Monaco Grand Prix

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.

Red Bull's Sergio Perez won his first race of 2022 by 0.x seconds after a nailbiting end to the Monaco Grand Prix, with Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen ...

Those excursions promoted Nicholas Latifi – who almost crashed at Sainte Devote on Lap 10 and behind the Lap 2 Safety Car – to 15th for Williams. Sainz emerged third, Leclerc fourth – the Monegasque seething as he was held up in the pits and lost further time with a tough out-lap, a call to stay out on track having come fractions too late for the home hero. Sainz was millimetres off Perez through Portier, the tunnel and Nouvelle Chicane with the time ticking down, the Spaniard having a proper look at Lap 57 – but nothing doing. Perez was the next taker, Lap 17 seeing him go for the green-walled tyres and emerge fourth behind Norris, to release Verstappen in chase of Sainz, who elected not to react. The conditions were drying and giving Leclerc and his hunters a choice to make. Over an hour after it was originally scheduled, the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix began in earnest, with Leclerc squirrelling away from pole, team mate Sainz, Perez and Verstappen in chase. The lengthy delay was stopped at 1605 for a race start behind the Safety Car. He walked away, the gearbox and rear suspension having detached from his Haas. Resumption came with a rolling start on Lap 33, Ferrari on hards while Red Bull opted for mediums. The Safety Car pulled in for Lap 3 of 77 and Leclerc led away with Sainz, Perez and Verstappen in tow. The FIA stated the formation laps and start would be delayed, with the field set to begin on wet tyres. Red Bull followed one lap later and pulled off an overcut with their own double-stack – the order was now Perez, Sainz, Verstappen and a furious Leclerc in P4. The Mexican almost lost out in the dying moments of the race, Sainz almost sticking his nose in front at the hairpin, but victory would be his – a huge statement after a disappointing Spanish Grand Prix.

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.

Sergio Perez won a rain-disrupted Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday as pole-sitter Charles Leclerc suffered another dose of ill luck on his home circuit.

As a driver you dream of winning here. "It's a dream come true. A deluge caused chaos and an hour delay to the start but Perez kept his cool for a "dream" victory after his crash in qualifying 24 hours earlier.

Sergio Perez has won an elongated classic Monaco Grand Prix after Red Bull outsmarted Ferrari in the pitstop strategy battle. In what could be the last F1 ...

For the rolling restart, Red Bull opted for new mediums whilst Ferrari stayed with the hards. Carlos Sainz made the decision to stick with the wets, but the other front runners went for intermediates on lap 19. Pierre Gasly was the first driver to go onto the intermediates and started to fly. For the rolling restart, Red Bull opted for new mediums whilst Ferrari stayed with the hards. In contrast, the stress levels increased as teams had to fetch the full wet tyres and brand new visors for the drivers. In what could be the last F1 race in the streets of Monaco, home favourite and pole-sitter Charles Leclerc failed to finish on the podium after falling victim to a strategic blunder.

After three days of perfect Riviera weather, the anticipated rain clouds arrived and burst immediately after the national anthem, sending Race Control into ...

This was done for safety reasons in consideration that there has been no wet running this weekend." The starting process was suspended before being officially delayed. MONACO - Heavy rain played havoc to the start of the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, creating scenes of chaos in the crowded confines of the narrow harbourside pit lane as race organisers issued a series of decisions and instructions.

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.

CHARLES LECLERC looked on course to win his home race but strategy errors saw the Ferrari star finish fourth at the Monaco Grand Prix.

We cannot lose so many points like this, it's not even from first to second, it's from first to fourth because after the first mistakes we have done another one. "I've been asked questions whether I wanted to go from the extreme wets to the slicks and I said yes but not now. Obviously in those conditions you rely a little bit on what the team can see because you don't see what the others are doing with intermediates, with dry tyres.

The FIA stewards have dismissed Ferrari's protests against Red Bull Formula 1 drivers Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen in Monaco, ensuring their first and ...

“Accordingly the driver did not breach the relevant section of the Code and this takes precedent over any interpretation of the notes. During the hearing for the Perez protest, the stewards said that “Ferrari conceded that Car 11 did not have any part of its front or rear tyres on the left of the yellow line” and “conceded that the Protest was unfounded”, resulting in the same dismissal. "In this case, the car did not “cross” the line – to do so it would have needed to have a full wheel to the left of the yellow line,” the stewards said.

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.

'Hurts a lot': Ferrari fumbles must-win race, perfect Perez in the title hunt — Monaco talking points.

But it transpired afterwards that the bulk of the hour delay was due to a power failure brought on by the downpour which affected the race start system. And when the race did finally get rolling it was behind the safety car rather than with a standing start. It’s the first time since Daniel Ricciardo left at the end of 2018 that the team has a dependable driver in the second garage, and his services so far this year are already proving invaluable in pursuit of the constructors title. “In terms of pace, we were definitely there and it’s just a matter of keeping it on track. The time delate between him and Max has been a lot, lot closer this year. We need to see how we move forward from here.” “Obviously hard [tyres are] never easy on the out-lap, but I had to do 12 corners, something like that, behind a lapped car,” Sainz said. “We have lost constructors points today, and that’s more important to us. “He’s doing a great job. “Clearly we need to review — we’ll do it.” Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto told Sky Sports. “These are mistakes that may happen. Ferrari’s post-mortem will need to be thorough and exacting. There was nothing more Leclerc could have done to secure victory for himself.

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?

Lewis Hamilton said: 'Weather is not a good enough reason to not race,' while Toto Wolff said the rain led to TV broadcasting problems.

“The rain at the beginning was torrential,” he said. The sudden surge in rain had caused the power problem. The race was ultimately delayed by 70 minutes after a heavy downpour but the seven-time champion believed it could have started as scheduled, believing the sport’s drivers are more than capable of dealing with difficult conditions.

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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.”

MONACO (AP) — Sergio Pérez 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 ...

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 Pérez 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.

At issue was whether Pérez and Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen crossed a yellow line as they exited pit row.

Leclerc was left furious, screaming when he was told to pit for a second tire change at the same time as Sainz, his Ferrari teammate, on Lap 22. The team promised he would be in position to win and followed through Sunday. Leclerc finished in fourth place on his home circuit. Drivers must keep to the right of the yellow line at the pit exit and stay to the right until the line ends after the first turn. Neither incident was investigated during the race. Ferrari lodged a protest afterward, claiming Pérez and Verstappen failed to obey pit-lane exit rules after a pit stop, according to a statement from race stewards.

A disappointed Charles Leclerc said Ferrari got it 'very wrong' after turning pole position at his home Monaco Grand Prix into a fourth place finish.

"When you start with your two cars on the front row and you don’t win, it means something went wrong from our side. "We cannot afford to lose so many points like this. "But there have been too many mistakes today overall.

Charles Leclerc did not mince his words after Ferrari turned victory into defeat with a series of strategic errors during the Monaco Grand Prix.

There are a lot of new people in the system and inevitably that takes a little bit of time to bed in." And the events of Sunday will not have done anything to halt the slide in relations. Then, at the second start, his call for extreme wets and a safety car start came 20 seconds after the cut-off time for tyres to be fitted. "It needs a bit of a review," Horner said. "At that point it looked like Ferrari had the race in the bag. "I've always prided ourselves on us being an attacking race team and we've always focused on doing the basics well. It is a bit early to discuss that now." But once Leclerc got away in the lead followed by team-mate Carlos Sainz, Ferrari should have been able to stay there - especially as Leclerc was pulling steadily away at the front, seemingly unchallengeable. In short, Ferrari had lost Leclerc the lead by pitting him when they did not need to. Sainz questioned why Latifi had passed him as the Ferrari came out of the pits rather than slotting in behind. At this point, Ferrari still had a chance to win - but not with Leclerc any more. Now, the Dutchman is nine points ahead, with Red Bull having won four races in a row.

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The hard tyres are still cold, but the warmed-up tyres of Leclerc and Sainz are not so good that they can overtake on the wet section outside the racing line. That Sainz was stuck behind Latifi for half a lap will not have been in the team's calculation either. After this strategic joust Ferrari could do nothing more than wait and hope for a mistake by the Red Bull camp. Red Bull seemed to respond better to the characteristics of Monaco in this respect. The in-laps of Verstappen and Perez are very strong. Perez and Verstappen both get right in front of Sainz and Leclerc respectively. In the out-lap of the Ferrari drivers, however, things went wrong. Verstappen also comes in for new inters and the three of them mount an attack on Sainz who stays out on full wets. In one blow he gains almost seven seconds on Sainz and the Spaniard can no longer go in without losing a place on the Mexican. Perez was also helped by McLaren, which on that lap also took Lando Norris out from under him with a pit stop. He lacks that one and a half seconds when Perez comes back onto the track. The choice of Ferrari to bring Leclerc in is even more remarkable when three laps later they opt for an undercut on hard tyres. Because of that lap, Ferrari thought it was better not to change to the intermediates yet.

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?

Verstappen described the weekend through to qualifying as “tricky” and never seemed as comfortable with the car as Perez – notably on the brakes into the first ...

He was ahead of Vettel when he hit engine troubles and was forced to retire. Zhou was always up against it starting at the back but matched his team-mate’s strategy by running longer on intermediates before switching to slicks. Climbed to 13th early on but lost places to a trip up the Ste Devote escape road. Spent much of Q1 in the top 15, but the red flag interrupted his final run with only a slender improvement on the lap after the restart. Hit the wall at the hairpin after being released from pits on lap one, which he suspected was down to some throttle-related fault but appeared just to be cold front tyres. Ended up eight-tenths off Albon and never really looked to have the pace of his team-mate. He was quick and pulled off some important passing moves, but only enough to climb to 12th on the road, which became 11th after Ocon’s penalty. That put him behind Gasly, who had passed him in the first stint after switching to intermediates, and added up to 13th place at the finish – the Aussie having jumped Tsunoda when the AlphaTauri driver made his second stop and picked up another place when Magnussen retired. Sainz felt that without Latifi parking in front of him for the first lap of his outlap after changing to hards, he would have won the race. Held sixth in the early stages but opted to extend his wet stint and jump straight to intermediates, which he did at the end of lap 21. Struggled more than Russell at times during practice, but come qualifying looked like he might be getting the edge. But he was on a lap that could potentially have put him on the front row when Q3 was red flagged thanks to Perez’s crash.

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The crucial question for drivers on a soaked but drying track was not just when to get rid of their wet weather tyres, but what to change to.

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And on a track where overtaking is difficult, he couldn’t cut his way back through and leaves Monaco now nine points behind rival Verstappen in the standings. His victory was also Red Bull’s third in the last four attempts in Monaco. You wouldn’t have known that, though, so impressive was his pace all weekend. Haas boss Guenther Steiner was not impressed with Schumacher. “It’s not very satisfactory having a big crash again,” he said. We’ve picked out six winners and five losers from a soggy Sunday in Monte Carlo… He is the first Mexican to win in Monaco and the first North American to triumph in the race since Gilles Villeneuve in 1981.

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Post-race drama unfolded in the Monaco Grand Prix paddock as Red Bull learned they were under protest from Ferrari while Christian Horner was speaking to ...

RaceFans is run thanks in part to the generous support of its readers. After the flag dropped, I spent the next hour standing in a puddle for much of the media duties, regretting my decision to wear flip-flops. Will this be the last time we get to enjoy Monaco’s unique setting and atmosphere? The music began blaring from the motorhome as Monaco once again came alive with the sun setting on a dramatic day. This time I could clearly see the name: Mattia Binotto. In a moment which felt like it was made for Drive to Survive, the Red Bull team principal wrapped up the session and rushed off to speak to his Ferrari counterpart. Hanging up and lifting his gaze back to the assembled media, he dropped a bombshell: “Ferrari have made a protest against Max.” In the morning, tabard in hand, I had my first chance of watching F1 cars on the streets with my own eyes. The adrenaline hit me, and I heard myself let out a squeak of excitement as a McLaren thundered past me, sending ripples throughout my entire body. Everyone had their eyes on the skies, pointing to the low-hanging cloud surrounding the track. Lesson learned from Thursday, I arrived early enough at the train station to grab a coffee and a croissant before a short, pleasant journey. That left plenty of time to spare as I arrived at the circuit over an hour before the first press conference. Assuming it was something to do with liquids, I quickly emptied the water and put my bottle back in my bag, but entry was still denied.

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teammate Valtteri Bottas, a shining light at the front of the midfield so far this term, was eliminated only in Q2 before being trapped in a train in the race by a pace-limited Alonso to bag a couple of points for ninth when more might have been realistically expected. Much like the $1million Saudi Arabia qualifying spill, Schumacher again split his Haas in half when the rear stepped out through the Swimming Pool complex and spat him into the Tecpro to cause a lengthy red flag and ensure Haas failed to score a point. That revealed a lesser-seen side to Verstappen as he settled in position to bank the points and efficiently extend his lead over Leclerc. In the dying stages as the clock ran out on the shortened affair, Verstappen didn't attempt lunges or stick his nose in awkward positions to force mistakes and increase risk. His retirement from Spain was a case in point, as the public line from the driver was that he felt optimistic about Ferrari's ability to lead from the front, even if his car had let him down cruelly. Fourth place in qualifying was clearly below expectation as Perez and both Ferraris had the measure of the defending champion. He was there to put the pressure on Ferrari's litany of errors rather than look for the silver lining. For so long in the wake of Daniel Ricciardo's exit, Red Bull struggled to settle on a driver who could work alongside Verstappen and handle a skittish rear end. All in all, it was a clumsy reaction to the situation, if a considerable improvement on the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix (that wasn't), for which the bitter aftertaste still lingers. Its status as the jewel in the crown for Formula 1 led to special dispensation and cut-price hosting fees to guarantee it was an annual fixture. Then the formation lap was put back again by five minutes and after a second tour behind the safety car, red flags halted the hesitation by an hour. Despite a considerable pace advantage, Lewis Hamilton was trading paint with Esteban Ocon and held up by Fernando Alonso to prove just how much of a premium overtaking comes with through the narrow streets.

Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff on Sunday hinted at what may be needed for the under-threat Monaco Grand Prix to retain its place on the Formula One race ...

If we didn't race in Monaco, it would be a shame from my perspective as a team owner." "And at the same time, Monaco will always be respected within F1 as something which is special. "We need to give the race directors credit for managing a difficult situation.

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Mick Schumacher was involved in another heavy crash at this past weekend's Monaco Grand Prix, but emerged unscathed.

The crash marks the latest in a series of incidents involving the young pretender. In Saudi Arabia, the Haas driver lost control in a high-speed corner during qualifying and suffered a 33G crash. That's where basically the rear came around.