered with sliding door moments where the heroes of today might easily have never made it to the grid. To endure the heartbreak he’s been through and to keep such a great attitude throughout made that last lap in Monaco a special thing to witness."

Alex Jacques

F1.com | 2024 year in review | 20 December 2024

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What was the best individual performance from 2024?

"Let’s just agree that it was Max Verstappen in Brazil, so I can talk about another one. Because in the context of trying to help Ferrari overturn such a big deficit to McLaren, and starting from 19th in a dry and largely incident-free race (in terms of no significant Safety Car help), Charles Leclerc’s recovery to third place in Abu Dhabi was remarkable. The first lap was sensational, with Leclerc taking a really high-risk, high-reward approach, and the pace really strong for the rest of the race to capitalise on that. It genuinely was a brilliant performance. But nothing really comes all that close to Verstappen at Interlagos."

Chris Medland

F1.com | 2024 year in review | 20 December 2024

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"I always enjoy wheel-to-wheel. It’s always a very exciting moment of the weekend where you’ve got to adapt to different drivers. Of course, you get to know drivers and you adapt your driving style to it as well and obviously when lots is at stake, it’s where you can take more risk and that’s where I enjoy it the most."

"As a driver, I feel like looking back at this year, there hasn’t been really any missed opportunities, which in the other years, when I look back, there was always one or two races where I wanted to do things that were not possible. And, by that, it was biting me. That would mean that I would get zero points in a weekend where I could have got eight or 10. Even if that’s not much, at the end when you add these things up it makes a difference and on a year like this, I don’t think I’ve left any chances behind. That is why I’m satisfied with the season."

Charles in an article in Autosport (19 Dec 2024) which ranks Charles number 2 of the 2024 season. The author also notes:

Leclerc’s 33-lap stint at the Italian GP where every lap was within a second earned headlines in his fantastic win there, but it should not be forgotten that he was also great on another one-stopper back in China. This tyre management element of his game is often overlooked, around all that qualifying wildness.

Read the whole article here: https://www.autosport.com/general/news/autosport-top-50-of-2024-2-charles-leclerc/10683383/

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2024 Season Driver Ratings (Part 2)

Speed Cafe [ranked 3rd behind VER and NOR]:

F1 Power Rankings [3rd behind VER and NOR]:

New York Times [ranked 3rd behind VER and NOR]:

Goodwood Road & Racing [ranked 3rd behind VER and NOR]:

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Charles in Monaco with Leo

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monaco was a dream ❤️

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📷 @/stephane.valeri

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📷 @/victorbjorkung

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leclerc is ranked 2nd on the race's 2024 driver ranking

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i love that he's there thrice 🤭

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Full video of Charles Leclerc receiving his trophy at the 2024 FIA Awards

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charles leclerc | fia gala 2024

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fred made a bet with charles on where he would be at the end of lap 1 and they both lost it because he was way further ahead than they expected 😭😭