Embarrassing for Leclerc:

F1 victory in Monza, but accident in traffic

Charles Leclerc caused a rear-end collision in road traffic.(Bild: AFP/APA/Paul Crock, X/Zero2Turbo)

Week after week, Charles Leclerc races across the tarmac at over 300 km/h and then the winner of the Monza GP has a rear-end collision in the slow traffic of Monaco, of all places. The video is currently going viral.

It shows the Formula 1 star sitting behind the wheel of his €400,000 Ferrari Purosangue, making slow progress. The 26-year-old has to brake every few seconds to avoid crashing into the car in front of him. Until at some point he fails to do so and touches the car. 

Although both cars remain undamaged, the Monegasque still has to put up with the odd derisive comment on the net ...