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Leclerc: “The victory in Monza was decided long before the safety car”
Charles Leclerc acknowledged that Ferrari had regained their lost speed at the Italian GP but also acknowledged that the fate of the race for victory was decided in Max Verstappen’s favor well before the safety car came out on lap 58.
Charles Leclerc accepted Scuderia Ferrari’s invitation to make their first pit stop for the virtual safety car, but confirmed that today the Scuderia lacked the speed to chase Max Verstappen – who had superior race pace from the start with the Red Bull RB18 had against the Ferrari F1-75 at the Italian GP.
Since the first pit stop took little time so early, Leclerc changed his strategy from one to two pit stops, but even this strategy could not threaten the Dutchman. In fact, Leclerc said the Italian made the decision to start so early in part to be covered by Mercedes’ George Russell should the Brit go under VSC. “We didn’t know what the cars behind us would do, so we made that decision.”said the Monegasque.
The regular safety car at the end for Daniel Ricciardo’s stalled McLaren gave him one last chance but the race did not restart until the checkered flag. The McLaren start took time, as did the safety car, to catch up with Verstappen and form the grid behind him.
The protocol for such circumstances, ignored by Michael Massey in Abu Dhabi last year, has now been implemented. It provides that the race can be restarted one lap after the lapped drivers have been released. This was not possible today, there were still 5 laps to go to the checkered flag.
“Yes, the ending was irritating”, stressed Charles Leclerc at the end of the Italian GP. “I wish we could have raced at the end but unfortunately we were second at that point based on what had happened before. So it’s a shame.”
The 24-year-old continued: “Overall, I gave everything for second place today. I wish I could have won in front of the amazing fans we have here, but today I just couldn’t. With second place, I’m obviously not particularly happy about this race. But yes, we will work on that basis. I think our speed was pretty good today, it just wasn’t enough.” closed.
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The season finale and Monaco’s failure will be shown. Where are the most overtakes in F1?
The Formula 1 2025 season was full of competition and transitions. Although fewer in number than last year and fans and drivers not always able to enjoy the action on track, there were still plenty of genuine overtakes.
On some routes there were very few, as expected. The fewest overtakes took place in Monaco; There were only four overtakes during the entire race. And most of them were at the season finale, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – 60th.
Below is the exact number of actual overtakes on each stage; this number does not take into account position changes on pit road during the first lap as the driver exits or exits the track. The chart only reflects actual overtaking on the motorway.
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The Verstappen Racing team has opened a new page in the history of the Max Verstappen racing program by signing an agreement with Mercedes-AMG Motorsport.
According to the agreement, the team will continue to compete in GT World Challenge Europe and will switch to the Mercedes-AMG GT3 car for the Sprint Cup and Endurance Cup series from 2026.
Chris Lalham will continue to compete in Sprint Cup for the second consecutive season. He will be joined by Daniel Juncdella, who has extensive experience in GT3 and a strong background at Mercedes-AMG. The duo will compete in five Sprint Cup rounds at iconic European tracks.
Verstappen Racing will also compete in the Endurance Cup GT World Challenge Europe in 2026. Lalham and Juncdella will be joined by Jules Gougnon on five Endurance tours, including the legendary 24 Hours of Spa.
The team’s opponent will be Ukrainian Ivan Klimenko, who competes in the Silver class in the same championship.
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Mercedes driver George Russell received a rather unusual Christmas gift from Charles Leclerc as part of Secret Santa.
The Briton received a chart showing his overtakes at the Dutch Grand Prix, arguably one of the most exciting moments of the season.
After unwrapping the gift, Russell said: “Look at him. He’s such a nice guy. He can only overtake illegally, so that’s all he has going for him – taking people off the track. I’m speechless to be honest.”
When asked if he wanted to wish Leclerc a Merry Christmas, the British driver playfully added:
“He doesn’t deserve this. Maybe I’ll give him another photo of Kimi knocking him out of the race and remind him of what happened a few laps later. Thank you Charles. Thank you for nothing.”
🎁 | Amigo secreto!
There is no information that George Russell bought Charles Leclerc.😂
“It’s a very delicate piece. It means having a form that’s not legal. It means they’re unarmed… much better.” pic.twitter.com/O7MLLWdTtB
— Team George Russell Br🇧🇷 (@teamgeorgerllbr) December 23, 2025
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