Unluckiest F1 report? Charles Leclerc now has most pole positions and not using a championship

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took his twenty first Formula 1 pole on the United States Grand Prix predominant race final weekend, nonetheless, the Monegasque may solely end the race on P6. Despite the three pole positions that the younger Scuderia Ferrari driver has achieved to date this season, he’s but to register a win in 2023. Leclerc has now began on pole on 21 completely different events in his F1 profession.
This signifies that the Ferrari driver now has the very best variety of pole positions in Formula 1 and not using a Championship win. The earlier report of 20 pole positions and not using a Championship was held by Valtteri Bottas. After a disqualification at COTA final weekend, Leclerc now sits on seventh within the drivers’ standings with 151 factors to his identify – eight lower than Lando Norris on sixth and eight greater than George Russell who sits behind the Ferrari driver.

Apart from the US Grand Prix, Leclerc began from pole on the Belgium GP in Spa and Azerbaijan GP in Baku. In each the races, Red Bull duo of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez managed to overhaul the #16 Ferrari SF-23, with Leclerc ending each the races on P3. The Ferrari driver has a pole-to-win conversion ratio of below 25 %, classifying him as one of many unluckiest drivers on the grid regardless of his excessive talent degree.
More typically than not, the 26-yeard previous driver from Monaco has been a sufferer of poor technique calls from his workforce, leading to an unfavourable consequence. Leclerc was the runner as much as Verstappen within the 2022 F1 drivers’ championship, nonetheless, this 12 months he could be hoping to make it to prime 5 at greatest.
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