Alonso-Hamilton duel shows F1 needs to look at Monaco tweaks

As the field changed to slicks in a wet-to-dry race, Hamilton was stuck behind Alonso in the battle for seventh, and the Briton remained on Alonso’s gearbox right until the race was called early after 64 laps as the clock ran out.

To Hamilton’s great frustration, Alonso trundled around so slowly that McLaren’s Lando Norris was able to drive away from the pair by over 30 seconds, which gave him a free pitstop window to come in for fresh tyres and attack the fastest lap.

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