For all athletes to participate in Olympic Games it’s a great honor. Difficult, at the moment impossible, if you do motorsport. Nevertheless Charles Leclerc his participation in the next ones Paris 2024 Olympic Games if it is insured. The pilot of the Ferrari will be one of the torchbearers who will carry the Olympic flame on the long journey from Athens, cradle of the games, to the French capital. Obviously he will do it in his own Monk where he won three weeks ago.
Meanwhile Leclerc in a long interview with The print he once again swore eternal and unconditional love to Ferrari, underlining that he wanted win the Formula 1 World Championship with the red one and not to fear the competition next year Lewis Hamilton his future teammate.
Ferrari, Leclerc pride: torchbearer for the Paris Olympics, when and where
It will definitely be a great honor for Charles Leclerc. The Ferrari driver will be the torchbearer the first torchbearer in the passage from Munich of the Olympic flame towards Paris where the Olympic Games will begin on 26 July and will run until 11 August. A custom, a tradition, that of the Olympic torch which is lit in Athens where the Olympics were born and then, like an infinite relay, travels along the road towards the venue of the Games, in this case Paris, passing from baton to baton until the day of inauguration of the Olympic Games with the lighting of the Olympic brazier.
Charles Leclerc will be the first torchbearer of the Monaco stage, he who is Monegasque and who won the F1 Grand Prix in Monte Carlo no less than three weeks ago. Leclerc will be only the second driver in F1 history to have the honor of carrying the flame. Before him only Lewis Hamilton, also his next teammate in Ferrari, in London 2012.
The appointment for Leclerc is June 18th at around 2.15pm: Charles will then pass the torch to the skier Alexandra Coletti, and again the tennis player Xiaoxin Yang, to the bobsled pilot Rudy Rinaldi. Finally, to close the route of the Olympic torch through the streets of Monaco, Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene.
Ferrari, Leclerc swears love: “Winning the F1 World Championship in red”
In the long interview published today in La Stampa, Charles Leclerc underlined his close, loving relationship with Ferrari and for Ferrari with which he hopes to fulfill his dream of becoming F1 world champion:
“I would be willing to do anything to win the World Championship and doing it with Ferrari is my life’s goal. How long am I willing to wait? As much time as it takes. This is the team that made me dream as a child and believed in me when I was young, I will do everything to make it happen as soon as possible.”
F1, Leclerc between Sainz and Hamilton: “Sorry for Carlos, with Lewis we will be friends”
360° interview for the Ferrari driver, who also spoke about the relationship with his teammates, the present Carlos Sainz, and the future Lewis Hamilton:
“Lewis I see it as a super opportunity, for me and for the team, but also for our sport. Having a seven-time world champion on the team is a great sign. It motivates me a lot to show what I am capable of and I will be able to learn from one of the best riders ever. I am convinced that our relationship will become closer when he arrives at Ferrari, many worlds unite us. Music too. With Carlos from a personal point of view I was very sorry when I heard the news, on the other hand when you sign with a team there is an expiry date, you don’t know how far away but sooner or later it will arrive and you have to accept it”
Leclerc and Sinner: “We’ll go and play padel”
Charles Leclerc also spoke about the Italian sporting phenomenon of the moment, that Jannik Sinner, the undisputed number 1 in the rankings and beyond: “I’m pleased, meeting so many colleagues at the highest level is super interesting. There is a lot to learn from other disciplines too.” But also a promise: “We talk to Sinner often. We’ll go and play padel, even if it won’t be a great day for me.”
