05/23/2021 8:01 AM
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Updated 05/23/2021 12:03 PM
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The Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the Monaco Grand Prix, the fifth of the Formula One World Championship, held this Sunday in the streets of Monte Carlo, where the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) finished second and equaled his best result in the category queen, in which he raised his number of podiums to three.
Verstappen, who took the leadership of the World Championship, won ahead of Sainz and Englishman Lando Norris (McLaren), who completed the podium in a race that Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) - ninth in qualifying - finished fourth, and in the one that the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), who on Saturday had signed the 'pole', did not start because of a fault in the left side of his car.
English seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) lost first place in the competition by finishing seventh, behind German Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) and Frenchman Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri), who was sixth.
In a test that the other Spaniard, Fernando Alonso (Alpine) -who started seventeenth- finished thirteenth;
and after which Verstappen leads the competition with 105 points, four more than the Mercedes captain, who set the fastest lap on the legendary Côte d'Azur track.
Canadian Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) finished eighth, one place ahead of Frenchman Esteban Ocon, Alonso's teammate at Alpine.
The Italian Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) also scored, finishing a great weekend - personally - with tenth place.
The next Grand Prix, that of Azerbaijan, will be held on June 6 at the Baku street circuit.
This is how the championship positions were:
Verstappen 105 pts
Hamilton 101
Norris 56
Bottas 47
Pérez 44
Leclerc 40
Sainz 38
Ricciardo 24
Gasly 16
Ocon 12
23.05.2021
11:57
Max Verstappen celebrates his victory in Monaco.
Photo Pool via REUTERS / Gonzalo Fuentes
23.05.2021
11:53
At age 23, Verstappen achieved his twelfth victory.
No driver in history had more than five wins at his age.
Present and future in Formula 1 for the young Red Bull.
23.05.2021
11:51
Verstappen, the winner: "It is very special to win here, it is even my first podium. You have to be focused all the time to win in Monaco. You never know what will happen, you have to manage the tires well. They stopped earlier and that's what made it a little easier for me. "
23.05.2021
12:03
Since the beginning of the Hybrid Era (2014), only FIVE pilots led the world of pilots:
Hamilton (👑 2014, 15, 17, 18, 19 and 20)
Rosberg (2016)
Bottas
Vettel
Verstappen.
- Juan Cruz Fagan 💚 (@juancruz_fagan) May 23, 2021
23.05.2021
11:49
Sainz, who achieved his first podium with Ferrari: "If you had told me that I would do a podium, I would accept without hesitation. When I think about what happened over the weekend I am very happy, the team must be proud of the car and the step it has taken. dice".
23.05.2021
11:48
Lando Norris, the third: "I don't know what to say. It's a dream to be on the podium here. I didn't know if it was going to happen. I drove well, the car was good all weekend."
They greet the Spaniard Sainz and they joke in the post-race interview.
23.05.2021
11:43
The Dutchman took advantage of Leclerc's abandonment, won his first competition in the Principality and now leads the championship alone.
23.05.2021
11:42
Without inconvenience, Max Verstappen wins the Monaco Grand Prix.
Tennis player Serena Williams lowered the checkered flag.
Carlos Sainz was second and Lando Norris completed the podium.
23.05.2021
11:34
And quickly the Briton does it: 1m12s909 to set the lap record.
A little consolation for the seven-time world champion.
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11:35
Lewis Hamilton.
Photo EFE
23.05.2021
11:33
Hamilton, with enough advantage over Lance Stroll, stopped to change tires and try, in the last 10 laps, to set the lap record and score an extra point.
23.05.2021
11:25
Pérez is turning 7 tenths faster than Norris and is already less than a second behind the Briton.
12 laps to go.
23.05.2021
11:19
"This car is horrible on these tires," Lando Norris, in #ModoHamilton, tells the McLaren team.
The Mexican Checo Pérez is slowly approaching him in the fight for third place.
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11:15
23.05.2021
11:06
The
Lole
Reutemman, who
won the competition in 1980, follows the Monaco Grand Prix from home while still recovering after being operated.
23.05.2021
10:54
Lap 40: After the pit stop runs, Verstappen leads, Sainz is guard and Lando Norris completes the podium.
Pérez, Vettel, Gasly and Hamilton are next.
23.05.2021
10:52
Terrible Sunday for the star team.
In networks, the team apologized: "A disaster for Valtteri. The wheel nut was machined on the axle when we tried the pit stop, which means that the wheel cannot be changed."
23.05.2021
10:53
A disaster for Valtteri.
💔 The wheel nut machined onto the axle as we attempted the pit stop, meaning the wheel cannot be changed.
- Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@ MercedesAMGF1) May 23, 2021
23.05.2021
10:48
Lewis Hamilton berated Mercedes for the strategy that led him to stop before his competitors and caused him to lose places in the classification.
"How can it be?!"
23.05.2021
10:46
Verstappen stopped and it took only two seconds to change tires.
His Red Bull teammate Sergio Pérez is now the leader of the race.
23.05.2021
10:43
Charles Leclerc spoke after his retirement: "It is very difficult to feel good. I suppose that unfortunately I am getting used to feeling that way ... I never finished a race here and this year I am not even starting. It is difficult, and I also feel sorry for the team."
23.05.2021
10:41
Bottas entered the pits and something unusual happened to him: the mechanics could not remove the tire to change it.
After more than a minute, there was no way to loosen that rubber.
And it stayed there: unusual abandonment.
23.05.2021
10:39
Hamilton pitted on lap 30;
Vettel and Gasly also did the same and the Briton ended up losing places to both.
Bad arrest of the Mercedes man.
23.05.2021
10:32
While reaching 30 laps the positions are not modified, on social networks Ferrari fans around the world do not know whether to laugh or cry with what happened to Leclerc.
But they see a clear culprit: director Mattia Binotto.
23.05.2021
10:31
#MonacoGP
Mick Schumacher overtaking Nikita Mazepin on lap 1
pic.twitter.com/bfX5nevaQ9
- F1 + (@ F1plus__) May 23, 2021
23.05.2021
10:30
One of the few emotions offered by the Monaco GP, where surpasses are rare: the personal duel between Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin (both from Haas).
The son of the crack, who for the first time had started behind his teammate, overtook him at the start of the race at the Loews corner.
23.05.2021
10:24
Leclerc and his curse in Monaco?
Before his public, the Ferrari left for the third time in three Grands Prix.
What's more: when he competed in Formula 2, he also had to be left out ...
23.05.2021
10:19
The cutest thing you are going to see today https://t.co/ikQkZIiMYy
- Sabrina Faija (@sabrinafaija) May 23, 2021
23.05.2021
10:18
After being discharged after being operated on for a digestive hemorrhage, the Monaco GP has a very special viewer in Argentina ...
23.05.2021
10:16
After 10 laps, Verstappen leads with Bottas at 1.3 seconds and Sainz at 2.3.
Hamilton is still sixth, about 10 seconds behind the leader.
23.05.2021
10:10
The semi-axis that leaves Leclerc out is the left.
In qualifying, the Monegasque had hit the car on the right side.
Everyone wonders when it happened and how it was possible that Ferrari did not notice the problem in time.
23.05.2021
10:05
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) is sixth and Sebastian Vettel, seventh.
For now there are no overshoots in the top positions.
23.05.2021
10:01
The Monaco GP has started!
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took advantage of Leclerc's absence and took the lead at the start.
They are followed by Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari).
23.05.2021
10:10
Heartbreak for Leclerc and all his fans 💔 # MonacoGP 🇲🇨 # F1 pic.twitter.com/n0S9eBZbFn
- Formula 1 (@ F1) May 23, 2021
23.05.2021
10:01
An already classic postcard of these times, with some pilots kneeling in protest against social inequalities.
Photo Sebastien Nogier / POOL / AFP
23.05.2021
09:57
There will be no replacement for Leclerc on the starting grid: Verstappen will start from second place.
Will someone take advantage of the gap?
23.05.2021
09:54
In the current Formula 1 park, there are five drivers who have won the Monaco Grand Prix: Kimi Raikkonen (2005), Fernando Alonso (2006 and 2007), Sebastian Vettel (2011 and 2017), Lewis Hamilton (2008, 2016 and 2019) and Daniel Ricciardo (2018).
23.05.2021
09:51
Meanwhile, it is worth remembering that Lewis Hamilton will start from seventh place.
It is in sight: the Monaco GP lacks nothing ...
23.05.2021
09:52
The fans and a billboard of local credit.
You won't even be able to see it in action.
AP Photo / Luca Bruno
23.05.2021
10:08
RACE UPDATE:
Charles will not start the race due to an issue with the left driveshaft which is impossible to fix in time for the start of the race.
#MonacoGP
- Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) May 23, 2021
23.05.2021
09:49
¿Un fiasco de Ferrari? La Scuderia, una hora antes de la carrera, sabía del problema pero decía que no era para preocuparse. Ahora Leclerc verá la competencia desde afuera....
22.05.2021
20:16
¡Increíble! Minutos antes de empezar la carrera, Charles Leclerc, que había hecho la pole en su casa, se queda afuera del GP de Mónaco. Ferrari comunicó que la falla sufrida en el palier (semieje) izquierdo es imposible de reparar a tiempo.
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