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Leclerc celebrates esports win with pasta as Norris fails to connect ... again

Charles Leclerc won his second successive Formula One esports race with victory in a virtual Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday, and then celebrated at home by cooking himself a plate of plain pasta.

The 22-year-old Ferrari driver, who took real life back-to-back victories in Belgium and Italy last season, won from pole position two weeks after he did the same on his debut in a virtual Vietnamese GP.

Racing on a simulator installed in his Monaco apartment, Leclerc prevailed over Red Bull's Thai driver Alexander Albon by two and a half seconds.

The pair went wheel-to-virtual-wheel after the pit stops, with Leclerc passing Albon with a move that was not picked up on the official broadcast of the race.