Ten years after last winning a Formula One race, Fernando Alonso fancies his chances of victory in the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday.
The 41-year-old Spanish driver has four third-place finishes in five races with Aston Martin this season.
"If I tell you that I don't come here thinking that I can win the race, I would lie to you," said Alonso, who has 32 career F1 wins and 102 podium finishes. "Because this is a one-off opportunity." But while Red Bull is clearly the fastest car again -- Verstappen or teammate Sergio Perez have won every race -- reliability issues and crashes are not uncommon in Monaco.
"I want to win more than 15 races," the Dutch driver said. "Every year you try to do a little bit better. You just keep that pressure on yourself. It's nice."Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc literally knows Monaco better than any other driver, but he still hasn't won a race in the principality. "When you see record it has not always been so easy on race day," Leclerc said. "I hope we can reproduce a good performance this Saturday with a better Sunday this time."
"It is always very special for me because those are the streets where I've grown up," Leclerc said. "I know this city by heart, wherever I go on the track."
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