Reblogging for @clwdc 's tag:
#he should have asked ferrari to love him back really
One the one hand, this would be expected to be more directly effective. The track didn't mishandle qualifying or spread COVID or move the wall at any point (which had caused the three non-victories up to that point). It was the one definitively innocent party in all this. Ferrari contributed to the wall strike removing Charles Leclerc's opportunity to race, and had also mishandled 2019 qualifying.
But I think Monaco understood.
This was the part of the Ferrari era where Charles Leclerc still thought that Mattia Binotto had a reasonable chance of taking Ferrari to the title in 2024, by sticking to the plan. He wasn't about to upset that by stressing out the Ferrari PR team or making anyone worry. We also know from later clues that Mattia's tolerance for other people being self-critical to the press was limited, so he couldn't publicly blame himself (at least, not now it was Sunday rather than Saturday).
But the pain of losing an opportunity to even try for victory had to be released somewhere, and a track can store it safely as memories. Charles races better when he feels connected, feels loved, feels like there is a chance. Storing the memory gave more ways in which Charles and the circuit could understand each other, which itself increased Monaco's ability to show it that it loved him back.
I have a theory however. Maybe its first act of love following this wasn't the gorgeous weather, perfect for a procession as integral part of a coronation, or granting Zhou Guanyu the insight to be careful through the Massenet collision in 2024 (which made Charles' lead slightly easier to defend on restart - not that he really needed the favour, but love is more than the bare minimum).
Maybe its first act was 2022's weather conditions, to help Charles get rid of Mattia when he didn't quite see the advantages of doing so. It was early in the chain reaction of events that led to Mattia having to leave the organisation and Charles was frustrated by the turn of events, but perhaps love was doing its part there, too, by doing Charles the favour he might otherwise not have considered doing for himself in his self-sacrifice?
I think Monaco was OK with being a bit annoying in order to love Charles better later.
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