F1 Monaco

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.

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.

Beijing: Sergio Perez took his first win of the 2022 F1 season in a dramatic Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, as Red Bull outwitted Ferrari in changeable.

In the Drivers’ Championship, Verstappen extends his lead to 125, ahead of Leclerc on 116 and Perez on 110 points. Behind the top two, Verstappen filled the final podium place, and seemed content to have extended his championship lead over Leclerc on a weekend where the Dutchman had not looked especially strong. On lap 21, Ferrari called both Sainz and Leclerc in for a double pitstop to change to slicks, but Leclerc crucially lost vital seconds queuing up behind his teammate, meaning the Monegasque fell behind Verstappen into fourth place after the Dutchman stopped one lap later.

After retiring from the lead in Spain with the failure of his turbo and MGU-H, Charles Leclerc looked set to bounce back in style in Monaco.

But after being cleared by the FIA over its Spanish Grand Prix updates amid a backdrop of cries of foul play, what's next in this saga? But a closer inspection of the team's performance suggests its gains aren't as grand as they first appeared The winner was Sergio Perez – triumphing once again in a race of chaos.

It is unlikely the sport's showpiece event will be removed from the schedule, but a contract extension is not imminent.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Russell has taken the chequered flag ahead of his team-mate at every race, bar the opening Bahrain Grand Prix in March. Both drivers are very much on the same pace.” “But it needs a positive approach from both parties. Sunday’s race was delayed following a power outage after a downpour moments before the start. Indeed, it could be several months before an agreement is reached.

Sergio Perez claimed a historic victory at the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix as a combination of Ferrari strategy blunders and traffic issues cost both its ...

Accuracy is more important than ever on a street circuit, and on Monte Carlo's sodden streets, several drivers stepped up to produce superb performances in ...

But after being cleared by the FIA over its Spanish Grand Prix updates amid a backdrop of cries of foul play, what's next in this saga? But a closer inspection of the team's performance suggests its gains aren't as grand as they first appeared But its decisions have added an element of risk to later races.

After the frustration of Spain, where Sergio Perez felt like he was in the shape to win his first race of the season, the Red Bull driver's first Monaco Grand ...

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.

The drivers and teams report back on all the action from an eventful wet-dry race at the Circuit de Monaco, for the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2022...

We had a good recovery race today with Pierre but the main lesson for this weekend is that we need to have a tidier Saturday in order to make the most of the opportunities we have on Sunday.” The pace felt strong and it felt like we were able to attack and push. It was the team’s first double DNF of the season, and the third-straight race where they have failed to take home any points. At the wheel, it was not easy, and I had to be careful at times not to make any mistake to make sure we brought the car home in the points. We were fast in all the practice sessions, and even in the race today, so it’s a shame to be finishing just outside the points, as I think we deserved to be up there this weekend.” We made the right strategic calls, which was a challenge as it was not easy to choose which tyres to pick at any time. We lost out to the Mercedes in the first pit-stops which was a close call, but you win some, you lose some, and in this case today we just lost out. We have a lot of things to review now as a team to try to do better for next time, but we still got some decent points and it was nice to get the fastest lap towards the end as well, so I’m satisfied with the weekend. It was a tricky race to manage with difficult choices on strategy at times, but we did everything well as a team and it was all well managed. It was tricky in the wet, holding onto the wet tyres for as long as possible, then I had a nice dice with Lando after the stops - and some strong pace on the hard tyre. Perez emerged from that one in the lead, and it was a lead he kept for the rest of the race despite some desperate laps late on with some very worn medium tyres. In the heat of the battle and with the hectic start, we stayed calm as a Team, we made good decisions.

Lewis Hamilton and arrived and departed the F1 Monaco Grand Prix in typical flamboyance - on his personal yacht.

It features a luxury interior and several bedrooms. Hamilton said about the rain delay to the race, which the FIA later attributed to a power issue: “When it first started raining, I thought we could have gone but the it started raining hard and we had to stop Lewis Hamilton’s yacht at F1 Monaco GP: The eye-watering value and spec…

After being ordered to allow Max Verstappen through to win the Spanish Grand Prix, Sergio Perez took his first win of the season in Monaco as the Red Bull ...

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.

Formula One's owners are understood to be deeply dissatisfied with the sport's governing body the FIA.

In Miami Esteban Ocon was scathing in his assessment of the governing body after he and Carlos Sanz both suffered heavy crashes at turn 14 and endured bad neck pain. Lewis Hamilton was among several drivers who insisted they could have at least begun the race before the rain became too heavy and that the FIA was too conservative in its concern that the drivers had not done any wet running until that point. The FIA was criticised after Monaco when the race director, Eduardo Freitas, delayed the start because of rain.

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Mount will now link up with the England squad ahead of UEFA Nations League fixtures against Hungary, Germany and Italy in June. ‘We were obviously in and around it until about midway through,’ he added of the title race. The era under Roman [Abramovich] has been brilliant and now we look forward.

After being ordered to allow Max Verstappen through to win the Spanish Grand Prix, Sergio Perez took his first win of the season in Monaco as the Red Bull ...

Team-mate 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.

Formula One packed up after Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix with no certainty it would be back there next year but offering plenty of advice on what needs to be ...

"We need to look at this circuit layout, so people can't drive round five seconds off the pace in a procession," he said. But no-one should take things for granted." I live here, I love the city.

Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto has admitted that the team made a mistake with Charles Leclerc's strategy in Monaco, after he lost the lead and ...

“I think the first mistake was underestimating the pace of the intermediates, and the gap we had to the other cars in terms of track position. And I think as a team we are still progressing, learning, and maybe it will take some more time.” Red Bull then overcut Ferrari with their own double-stack on Lap 22 for Perez to continue to lead and eventually take victory – Carlos Sainz finishing second despite briefly being in the lead.

The 2022 Monaco Grand Prix was the most entertaining in years, as changing conditions brought about varying strategies that resulted in several overtakes.

There were also several more instances of drivers unable to pass significantly slower cars ahead of them, notably Fernando Alonso at one point having a long train behind him. Thankfully, the race did eventually get under way, saving F1 a repeat of the controversial situation that it inflicted upon itself in Belgium last year. Did the tension at the flag help salve Monaco’s critics?