Sergio Pérez (34) fortunately survived a violent crash within the first spherical of the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday.
Sunday 26 May at 18:11
He got here out in a rush the place a couple of minutes in the past there was a Red Bull automobile.
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) received on house soil after having the most effective observe begin. It was Kylian Mbappé who raised the objective flag. World champion Max Verstappen began sixth and completed sixth.
– Emotions got here within the closing rounds. I could not see, stated Leclerc to teammate Carlos Sainz (third place) as they waited for the victory ceremony.
The first begin ended with a crimson flag after Red Bull driver Pérez collided with two Haas drivers Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg.
The Mexican was hit by the Dane, and Perez’s automobile was totaled. But the Red Bull driver fortunately managed to get out of the accident unhurt.
This might imply that Magnussen will likely be banned from the subsequent race. The Haas driver has 10 penalty factors, simply 2 from the 12 level restrict.
– It appears to be Magnussen’s fault, stated skilled Kunal Shah on Viaplay radio.
– It might find yourself with Magnussen being banned from Canada sooner or later.
Fortunately, nobody was injured.
– When a Formula 1 automobile is totally mishandled, it means it has suffered a violent crash. It exhibits that safety is working, stated Shah on Viaplay radio.
The race needed to be stopped and restarted.
In an interview with Viaplay, Magnussen blames Sergio Pérez for what occurred:
– He is driving up in direction of the on line casino in a traditional lane, and there’s a free automobile width to his proper. I belief him to maintain that area. But then I used to be pushed in opposition to the wall and hit him, stated Dane.
– But do you assume it was an accident?
– I believe you must be capable of belief him to go away the automobile in such conditions, stated Magnussen.
Viaplay skilled Atle Gulbrandsen believes that the Dane is incorrect:
– It’s asking lots for Perez to contemplate Magnussen there. Perez drives an ideal observe up the hill. Magnussen ought to perceive that. He ought to have let off the fuel to keep away from this collision, stated Gulbrandsen proper there in Monte Carlo.
– It shouldn’t be essential for each, in line with Nico Hülkenberg Sports.
Alpine boss Bruno Famin is clearly indignant, even now Sports.
Sergio Pérez and the 2 Haas drivers have been far behind within the discipline. The Red Bull driver had a poor race, with Magnussen and Hülkenberg penalized for the final two locations.
– It is unquestionably in opposition to the climax for these drivers after a number of turns, stated Stein Pettersen on Viaplay radio.
Two Alpine drivers Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly additionally crashed on the primary lap – and Ocon needed to thank. Ocon got here out of the dialog he had with Viaplay when he was requested if he was liable for what occurred. Later he got here out X and he admitted that it was his fault.
In typical type, the Monaco Grand Prix is in any other case sleep-inducing:
– You have to consider what must be performed to make this race enticing, stated Thomas Schie on Viaplay radio.
The order at the start is nearly the identical because the listing of outcomes on the finish.
This was Leclerc’s sixth Grand Prix win, however the final got here again in July 2022 in Austria.
– This means lots, stated a clearly emotional Leclerc in an on-field interview.
Oscar Piastri took a powerful 2nd place and nonetheless has to attend for his first win. Carlos Sainz completed third regardless of stopping on the primary lap. But resulting from an enormous accident with Sergio Pérez, he managed to restart in third place.
There have now been three completely different winners from three completely different groups within the final three Formula 1 races: Lando Norris, McLaren, Max Verstappen, Red Bull and Charles Leclerc, Ferrari.