The Monegasque driver hopes China will be a happy hunting ground.
The first Formula One win is special for every driver but Charles Leclerc will feel it magnified by a thousand if he triumphs in China this weekend after being denied by cruel misfortune in Bahrain.
The same engine that Leclerc used in Bahrain will again be available after Ferrari engineers found a short-circuit in the car's injection system control unit had robbed him of victory. Despite Mercedes taking five Chinese wins from the last seven races, they have a fight on their hands and they know it.
Ferrari, however, are expected to have the edge down the Shanghai circuit's main straight, which is over a kilometre long. Four-time champion team mate Sebastian Vettel, who spun and was outpaced by Leclerc two weeks ago, will also be fired up to re-establish his number one status and close the points gap to Mercedes.
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