Monaco GP

MONACO (AP) — Charles Leclerc positioned himself to reclaim the Formula One points lead from reigning champion Max Verstappen by winning the pole for the ...

MONTE CARLO (AFP) - Charles Leclerc took pole position for his home Monaco Grand Prix with Ferrari locking out the front row after his teammate Carlos Sainz ...

The pace was in the car, I just had to do the job. It’s another year when a red flag has cost us at the end of a session and I could not go for pole, but that’s just so typical of Monaco.” It went perfectly and that last lap, before the red flag, was really, really good, but it didn’t change anything for us. The car has felt amazing and we’ll go for it.” Anyway, let’s try and finish the job tomorrow. I think we are in a great position to score a great result for the team.

Ferrari took the front row of the grid in Monaco with Carlos Sainz in second, while Red Bull's Sergio Pérez and Max Verstappen qualified third and fourth.

AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda clipped the wall at the chicane in Q3 but continued to make it to Q2 and finished in 11th. The pole is likely to be vital with drivers emphasising that this year more than ever, with bigger, heavier cars, passing is a pipe dream. For Leclerc, who was born and grew up in Monaco, it was a moment to savour. This is the pole the Monégasque driver wanted, especially after the bitter disappointment he suffered last year. Starting from fourth with overtaking set to be all but impossible, he faces an afternoon where Leclerc is in position to once more retake the championship lead. Better still for Ferrari’s Monégasque driver, qualifying ended with the track reminding his rivals that it punishes the tiniest of errors, with a two-car crash ending the session and preventing title rival, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, from doing better than fourth on the grid.

Charles Leclerc claimed a home pole in a Ferrari 1-2 in qualifying for Formula 1's 2022 Monaco GP, which finished under red flags after Sergio Perez crashed ...

Alex Albon had headed the cars that queued at the end of the pitlane and managed to post a personal best with his final lap, but was subsequently pushed down as others behind found time. That led to a huge queue at the end of the pitlane as the drivers below the top five at the time rushed out to try and secure one final lap, with track evolution a major factor in who progressed through the early sessions as rubber went down and the drivers built confidence. Verstappen ran one set of softs throughout as he opted to continue chasing time to the flag, ending up fourth and unable to improve – he had just set a personal best in the first sector that was 0.1s down on Leclerc's leading time there – because of his teammate's incident. Fortunately for Leclerc he stopped in the pitlane before returning to his garage and so could be pushed backwards by his mechanics to be weighed, the result of which should mean he does not receive a sporting penalty, as returning to the Ferrari pits risked a qualifying disqualification. Leclerc set a purple sector in the opening third of his final effort – he ended up with the quickest time in all three based on his 1m11.376s lap – while the following Perez could not reproduce a personal best at that point. While Leclerc was exiting the tunnel, Perez lost the rear of his Red Bull and smashed the right rear of his car against the barriers at the exit of Portier, after which Sainz also spun when he came around the right hander and found the wrecked Red Bull.

For the second time in the last three races, Ferrari will start both cars on the front row after a frenzied finish to Saturday's qualifying session.

He’ll be hoping for a better result during Sunday’s race after he was unable to start in last year’s event due to an issue with the left driveshaft. The second spot wasn’t guaranteed for Sainz, until disaster struck for Pérez on his final flying lap of the qualifying session. Charles Leclerc dominated on his home track, posting a 1:11.376 in Q3 to claim pole position for Sunday’s race.

The Ferrari star has yet to finish a F1 race on his home track.

“When you think about Formula One, a lot of people think about Monaco. So yeah, it would be nice to put an overtaking place; I’m not going to lie,” Carlos Sainz said during Friday’s press conference. That’s it … If you stand still, then you’re going backwards, and I think that applies to all aspects of the sport.” Russell echoed the same core three historic tracks when talking with Sports Illustrated, adding, “Monaco is a must in my opinion. But, the history makes it hard to eliminate entirely. “Firstly, it is the bumpiest track I have ever been to,” Hamilton said Friday, per ESPN. “It is the bumpiest track I have ever driven. And I think that if Monaco was a new circuit coming on to the calendar now, and they said, ‘Well, you’re going to have the lowest fee of every single circuit, you’re going to go there you can’t overtake,’ it would never be accepted onto the calendar. But you know, everything does evolve over time,” Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said ahead of the Miami Grand Prix. “And, you know, when you look at Wimbledon, they now have a roof when it rains. The track is incredibly narrow, limiting the ability for the new generation of cars to overtake. Putting the lap together is, wow … holy crap … I have not experienced it like that before.” It is just eyeballs coming out the sockets.” Russell first competed in the F1 Monaco Grand Prix in 2019, and although he started 19th and finished 15th, his favorite memory at this track comes from that season. It has held a coveted spot on the sport’s exclusive schedule since 1995, only being skipped once in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sergio Perez apologised to Red Bull for his late crash in Monaco GP qualifying and hopes his car can be repaired following the bizarre Carlos Sainz shunt.

"It certainly looked bad at the rear, what made it worse was the hit from Carlos so we have quite a bit of damage. "I am surprised that this is even a question really. "But at the same time, it was a shame that that was the lap that counted because and in Q3 I only ran one lap because I had to overtake the Mercedes in the push lap, there was quite a lot of dirty air. It should be OK for tomorrow." "Really disappointed it ended up that way, my boys have a long night tonight so I'm very sorry for them. "Turn eight was one of the corners I was losing the most so tried to anticipate the corner and get back on the throttle early, and as soon as I touched the throttle I became a passenger.

Red Bull Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez puts his qualifying-ending Monaco Grand Prix crash down to his final set of tyres being too cold.

“Then I was actually surprised that Carlos hit me at the time. When asked about being the lead Red Bull driver in qualifying, Perez replied: “We’ve been competitive all the weekend. Obviously the starting position is very important here. It’s a long race ahead. “So, I was trying to anticipate and get quite early on throttle, but as soon as I touched the throttle, I could feel like the rear tyre was not gripping in and I was playing with it a bit – until I lost it. Perez said the incident was “just a shame” because “I think we had more pace than that, but we just couldn’t challenge”.

MONACO (AP) — Charles Leclerc positioned himself to reclaim the Formula One points lead from reigning champion Max Verstappen by winning the pole for the ...

He won the pole a year ago but was unable to start the race because of damage to his Ferrari suffered in warmup. Verstappen will start fourth on Sunday alongside Perez, who was third-fastest before his late spin in qualifying. Perez had spun his Red Bull and was blocking the course, and Carlos Sainz Jr. saw him too late to avoid hitting Perez.

MONTE CARLO, PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO (AFP) - A disappointed Sergio Perez said he was "just a passenger" as he crashed in his Red Bull car in final qualifying ...

"Charles was mighty so congratulations to him because we couldn't have done that time." "It was coming together for me on my final run, but in the end I couldn't show it and that made it look more dramatic. "My boys now have a long night ahead," he said.

As the Red Bull driver collided backwards into the barriers, Ferrari's Carlos Sainz hit Pérez's right-front wheel, unable to stop in time for the yellow ...

It would have been a pretty good save if I would have saved it, but because there was basically no time to save it, but it’s what happens in Monaco.” And I feel sorry for Carlos, and for the rest of the guys. “Coming obviously from a blind corner that is Turn 7, you do Turn 7, you go full throttle, and as I was entering Turn 7 on my left hand side, I see a yellow flag coming out. And I was playing with it a bit, until I lost it. “I think the strategy with the tire, especially that final set—it wasn’t up to temperature, and it was just too peaky,” Pérez said. And just moments later, Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz hit Pérez’s right-front wheel, unable to stop in time for the yellow flags.

Red Bull Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez puts his qualifying-ending Monaco Grand Prix crash down to his final set of tyres being too cold.

“Then I was actually surprised that Carlos hit me at the time. Obviously the starting position is very important here. It’s a long race ahead. “So, I was trying to anticipate and get quite early on throttle, but as soon as I touched the throttle, I could feel like the rear tyre was not gripping in and I was playing with it a bit – until I lost it. He said he was “all ok” and was surprised his car’s G-sensor had registered a hit powerful enough to require a medical check given the accident occurred at one of the lowest-speed parts of the Monaco layout, already one of the slowest on the F1 calendar. Perez said the incident was “just a shame” because “I think we had more pace than that, but we just couldn’t challenge”.

MONACO (AP) — Charles Leclerc positioned himself to reclaim the Formula One points lead from reigning champion Max Verstappen by winning the pole for the ...

He won the pole a year ago but was unable to start the race because of damage to his Ferrari suffered in warmup. Verstappen will start fourth on Sunday alongside Perez, who was third-fastest before his late spin in qualifying. Perez had spun his Red Bull and was blocking the course, and Carlos Sainz Jr. saw him too late to avoid hitting Perez.

From the home favourite finally in position to secure his dream result to Red Bull and Ferrari drivers with potential concerns; and from a British battle ...

But rain would change all of that, opening up many more chances to make a move and also increasing the risk of a costly error from a driver. But Russell has been in sublime form this year since stepping up to Mercedes and has finished in the top five of every race so far this season. With some sort of interruption more likely than not, the importance of track position normally means teams will look to make a pit stop in response. And Carlos Sainz could end up in a similar position too, after he spun and made contact with Perez trying to avoid the incident that had just unfolded in front of him. Granted, very few drivers got to finish their final laps and Verstappen was improving, but even before Sergio Perez crashed the Mexican had looked the quicker Red Bull throughout qualifying. Charles Leclerc has a remarkable record in his home race, but not in a particularly good way.

Red Bull Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez denied Ferrari's Charles Leclerc a clean sweep of Monaco Grand Prix practice, beating the home hero to the fastest ...

Valtteri Bottas continued a difficult weekend for Alfa Romeo in 14th, barely ahead of Alex Albon in the first of the Williams cars. They duly did, with Leclerc and Perez trading first position until Perez finally secured the session lead ahead of the chequered flag. During a mid-session lull in the action with just over 20 minutes to go, Norris found a clear track to go third, soon to be bested again by Gasly, which suggested the top teams still had lap time to find in the final third. Leclerc's second effort was a lot quicker still, taking the benchmark down to a 1m13.647s. It started a cycle of Ferrari and Red Bull trading blows on Pirelli's softest compound as track evolution continued to bring the times down, with Perez and Leclerc even setting identical times. Williams' Nicholas Latifi and Alpine's Fernando Alonso set the first laptimes in F1's third and final practice session on the sunny streets of the principality. With less than three minutes on the clock, Leclerc demoted Perez to second, but the Mexican responded in the dying seconds to go top with a 1m12.476s lap, 0.041s quicker than Leclerc.

Circuit de Monaco, Saturday 28 May. Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, and Team Principal Andreas Seidl after qualifying ...

1m12.964s (Softs) 1m13.338s (Softs) The car was good all weekend and I think today we showed that we extracted a lot out of the car, and we put in some good laps. 1m11.949s (Softs) 1m12.266s (Softs) 1m12.927s (Softs)

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Pirelli has brought the C3, C4 and C5 tyres to Monaco, the softest tyres in its dry compound range. As is always the case in Monaco, a one-stop strategy is the ...

Another headache for the teams is the possibility that it will rain on Sunday, with the forecast stating that there is a risk of a downpour during the grand prix. As a result, it expects that teams will use the white-walled Hard tyre during the grand prix. Pirelli says it has concluded that there is a number of possible strategies for drivers to undertake at this afternoon’s Monaco Grand Prix.

Pirelli expects that a mix of soft and medium starting Formula 1 tyres will be seen on the grid at today's Monaco Grand Prix.

Clearly you have a difference, but the difference shouldn't be too big especially because as I said here, the delta lap time is quite close. "So basically, they used the soft to protect the position. And also because the delta lap time was bigger, but the difference in level of degradation was not so big.

Minute-by-minute updates for Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco.

The Monaco Grand Prix was delayed by 21 minutes and then red-flagged before a racing lap had been completed due to worsening rain.

That race eventually finished without a single racing lap being completed, with half points being awarded, prompting a change in rules around points for similar scenarios going forward. This was done for safety reasons in consideration that there has been no wet running this weekend." A dry track?"

The start of Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix has been delayed after rain hit the grid in the lead-up to lights out.

Race control again instructed the formation lap would start behind the safety car with all drivers on the full wet tyres. FIA race director Eduardo Freitas suspended the start procedure five minutes before the scheduled start before staying the formation lap would start nine minutes late at 3:09pm local time. Freitas then instructed that the formation lap would start behind the safety car, meaning all teams had to switch their drivers to full wet tyres.

The field initially lined up and completed a delayed formation lap behind the safety car. But drivers climbed from their cars when he rain began to fall ...

The race was delayed by 70 minutes for heavy rain and began from a rolling start behind a safety car. The restart after Schumacher’s crash was again a rolling start behind the safety car. In 2018 and 2019, Leclerc had retired from the race with crash damage. It was then red-flagged on Lap 30 after Mick Schumacher’s heavy crash three laps earlier sliced his Haas car in two. Carlos Sainz Jr. finished second for Ferrari and Verstappen was third for Red Bull. But the win went to Verstappen’s teammate just one week after Perez was ordered to cede the lead to Verstappen during the Spanish Grand Prix. Leclerc had dropped out of the race with an engine failure and Red Bull chose to capitalize by manipulating the finish to get Verstappen the win in Spain.

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But rain isn’t out of the question, and there will (hopefully) be some other elements of intrigue to spice up what Ferrari are hoping will be a procession. “It’s good, it’s good to get it wrong sometimes,” Wolff adds of the team’s current struggles. “You cannot overtake so I am hoping that the weather plays up and maybe we can do a different strategy. Is today the day that the Monegasque Leclerc gets a victory on home roads? “Monaco is always different, you need to concentrate. The track isn’t even that wet.” Brundle: “Why the safety car? Meanwhile, there is rain falling on the circuit! It’s coming down quite significantly according to the presenters. The track isn’t even that wet.” There could be two world champions or a combined overall one where the three worst races are dropped.” Brundle: “Why the safety car?

The field initially lined up and completed a delayed formation lap behind the safety car. But drivers climbed from their cars when he rain began to fall harder ...

After two days of steady sunshine, heavy rains arrived in Monaco around 20 minutes before the scheduled start. He won the pole and Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. is set to start alongside him on the grid. When the rain subsided enough to start the race, Leclerc led the field on a rolling start.

Red Bull's Sergio Perez won a thrilling Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday after timing his pitstops to perfection in a wet/dry, red-flag interrupted Formula 1 ...

This portion of the race was a procession, compared to what went before. The Red Bulls, wary of being stranded on the wrong tyres, stopped a lap later. But the rain intensified and a red flag was shown before the race had even started.

Sergio Perez claimed an unlikely victory in an incredible Monaco Grand Prix, with home favourite Charles Leclerc only fourth as Red Bull outsmarted Ferrari ...

- Ferrari then pitted Sainz, who did stay out on wets, and called in Leclerc too, before then telling the home favourite to stay out, but too late. - Schumacher had a huge crash at the swimming pool chicane on Lap 27, with his Haas splitting in two. An epic Formula 1 2022 season continues with the Azerbaijan GP from the high-speed Baku street circuit on June 10-12. There was then more agony for Leclerc when Ferrari double stacked Sainz, who hadn't stopped at all, and the Monegasque onto slicks. We cannot do that," said Leclerc on team radio after more heartbreak in Monaco. - But Perez held on for his first win of the season, and his first in Monaco.

The start of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix has been delayed after rain hit the grid in the lead-up to lights out.

Race control again instructed the formation lap would start behind the safety car with all drivers on the full wet tyres. But completing the first formation lap, the safety car stayed out and continued to lead the field around, before race control took the call to red flag the race during their second lap around at 3:20pm after the rain grew heavier in intensity. Freitas then instructed that the formation lap would start behind the safety car, meaning all teams had to switch their drivers to full wet tyres.

Sergio Perez beat Carlos Sainz in a twice red-flagged 2022 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, with early leader Charles Leclerc fourth as Red Bull outfoxed ...

Russell finished a lonely fifth having been steadily dropped by the leaders in the laps after the second rolling start, with Norris pitting during the chase to the flag as he had enough of a gap behind thanks to Alonso’s slow pace, but remaining sixth for McLaren. At the restart on lap 33, with the Ferraris on the same set of hards they had been running before the stoppage and Perez and Verstappen switched to new mediums, Perez was unchallenged into Ste Devote. But after they leaders exchanged fastest laps between the four cars over the next phase of the race, DRS now switched on and the pace reaching the 1m16s, Perez began to edge clear and Leclerc, unable to stay in the 1m16s, lost contact with Verstappen in fourth. After a stoppage of 20 minutes, Perez led the pack back out for another rolling start after two more tours behind the safety car – the order behind Sainz, Verstappen, Leclerc, George Russell and Lando Norris, who had lost out to his fellow Briton by taking inters for a few laps and the Mercedes stayed out on full wets for a few more laps before going straight to slicks. Leclerc led the charge ahead of Sainz, Perez and Verstappen – his Ferrari squirming around as he applied full power for the first time down the pitstraight, but staying in the right direction as the Monegasque led the field into Ste Devote. After two laps behind the safety car – in which Lance Stroll clipped the barrier at Massenet and picked up a right-rear puncture and his fellow Canadian Nicholas Latifi crashed at low speed at the hairpin and damaged his front wing – racing began with a rolling start at the end of lap three.

Sergio Perez beat Carlos Sainz in a twice red-flagged 2022 Formula 1 Monaco race, with early leader Charles Leclerc fourth as Red Bull outfoxed Ferrari in a ...

Russell finished a lonely fifth having been steadily dropped by the leaders in the laps after the second rolling start, with Norris pitting during the chase to the flag as he had enough of a gap behind thanks to Alonso's slow pace, but remaining sixth for McLaren. At the restart on lap 33, with the Ferraris on the same set of hards they had been running before the stoppage and Perez and Verstappen switched to new mediums, Perez was unchallenged into Ste Devote. But after they leaders exchanged fastest laps between the four cars over the next phase of the race, DRS now switched on and the pace reaching the 1m16s, Perez began to edge clear and Leclerc, unable to stay in the 1m16s, lost contact with Verstappen in fourth. After a stoppage of 20 minutes, Perez led the pack back out for another rolling start after two more tours behind the safety car – the order behind Sainz, Verstappen, Leclerc, George Russell and Lando Norris, who had lost out to his fellow Briton by taking inters for a few laps and the Mercedes stayed out on full wets for a few more laps before going straight to slicks. Leclerc soon pulled clear of Sainz, the two Ferrari drivers quicker at different points of the track, with the leader regularly pulling a second clear through sector one before Sainz stole a few tenths back in the second and third segments as they worked their way down the 1m30s laptime brackets (the first racing lap was a 1m43.218s for Leclerc). Leclerc led the charge ahead of Sainz, Perez and Verstappen – his Ferrari squirming around as he applied full power for the first time down the pit straight, but staying in the right direction as the Monegasque led the field into Ste Devote.

MONACO (AP) — Sergio Perez rebounded from Red Bull team orders that denied him a chance to race for the win one week ago to pick up his first Formula One ...

Sergio Pérez roared to a win at the Monaco Grand Prix as Max Verstappen extended his championship lead.

After three further laps the race was unsurprisingly stopped to repair the barriers. Verstappen emerged in third in front of Leclerc with Pérez leading from Sainz. Pérez’s early switch to inters and Ferrari’s botched stop had been crucial. They took dry tyres with Leclerc furious at the team for double stacking him behind his teammate and losing time in the process. A rolling start was declared and the safety car came in on the opening of lap three. They pulled the Spaniard in on lap 21 and Leclerc pitted at the same time, the team calling for him stop, then to stay out – but too late. Pérez followed a lap later for the same.

MONACO: Sergio Perez won a rain-delayed, crash-halted and ultimately nail-biting Monaco Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday (May 29) to make his dream come ...

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Sergio Perez's Monaco Grand Prix victory could be under threat after Ferrari protested him and Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen for an alleged infraction ...

"I think it was not close. An hour after the race, having celebrated on the podium and completed post-race media commitments, Perez and Verstappen were summoned to see the stewards at 17:15 local time. Perez held off Ferrari's Carlos Sainz to win on Sunday, with Verstappen finishing ahead of Charles Leclerc for the final spot on the podium.

Charles Leclerc slammed Ferrari's strategy mistakes at the Monaco GP after plummeting from first to fourth, with the home favourite admitting his latest ...

The team need to give him the information." And after missing out on even a podium in Monaco, he said after the race: "The season is long, but we cannot do that." I don't think that you do. While 2022 was actually the first time he finished it, that wasn't any solace. "Obviously, the message that I had wasn't clear, the last wasn't clear because I was told to come in but then to stay out but I was already in the pit lane and that is where I basically let it all out on the radio and screamed because I knew I just couldn't do anything and I was done." "I have been asked questions about whether I wanted to go from the intermediates to the slicks and I said yes but not now, it will be a bit later on in the race.

Charles Leclerc says Ferrari made 'too many mistakes' during the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix and it 'hurts' after he endured another tough home race having ...

"It is hard as it has been in the other years here, so I am getting use to it and getting back home feeling disappointed but we cannot do that, especially in a moment that we are in now," he said. "I've been asked questions if I wanted to go from the extreme wets to the slicks and I said, 'yes but not now, a bit later on in the race', but I don't understand what made us change our minds and go on the intermediates. Despite a second red flag for Mick Schumacher's crash and a run in dry conditions to the end of the race, Leclerc was stuck in fourth place without the opportunity to strike back and missed out on a maiden home race podium – but did at least finish the first home race of his career.

Ferrari has protested Max Verstappen for appearing to cross the pitlane exit line on his way to third place in the Monaco Grand Prix.

My pit exit, that was probably the most fun I had in the race trying to stay ahead.” Perez also stopped on lap 22 and, as he exited the pits, he also had a slide that sent him towards the line. It is clear and we are still seeking clarification with the FIA.”

Charles Leclerc was devastated that his Monaco Grand Prix pole and lead became fourth place - and it was all down to Ferrari's pit tactics.

He pitted and went straight to slicks four laps later. Perez’s pitstop, the first hint of any real pressure from Red Bull that Ferrari must have seen coming, absolutely wrecked its race. That’s where he made his charge as the undercut was very powerful. Its strategy with Sainz was driven by what the man behind the wheel said as he pushed back when called in to cover Perez’s first stop at the end of lap 17. These are also reminiscent of the problems that undermined Ferrari’s last title bids in 2017 and 2018. While Leclerc has to carry some responsibility for not spotting what Sainz did, it would have made sense to ask for his feedback on how far off slicks were.

Ferrari have launched a protest against Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen at the Monaco GP, accusing Red Bull's race winner and world champion of pit exit ...

"We believe the International Sporting Code is clear. I really hope that common sense will prevail." "I think it was not close.

Formula 1's governing body defended the handling of the showcase Monaco Grand Prix after rain delayed the start for more than an hour, and a crash caused ...

"That is what I was saying. Race Control indicated the formation lap would start behind the Safety Car at 3.09pm and then 3.16pm local time behind the Safety Car. The Safety Car led them away, but conditions worsened and the race was then red flagged after two formation laps. "You think they didn't do a good job?

The verdict from the FIA confirms Perez's win, while Verstappen keeps his third place ahead of title rival Charles Leclerc. Ferrari launched separate protests ...

"I think both Red Bulls were on the yellow line at the exit and in the past that has always been penalised with a five-second penalty." I really hope that common sense will prevail." "I think it was not close. The protest is therefore dismissed." "In this case, the car did not 'cross' the line," they said. If it was any more than even a reprimand, I'd be hugely disappointed in that.

Ferrari has protested Formula 1 rivals Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen for appearing to cross the pitlane exit line on his way to third place in the Monaco ...

My pit exit, that was probably the most fun I had in the race trying to stay ahead." It is clear and we are still seeking clarification with the FIA." "I think it was not close.

Charles Leclerc says Ferrari made 'too many mistakes' during the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix and it 'hurts' after he endured another tough home race having ...

"It is hard as it has been in the other years here, so I am getting use to it and getting back home feeling disappointed but we cannot do that, especially in a moment that we are in now," he said. Despite a second red flag for Mick Schumacher's crash and a run in dry conditions to the end of the race, Leclerc was stuck in fourth place without the opportunity to strike back and missed out on a maiden home race podium – but did at least finish the first home race of his career. But with the crossover for dry tyres rapidly approaching, Ferrari pitted Leclerc for a second time shortly afterwards and double stacked him behind Sainz to lose further time which resulted in Leclerc falling to fourth place behind F1 world title rival Max Verstappen.

Ferrari's protests against Monaco Grand Prix winner Sergio Perez and Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen have been rejected.

The protest was therefore rejected. He argued that the wording of the race director’s notes that drivers “must keep to the right of the solid yellow line” was written specifically so it was clear that any contact with the line was an infringement. However, the stewards have dismissed the protests because the International Sporting Code specifically stipulates a car “must not cross” the line and that the race director’s notes cannot contradict this.

Ferrari's errors, another Formula 1 rules row, Sergio Perez's brilliance, Mercedes' latest woes and Daniel Ricciardo's uncertain future.

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Amid the chaos of Monaco, Sergio Perez delivered a Formula 1 victory drive of beauty and Red Bull ambushed Ferrari, with a bit of help from Nicholas Latifi.

Time was of the essence, the right call had to be made quickly – and the out-laps had to be super-fast. Ocon was carrying a 5s penalty for making contact at Ste Devote with Hamilton earlier in the race as the latter tried to pass up the inside. Feeling that he needed the mediums for the restart, but unsure whether they would last he backed off massively – to the tune of 3s per lap or more – and just put his car in all the perfect places to thwart the Mercedes. As he is the master of doing. One more lap and Norris could well have found a way past, such was the grip advantage he enjoyed. There was a huge gap behind them so Norris had got the stop for free. By the time the barriers were repaired there was time for what turned out to be only 37 laps (13 short of scheduled) before the two-hour limit. Sainz had a couple of looks at Perez into the chicane, but always had Verstappen hovering so couldn’t try anything too radical. He was in hindsight brought in a lap too late first time and a lap too early second time. With option a) the inter was sufficiently faster that it just about bought you the time of the extra pitstop within about five laps. By the time they realised Leclerc would need be to be stacked, it was too late. But it meant the time difference between a) going wets-inters-slicks or b) a longer stint on the wets and straight onto slicks was actually very close. But he made fantastic use of that present, with his great pace on the inters and a super-fast in-lap at the crucial time.

Ferrari says it will take a detailed investigation back at its Maranello factory this week to fully understand why it made strategy blunders in Formula 1's ...

"We'll have quite a bit of meetings in the next few days to understand that as a team. I don't think it's a matter of being lucky or unlucky." "I think we need to admit that if you're leading the race, and you're finding yourself in first position, then we may have done something wrong," he admitted. I think we made mistakes in our judgements. "Now that we made mistakes, I think it's straightforward. "Now, what's the process which brought us to make mistakes?

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says the decisions made by the FIA around the start procedure of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix should be reviewed.

“I think there was absolutely no need to start the race knowing how the weather forecast was and to rush it, because there's simply no point ending up in taking a risk ending up in a lot of crashes, especially at this track. From a team perspective, to be honest as well, knowing how low we all are on parts this year under the cost cap, one of the positives of this race day-to-day as well is that both cars are still in one piece. So from this point of view everything was done in the right in the right way. “And sometimes we are doing the right way to say taking the right decisions, but unfortunate that the race control decided to postpone further the start of the race. But I think at the beginning there was nothing else that could have been done.” I would have hoped for an earlier start when it dried up, but I think there was a problem with connectivity to Biggin Hill [F1’s digital HQ]. And that's why they couldn't get it going.

Circuit de Monaco, Sunday 29 May. Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, and Team Principal Andreas Seidl after the Monaco ...

For Daniel, starting in P14, we were hoping for opportunities to come our way, but nothing did, and we could only make up one position to finish P13. Such is the nature of racing in Monaco. It’s been a very long, very hot two weeks on the road for this double-header. In the rapidly changing conditions, we had a 50:50 call that just didn’t work-out for us, and he lost a position – but he didn't put a foot wrong today in challenging conditions. “We’re leaving Monaco with P6 and the fastest lap for Lando. Nine points is more than our competitors for P4 in the Constructors’ Championship managed, which makes this a very positive outcome. I think when we saw the rain come that was quite a surprise - just how quickly and heavy it came. I look forward to the next race in Baku.”