Max Verstappen was as close to perfection as it’s probably possible in a tricky MonacoGP. Sergio Perez was not... F1 Verstappen Formula1
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With Red Bull supposedly not quite as amazing in Monte Carlo as at other circuits, Verstappen made all the difference on Saturday as he put in the third sector of his life in order to take the pole position that proved decisive in the fight with Fernando Alonso. Aside from a minor moment at Portier that saw him gently bounce off the armco, Verstappen didn’t put a wheel wrong all weekend – all the way from his inch-perfect third sector to the 78-lap marathon on Sunday.
Starting from third after Charles Leclerc’s grid penalty, Ocon’s pace was not strong – he quickly fell off the back of the leading duo as he concentrated on keeping Carlos Sainz behind him. But Hamilton resumed ahead of Russell as Russell skated straight on at Mirabeau. Hamilton then was able to open up a sizeable advantage over Russell, finishing over 12 seconds up the road from his team-mate by the chequered flag.Leclerc’s Monaco curse lifted somewhat this year, with the Monegasque keeping it out of the barriers in qualifying to claim third place. That was until an ill-judged slowdown through the tunnel and blocking Lando Norris, resulting in a three-place grid penalty.
“So we decided to wait in the hope of a Safety Car which, 90% of the time, you would expect here in those conditions. But his silly, vague collision with Ocon at the Nouvelle Chicane resulted in damage to his front wing, with Sainz lucky the end plate fell off and meant he wasn’t forced to pit early on.
“It was very tough out there today, tricky in these conditions. Our pace was good, one of the best on track. We’ll see what we can learn, try to keep improving and do a better job if we can in Barcelona next weekend.”Oscar Piastri – 6.5 The Finn had the legs on Zhou Guanyu in qualifying as he made it through to Q2 with a half-second advantage. Bottas was one of the first drivers to make the gamble of swapping to the intermediates and managed to climb up to 11th by the chequered flag – he had started in 15th.
“It’s a tough result because we showed good pace and were in control, especially in the dry,” he said. Worse, he rejoined the track directly into the path of Sergio Perez, resulting in a collision that, inexplicably, both emerged from with seemingly little damage. “We tried to do the opposite of everyone, and it didn’t work out. Initially, in the dry, it was looking interesting but then when the rain came, I stayed out hoping for a Safety Car or a red flag, but that didn’t happen of course.
“We made the call to pit on Lap 1, an aggressive choice that would have meant finishing the race on just one set of hard tyres. The pace we had on those was quite good and I made up a few places, holding off cars on fresher tyres before the rain started. The stewards then ruled he hadn’t served the penalty properly, and he was given another 10-second penalty.
Having ditched the mediums for hards, Sargeant almost immediately picked up a puncture and, from there, his race turned into one of survival and gaining experience. “Once the rain came it was about learning about the inter tyre. I had a couple of small lock-ups in the wet which I need to clean up so, all in all, not a great day but we’ll take what we can from it and move on.
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