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In The Driver’s Seat

Finally, fortune smiles on the little prince of Monaco

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Formula One F1 - Monaco Grand Prix - Circuit de Monaco, Monaco - May 26, 2024
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc celebrates with team members after winning the Monaco Grand Prix REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc celebrates after winning the Monaco Grand Prix on May 26.

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In many fairy stories there is often a prince. In Monaco on Sunday, there were two.

The little one carried ghosts in his cockpit, of a departed father and their shared dream, and countless opportunities lost to deliver to the big prince the victory he so wanted to give him, and all his own family and the friends who had supported his quest to drive a red charger to victory in the world’s most famous race.

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