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Mick Schumacher’s car crashed in two at a high-speed crash into the pool’s chicane, which sparked a red flag at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Mick Schumacher’s car crashed in two at a high-speed crash into the pool’s chicane, which sparked a red flag at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Sergio Perez got an unlikely victory in an incredible Monaco Grand Prix, with local favorite Charles Leclerc just fourth when Red Bull overtook Ferrari after heavy rain caused chaos in the Principality.
Perez and his teammate Max Verstappen, however, have been summoned to police after a Ferrari protest over an alleged pit breach.
The race was delayed by more than an hour after the skies opened just before the scheduled start time of 2pm, but the F1 blue-band event was well worth the wait after d ‘this, with a drama from the wet start to a spectacular dry end with Pérez, in with tires, retained Carlos Sainz.
Perez took control of his first victory in Monaco after the intelligence of Red Bull’s Monte Carlo street was wrong with the bewildered Ferrari, with the Mexican undermining the Leclerc, with the pole, when he went wet to intermediate from the beginning.
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Red Bull responds to Ferarri with his own pit stop and makes Sergio Pérez ahead of Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen ahead of Charles Leclerc at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Red Bull responds to Ferarri with his own pit stop and makes Sergio Pérez ahead of Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen ahead of Charles Leclerc at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Then there was more agony for Leclerc when Ferrari doubly stacked Sainz, who hadn’t stopped at all, and the Monegasque in slicks. Ferrari initially told Leclerc to pit him before telling him, too late, to “stay out.”
After Red Bull responded, Sainz was second behind Pérez and Leclerc, furious, fourth behind Max Verstappen.
That’s where the first four, who were all tied, ended up in spite of a bumper finish after a red flag after a terrifying accident by Mick Schumacher, from which the German fortunately came out unscathed. read when his Haas car split in two.
There was another start, confusing given the drying conditions, but Pérez held out from Sainz until the end of the last 65 laps, and the race ended 12 laps earlier than expected due to the long delay.
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Heavy rains in Monte Carlo force a red flag and a further delay in the Monaco Grand Prix.
Heavy rains in Monte Carlo force a red flag and a further delay in the Monaco Grand Prix.
Sainz, desperate for his first victory and eager to take advantage of a bold wet tire strategy, has looked a few times at Pérez, but the Red Bull driver has his first victory of the season.
Verstappen, meanwhile, have extended their championship lead to nine points over Leclerc.
“Without words, without words. We can’t do that,” Leclerc told the team’s radio after more misfortune in Monaco.
George Russell was a well-deserved fifth for Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton eighth, the seven-time frustrated world champion first behind Esteban Ocon’s Alpine – who won a penalty for contact with Hamilton in wet weather – and after Fernando Alonso in the closing stages.
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Lewis Hamilton and Esteban Ocon meet at Sainte Devote as the Mercedes driver tries to move forward.
Lewis Hamilton and Esteban Ocon meet at Sainte Devote as the Mercedes driver tries to move forward.
Monaco GP: Race result1) Sergio Pérez, Red Bull2) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari3) Max Verstappen, Red Bull4) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari5) George Russell, Mercedes6) Lando Norris, McLaren (fastest lap) 7) Fernando Alonso , Alpine8) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes9) Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo10) Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin
How the chaos of Monaco developed
– It started to rain about 20 minutes before the lights went out in Monaco. The race start procedure was delayed, presumably to give teams time to prepare for a wet race, before Race Control indicated that the training lap would start behind the Safety Car at 2:15 p.m.
– The safety car drove them away at that time, but the conditions worsened and with poor visibility and grip, the race was marked after two laps of training.
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Nicholas Latifi and Lance Stroll come into contact with the barriers under the safety car at the start of the Monaco Grand Prix.
Nicholas Latifi and Lance Stroll come into contact with the barriers under the safety car at the start of the Monaco Grand Prix.
– The drivers were finally driven back from the pit lane by the safety car at 15.05, although in that first lap both Nicholas Latifi and Lance Stroll entered the barriers.
– Pole player Leclerc led the field after a good start and got an early lead, as all the top 10 held the position before Sebastian Vettel headed intermediate tires.
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Charles Leclerc drives riders away from a continuous wet start at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Charles Leclerc drives riders away from a continuous wet start at the Monaco Grand Prix.
– Pérez was the first of the first four to put in and immediately showed a fantastic pace, with Ferrari looking like he was hoping to get Leclerc and Sainz from wet to put in.
– Then Leclerc pitted but the damage was done and Perez advanced, while Verstappen did not lag behind.
– Then Ferrari faced Sainz, who was left out on wet, and also shouted at Leclerc, before telling the local favorite to stay out, but too late. It was a double stack, but Leclerc was forced to wait for Sainz to stop, and it took longer.
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Anthony Davidson of Sky F1 analyzes the pit stops of Red Bull and Ferrari that lost Charles Leclerc at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Anthony Davidson of Sky F1 analyzes the pit stops of Red Bull and Ferrari that lost Charles Leclerc at the Monaco Grand Prix.
– Red Bull responded immediately with its own double stack by Pérez and Verstappen; Now Pérez was ahead of Sainz, with Verstappen third ahead of the furious Leclerc.
– Schumacher had a major accident in the pool chicane on lap 27, with his Haas splitting in two. A security car was deployed before the race was marked with a red flag on lap 30
– There was another delay before the safety car took the drivers out of the pits again at 4.15pm. The three-hour window meant the race had to end at 5pm, so it was a timed race instead of a 77 lap.
– Perez created a gap after another outing, but with Red Bull in medium tires and Ferrari in hard tires, the Mexican’s tires began to degrade to give Sainz a chance.
– But Perez endured his first victory of the season, and his first in Monaco.
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Sergio Pérez, Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen react to a grand prize in Monaco!
Sergio Pérez, Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen react to a grand prize in Monaco!
Leclerc: We can’t afford mistakes
Leclerc criticized Ferrari’s mistakes in strategy after falling from first to fourth, and the local favorite admitted that his latest overwhelming setback “hurts a lot”.
The driver was furious on the computer radio, shouting, “****! ****! Why? Why? What are you doing ?!” And then…