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2024 Formula One World Championship
2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Round 17
Baku City Circuit
Baku, Azerbaijan
Sunday, 15 September 2024
Charles Leclerc will be determined to make it back-to-back victories in the current season when he competes in the
Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Most recent race
The Ferrari driver secured a podium spot at the Italian Grand Prix on 1 September, the most recent race in the 2024 Formula One World Championship season.
Leclerc started on the fourth grid and he passed several cars which saw him win the race - collecting 25 points from the event staged in Monza.
Formula One title ambitions
The Monte Carlo-born sportsman remains third on the World Drivers' Championship standings having accumulated 217 points.
Leclerc is now 86 points behind leader, Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing and 24 points behind second-placed Lando Norris of McLaren.
Why Leclerc could win the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
The 2011 CIK-FIA KF3 World Cup winner has been very consistent - securing podium spots in the last three events in the current season.
Leclerc, who finished third in the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, will be confident of winning this weekend's event after clinching the 2024 Italian Grand Prix title.
What did he say?
"What an incredible feeling. The first time I won in Monza in 2019 was so emotional to both me and to our whole team, I didn’t think that winning here could ever feel like that again, but today, it did," Leclerc said after winning the 2024 Italian Grand Prix.
"Seeing our tifosi celebrating with us is just amazing and I am so glad that we could share this victory for a second time. Monaco and Monza were the two races I have always wanted to win, because they are so special to me.
"A huge thank you to every single person in our team who made this happen today. You have done an incredible job to make this dream a reality and we can all be proud to have achieved this together," he added.
"We had a perfectly executed strategy today and beat our competitors to it, and we will give everything to keep this momentum for the rest of the season, taking any opportunity we have."
2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix results
Winner: Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing
Runner-Up: Sergio Perez - Red Bull Racing
Third-Place: Charles Leclerc - Ferrari
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