Tag: F1

31 May 2022

F1 Monaco Grand Prix Review

The Red Bull driver profited from key tyre strategy calls to leapfrog both Ferrari drivers, before defending his lead from Carlos Sainz after a red flag stoppage for Mick Schumacher’s heavy crash. Charles Leclerc was left to rue “too many mistakes” by Ferrari as he slipped to fourth place, while F1 world title rival Max […]

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31 May 2022

Ocon frustrated by Monaco GP penalty for “racing incident” with Hamilton

Mercedes driver Hamilton was closely tailing Ocon for eighth place after pitting for intermediate tyres, quickly gaining on the Alpine car that still running on wets. Hamilton called for Ocon to be investigated over his defensive moves, with the stewards taking action after contact was made between the two drivers at Sainte Devote. As Hamilton […]

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30 May 2022

10 things we learned from the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix

The most famous circuit on the calendar faced intense scrutiny during the build-up to the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix. This came amid complaints that the principality’s penchant for producing dull races is no longer compatible with blockbuster modern-day Formula 1. But those complaints were tempered by an 11th-hour cloud burst that forced the race start […]

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30 May 2022

Red Bull won Monaco GP by “thinking on our feet”

Having qualified third,  Sergio Perez scored a brilliant victory on the streets of the principality. The Mexican jumped ahead of the Ferraris of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc with good strategy calls around his pitstops on the drying track, and then nursed his graining slick tyres in the closing laps. His teammate Max Verstappen moved […]

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30 May 2022

“Shocking” to see Schumacher’s car split apart, say F1 drivers

Schumacher lost control of his Haas F1 car coming through the Swimming Pool chicane after switching to dry tyres in the Monaco Grand Prix, sending him into a spin. After hitting the Armco on the right-hand side of the track, Schumacher’s car slammed into the Tecpro barrier on the exit of the corner. The rear-end […]

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30 May 2022

Ferrari wants “clear explanation” for Monaco GP strategy errors

The Maranello squad had been in a commanding position running 1-2 at Monte Carlo when a series of errors cost it the win and especially hurt Charles Leclerc. With Red Bull going aggressive and being the first to switch Sergio Perez on to intermediate tyres on the damp but drying track, Ferrari then got the […]

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30 May 2022

Huge Monaco GP crash felt “super weird”

Schumacher lost control of his Haas F1 car while coming through the Swimming Pool chicane on Lap 26 of the race, snapping to the right-hand side of the track. His car glanced the armco before then going into the tecpro barrier at the exit of the corner. The accident saw the rear-end and gearbox of […]

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29 May 2022

FIA stewards dismiss Ferrari protests against Red Bulls in Monaco GP

Perez scored his third F1 victory on Sunday in Monaco ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, while Verstappen completed the podium in third place after rain and two red flags shook up proceedings in Monaco. But Ferrari lodged a post-race protest against both Red Bull cars for allegedly crossing the yellow line at pit exit, resulting […]

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