Drake loses £185k bet on Charles Leclerc at Spanish Grand Prix
Leclerc had appeared set for victory in Barcelona before encountering engine trouble
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Leclerc had established a dominant lead at the sixth race of the Formula 1 season and appeared likely to cruise to victory, but his engine failed six laps after his first pit stop and the Monegasque could not continue.
It allowed Max Verstappen to take top spot in the Drivers’ Championship standings with a third consecutive race victory.
Leclerc will now head to his home grand prix in Monaco next weekend trailing the defending champion by six points.
Drake claimed ahead of the race that he had placed a bet on F1 for the first time, placing a wager of CA$300,000 (£185,000) with a potential return of CA$750,000 (£467,000) if Leclerc claimed victory.
Ferrari’s reliability problems thus cost the 45-year-old a significant payout.
The Italian team will hope for better on the Monte Carlo streets with which Leclerc is very familiar, though the 24-year-old has curiously never managed to finish the Monaco Grand Prix.
He also had a recent crash in a 1974 Ferrari while driving at an exhibition in the citystate.
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