After a two-week break, this weekend the season's F1 Grand Prix will come to San Marino. For the Ferrari team, which has returned to the peak this year, they naturally hope to take advantage of the home field and win another sub-station championship.
Ferrari driver Leclerc won two titles in the first three races of the season (Bahrain and Australia) to help both himself and Ferrari team to top the table.
But just as Leclerc returned to the team's home stadium, ambitiously looking forward to his third personal victory of the year, he was first pit by the "enthusiastic fans" at home.
On Monday night, local time, Leclerc, who was enjoying an Easter holiday, met a group of enthusiastic Italian car fans with his coach and friends in viareggio in the Tuscan region of Italy.
Originally, Leclerc was preparing to drive away, but for the sake of these fans, he stopped the car and met the requirements for autographs and photos. According to the British media, the fans were too enthusiastic at that time, surrounded Leclerc, and as a result, some people skillfully removed the expensive watch leclerc was wearing in the chaotic scene.
It wasn't until the fans dispersed that Leclerc realized that the $320,000 Richard Miller watch on his wrist was missing. He immediately chose to call the police, and the Italian police suspected that the theft of the watch was premeditated, and that among the crowd of fans surrounding Leclerc, there were others who were accomplices.
Leclerc's coach, Andrea Ferrari, who was originally from viareggio, said the street where the theft took place lacked lighting and had been in darkness for more than 3 months, which has been the subject of complaints from local residents for some time now.
Ferrari hopes the incident does not affect Leclerc's performance at San Marino this week, and at their home circuit Imola, the team certainly wants to see Leclerc maintain a strong performance in the first three races of the season.
Leclerc is not the first F1 driver to be snatched away from a valuable watch on the street, and last year McLaren's Norris was robbed of a watch after watching the European Championship final at Wembley Stadium in London, England, and this time Leclerc is Richard Miller.
The Formula 1 Grand Prix san Marino stop will start this Friday evening Beijing time, and it is the first stop of the year to have a sprint qualifying. Friday is the first free practice and qualifying session; Saturday is the second free practice and sprint qualifying session; and the final qualifying round is held at 9 p.m. Beijing time on Sunday.
In addition to whether the Ferrari team, which has returned to the home team, can continue its previous strength, The Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu of the Alfa Romeo team is still the focus of attention. Everyone is looking forward to his breakthrough at Imola after finishing tenth and two eleventh places in the first three races of his F1 career.