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Charles Leclerc keeps Ferrari in the fight in the Monaco traffic

SportLocation Formula 1 Desk · 21 Sept 2026

Leclerc’s Ferrari is shown in the thick of a tight street-circuit battle, where position and patience matter as much as pace.

Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari is shown doing the hard, unglamorous work of a street circuit: staying in the fight when the road narrows and the field bunches up.

The clearest moment comes with the car tucked into a pack, the front wing loaded and the tyres working on a damp-looking surface. On a track like this, that is where races are won and lost — not in a grand gesture, but in the ability to hold station and keep the car tidy through traffic.

There is no need to dress it up. Leclerc’s job here is to keep the red car alive in the middle of the mess, where every metre is contested and every gap closes quickly.

That is the appeal of the clip: Ferrari in close quarters, Leclerc in the thick of it, and Monaco doing what Monaco does best — forcing precision before anything else.