Charles Leclerc calls on Tifosi to replicate the “craziness” from Dutch GP. Charles calls for Verstappen "craziness" to be repeated at Monza.

Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc has called on the Italian fans to replicate the “craziness” which surrounded Max Verstappen during the Dutch Grand Prix, as Formula 1 now heads to Ferrari’s home event, the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

During the Zandvoort weekend, about 70,000 ardent Max Verstappen fans turned the circuit into a party zone, roaring on the Red Bull driver who repaid them with an outstanding performance to win in front of his main rival, Lewis Hamilton.

Scuderia Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc is now looking forward to similar scenes at Monza that welcomes back a 50% capacity crowd – which is about 50,000 fans – after in 2020 the Italian venue was not able to allow fans to take part in the event.

With memories also fresh from the scenes that greeted his 2019 win at Monza, Charles Leclerc said: “Obviously, Monza is always extremely special for the drivers and for the team. It is the home for the team, and we can always feel the support. Obviously, what I lived in 2019, I will remember that for my whole life. This year might be a bit more difficult compared to 2019 but it will be good to feel the support. The craziness that we have seen for Max [at the Dutch GP] I hope to see it for us in Monza, but it is always very special to be racing at the home of Ferrari.” – he added.

For Charles Leclerc’s teammate, Carlos Sainz, the Italian Grand Prix weekend will be his first as Monza driving for the Maranello team, meaning that the Spaniard is obviously expecting it to be one he will never forget.

Yet after his rather disappointing Dutch Grand Prix last week, that left him perplexed as to the loss of his pace, Carlos Sainz is aware that at Monza he needs to rediscover his form and to everything possible to maximize the potential of the SF21 car and score some good points:

“Honestly, in terms of Monza, I think it is going to be a weekend that I am going to try and enjoy to the maximum. It is going to be a weekend that for sure I will remember all my life so I’m going to try and go there and enjoy it, make it memorable and try and have a strong result. But until Monza, unfortunately, I have a lot of homework to do, a lot of things to analyse and to try and find out with the engineers. I am sure, once I know more or less what happened in the race, I will try to reset the mind and go into Monza a lot happier.” – the Spanish driver concluded.