High-speed crashes at the Parabolica: Charles Leclerc’s major weakness
The Tifosi held their breath at Monza’s Royal Park as Charles Leclerc sent his Ferrari into the tyre barriers. It wasn’t the Monegasque’s first off-track excursion at the Parabolica.
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Charles Leclerc beendete den Italien-GP in den Reifenstapeln
Foto: Bearne / XPB Images
Charles Leclerc beendete den Italien-GP in den Reifenstapeln
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For Charles Leclerc, Ferrari’s home race on the high-speed Monza circuit lasted less than two laps. The driver, currently fifth in the World Championship, spun off at the fast Parabolica corner and crashed into the tyre barriers. The race was halted and the Monegasque driver was sent to the track hospital.
The hard impact did not go entirely without consequence, as he explained afterwards: he experienced a brief loss of vision in his right eye, which quickly subsided; nor did the slight neck pain – to be expected given the violent impact of 50 to 60 G – give cause for concern.
Leclerc’s crash was nevertheless one of the major talking points after the Grand Prix at the Royal Park. After all, it was not his first accident at the Parabolica; back in 2020, he also went off the track at the famous hairpin on lap 23 of the race. Fortunately, he emerged unscathed on that occasion too.
The question of why Leclerc crashed twice in a corner where not much usually happens was on the minds of the Grand Prix experts. David Coulthard also addressed this on the ‘Up to Speed’ podcast. And he explained, in his own distinctive way: “Charles Leclerc is really very, very talented, because he’s managed to crash twice in the exact same spot – and in a corner where you don’t normally go off.”
“Why did he have the same crash in the exact same spot? The only way I can explain it is this: he had a sort of lapse, and when that happens, he simply makes a mistake. Fortunately, he wasn’t hurt. But he had a serious crash in 2020 and 2026. That’s quite impressive,” added the 55-year-old Scot.
The 2027 MotoGP grid will feature five new regular riders, with at least three of those dropped set to move to the World Superbike Championship. The ones to suffer as a result are Alvaro Bautista and Danilo Petrucci.
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