Monaco GP
Sergio Pérez took the victory in the streets of the Principality ahead of the Madrilenian and Verstappen, with Alonso seventh, his best result of the season
The 2022 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix did not disappoint, far from it, and from the first moment it gave a show thanks to the ingredient that was added early in the day: the rain. The dreaded clouds unleashed a great storm on the circuit that led not only to a delay of one hour over the scheduled time for the start to be taken, but also a strategic game in which there was a clear winner, Red Bull, and a clear loser, Ferrari.
Sergio Pérez was the beneficiary of Red Bull, for whom everything went well. The Mexican was not the favorite in the race, since Charles Leclerc came out looking for the end of his curse at home and it seemed that he was going to take the victory with authority, but a terrible management (another) of the strategy by his wall sent him off the podium. That screaming radio is already one of the audios of the Formula 1 season, without a doubt.
Carlos Sainz was not affected by the decision of the Ferrari wall, because, aware that it could be better, he decided to disobey the team. Sometimes an act of rebellion serves a greater good, and Sainz preferred not to go from wet tires to intermediate tires and then to hard dry tires, as they did with his partner, but instead stretched the first relay with scratched tires before moving on to the smooth ones The first bars with these were complicated, because the track was cold and wet, but as the lane became, Sainz undertook the challenge of trying to go for victory. However, doing so in Monaco, where it is almost impossible to overtake, was an impossible Herculean task.
With Sergio Pérez already first, the race turned around after Mick Schumacher finished against the protections of the pool area. The Haas ended up split in two, and the ‘techpro’ barriers were affected, so after several laps behind the safety car, a red flag was displayed on the track. The break allowed the drivers to rest, but immediately confirmed that the goal of 77 laps was not going to be reached. Unlike other sports, such as tennis, Formula 1 established years ago that events could only last a maximum of three hours from the start to avoid hijacking television programming. Thus, six o’clock in the evening was the deadline.
Ferrari useless protest
With the resumption it seemed that it was going to be a new procession. Sergio Pérez commanded with relative ease, Sainz was calmly behind but with no option to fight him for the race and Max Verstappen took third place for granted, given that Leclerc was on fire but powerless in fourth place. It wasn’t until there were 10 minutes left to go when tire wear and the change in temperature suffered on the complicated asphalt of Monaco made Pérez’s wheels begin to show graining. Golden opportunity for Sainz, who put the car into him several times, but he was left with the desire. The Mexican took advantage of the doubles, showed that he is one of the best position defenders on the grid and ultimately took his third victory in Formula 1, in addition to vindicating himself against his bosses. Pérez’s victory with Verstappen third left Ferrari with a very bad taste in the mouth, which came to officially protest against the two for allegedly having broken the rules of the limits of the pit exit line to try a sanction that would disqualify them .
Another of those who vindicated himself in this race was Fernando Alonso. The Asturian ended up unhinging Lewis Hamilton in his defense of the position, and although he benefited from the conditions of the race and the circuit itself, the Asturian was reinforced by a seventh place finish, which is, in addition to his best result of the year , the first race of the season in which he finishes ahead of Esteban Ocon. The Frenchman was also sanctioned for a touch with Hamilton himself.
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