Charles Leclerc misses flight to F1 Canadian Grand Prix - it’s F1’s toughest journey…

Baku to Montreal, from the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix to the Canadian Grand Prix just seven days later, is the longest and most brutal journey within a week of the 2022 season.
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari.
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari.

There are 5,500 miles (8395k♏m) between Baku a🍌nd Montreal.

It is a masꦺsive journey - which makes it even more annoying for Charles Leclerc that he missed his flight.

“Starting my week by miss𒅌ing my flight to Montreal,” the Ferrari driver posted on social med𒅌ia.

He may be F1’s most unlucky driver at the moment - just days ago, both Leclerc and teammate Carlos Sainz failed to finish the Azerbaijan🐎 Grand Prix and were forced to watch Red Bull title rival Max Verstappen win again.

RyanAir mocked the Ferrari driver’s misfortune.

A flight from Baku to Montreal this week with RyanAir would take more thꦦan 15 hours including a stopover in Frankfurt, Germany and would cost nearly £2000.

There is also the time difference that F1 drive▨rs must contend with - Montreal is eight hours behind Baku.

The short turnaround and long distance is a logistical nightmare for F1. Their fre🥂ight is t🐭ransported by cargo planes.

D🙈HL, F1’s logistics partner, estimated in 2019 that each team ships the equivalent weight of eight elephants.

But, luckily, not all F1 drivers will make♛ the mammoth jourওney from Baku to Montreal direct.

Pierre Gasly was spotted taking a break in the ocean - he posted: “The Mediterranean 🐬Se𒁏a is smoother than Baku’s main straight.”

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