Red Bull recovered from a bad Saturday with a great Sunday in Monaco, where he won the tactical battle against Ferrari. The Mexican Sergio “Checo” Pérez reigned in the Principality, in the seventh round of the Formula One World Championship, under pressure from the Spaniard Carlos Sainz, who was left with a bittersweet taste because he came to see himself with his first victory.
To Pérez’s victory, the third he has achieved, was added the podium of his teammate, the Dutchman Max Verstappen, who increased his lead in the general classification to nine points compared to Charles Leclerc, who once again felt frustrated in “ House”.
At Ferrari, Sainz averted an even bigger disaster. His commitment to dry tires in Monte Carlo could have been rewarded with victory, but he ran into Nicholas Latifi’s Williams, as explained by his race director, and lost a few seconds that prevented him from overtaking Pérez in a test plagued with shocks.
The seven-time world champion, the British Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) expected “something exciting” an hour before the start of the race. And Monaco did not disappoint. There was a 40 percent chance of rain. Already with the vehicles on the starting grid, with dry tires, a few drops began to fall. Nothing important. Until ten minutes from the start, the rainfall was more.
-With information from EFE.
