The Mexican Sergio Czech Perezcon Red Bullwon this Sunday in a rugged Monaco Grand Prixwithin the framework of the seventh date of the Formula 1 World Championship, escorted by the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and his teammate, the reigning Dutch champion Max Verstappen.
“It is a dream come true. It is a great day for me and for my country. (…) It was very difficult for me, I had to have a perfect race and keep Carlos behind”, declared the Mexican, who took advantage of the bad strategy of Ferrari when they were 22 laps into the race and since he grabbed the lead he didn’t start it anymore.
Checo Pérez was crowned in Monaco.
Charles Leclerc He started as leader and everything indicated that he was going to keep the victory at home. However, everything came crashing down when the team called him to the pits for the second time to put hard tires on him. When he arrived, Carlos Sainz was still making his first stop and modifying his tires, which caused the Monegasque to lose an enormous amount of time and finish in fourth position, behind Verstappen.
Leclerc had never completed a competition in his city. He won pole last year but was unable to race due to damage to his Ferrari in warm-up. The 24-year-old won two of the first three races of the season but lost the championship lead last week in Spain when Verstappen scored his third successive victory.
Ferrari’s poor strategy ruined Charles Leclerc’s career.
Mercedes again had a race to forget, with their British duo of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton crossing in fifth and eighth place respectively. The accident of the day was carried out by Mick Schumacher, who crashed his Haas into the walls and ended up splitting the car into two pieces. Luckily the German pilot escaped unharmed.
Schumacher’s tremendous accident
It was not a typical race, since the intense rains and the puddles that were on the track delayed the start for almost an hour and then he left with a Safety Car on the track and in motion, because the classic start was not experienced with all the stopped cars. The second red flag came precisely with Schumacher’s accident, since the competition had to be stopped to put the damaged walls back in good condition.
The first 10 of the Monaco Grand Prix
1-Sergio Pérez (Red Bull)
2-Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
3-Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
4-Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
5-George Russell (Mercedes)
6-Lando Norris (McLaren)
7-Fernando Alonso (Alpine)
8-Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
9-Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
10-Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin)
This is how the main positions of the championship remained
1-Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 125 puntos
2-Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 116 points
3-Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) 110 points
4-George Russell (Mercedes) 84 points
5-Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) 83 points
6-Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 50 points
7-Lando Norris (McLaren) 48 points
8-Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) 40 puntos
9-Esteban Ocon (Alpine) 30 points
10-Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 15 points