Formula 1, Leclerc torchbearer of the Olympic flame at the Monaco stage – Formula 1

When the Olympic flame passes through Monte Carlo to Paris, Charles Leclerc will be the first torchbearer

June 17, 2024

Mless and less to the next edition, number XXXIII, of Olympics 2024 that will be held in Paris from 26 July to 11 August. The French capital is preparing in the best possible way to host the Olympic Games, exactly one hundred years after they last stopped in the heart of the Transalpine country, in 1924 and before that in 1900. The occasion, therefore, will be a real own festive occasion to celebrate this anniversary.

Pbefore starting this edition, as tradition dictates, the Olympic flame was lit in the city of Olympiain Greece, from where he started his journey which will end on July 26th with Opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, when the brazier will be officially lit. The flame will make several stages along its path, without ever being extinguished, and one of these will be the Principality of Monaco. It will be accepted on June 18th from the first torchbearer who will be Charles LeclercMonegasque driver of the Scuderia Ferrari and winner of the last edition of the Monte Carlo Grand Prix. The number #16 of the Maranello team will hand over the torch to the skier Alexandra Coletti; then it will be the tennis player’s turn Xiaoxin Yang who will in turn give it to Rudy Rinaldi, bobsled pilot. He will eventually move to SAS Prince Albert II of Munich and the Princess Charlene. The torch will then resume its journey towards Paris.