{"id":1503182,"date":"2022-04-19T16:36:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T20:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1503182"},"modified":"2022-04-19T16:36:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T20:36:52","slug":"formula-1-leader-charles-leclerc-will-bring-320000-road-rage-to-imola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/formula-1-leader-charles-leclerc-will-bring-320000-road-rage-to-imola\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1 Leader Charles Leclerc Will Bring $320,000 of Road Rage to Imola"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Driving in the Formula 1<\/a> series is a dangerous way of making a living. Season points leader Charles Leclerc<\/a> found out the hard way on Monday that the celebrity status associated with competing in F1 has its own hazards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He escaped a scary incident unharmed but lost an expensive possession in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Leclerc is at the top of the Formula 1 standings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Charles Leclerc has been building toward this year since 2018, his rookie season as a Formula 1 driver. Fresh off winning the GP3 series in 2016 and the Formula 2 championship the following year, Leclerc moved into the top series with the Alfa Romeo Sauber team. Though he didn\u2019t score and podium finishes, Leclerc finished in the points often enough to place 13th<\/sup> in the final standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He swapped seats at season\u2019s end with 2007 World Drivers\u2019 Championship Kimi Raikkonen to drive for Scuderia Ferrari, where he has remained since. The impact was immediate as Leclerc won a pair of races and stood on the podium after eight others, ending the year in fourth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The entire Ferrari program struggled after that, and the Monte Carlo native settled for eighth and then seventh place the past two seasons. This year, however, has been outstanding. Leclerc won the Bahrain and Australian Grand Prix races, sandwiched around second place in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With defending champion Max Verstappen and runner-up Lewis Hamilton staggering out of the gate, Leclerc has built a 71-37 lead over second-place driver George Russell of Mercedes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Leclerc will be a road rage candidate at Imola after being robbed<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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