Four arrested over Charles Leclerc’s stolen £265,000 Richard Mille watch as police release footage from robbery
ITALIAN police have made four arrests over Charles Leclerc’s stolen £265,000 watch.
The Ferrari driver’s Richard Mille timepiece was swiped from his wrist in Tuscany last April.
The police said in a statement that they discovered two “valuable watches, the provenance of which will be investigated further” upon a search of one of the suspect’s homes.
However, it has not yet been confirmed whether either of the watches belongs to the F1 star.
Three men and one woman have been arrested.
The police also released a video showing the alleged thieves on a scooter meeting up with another accomplice.
The theft happened as fans noticed Leclerc in the Tuscan city of Viareggio and began gathering to take photos with.
But the F1 driver, from Monaco, eventually became mobbed while signing autographs for fans and a thief managed to grab his watch.
Leclerc did not realise his watch had been stolen until later when he reported the incident to the police.
Richard Mille sponsor the Ferrari driver and is also a popular brand with the other racers.
Leclerc will now be hoping his form on the track improves following a poor start to the F1 season.
The driver was forced to retire in Sunday’s Australian GP after a first lap collision.
He is currently 10th in the championship and 63 points behind leader Max Verstappen.
The driver was also recently left fuming after F1 introduced a ban on riding a bike around a track before races.
He insisted that he would just watch videos of the track instead of walking around it.