Monday, 29 May 2023

2023 Monaco Grand Prix Review

Review of the sixth round of the 2023 F1 season on the streets of Monte Carlo, for the Monaco Grand Prix.

Overall, I thought it was great race to watch. The race was won on Saturday by Current Formula 1 Champion Max Verstappen, qualified on pole for Sunday's race with a great qualifying lap, ahead of Fernando Alonso.

At dry start, Verstappen took the lead from Alonso at the start of the race and never looked back; despite rain for the last twenty-four laps of the race, Verstappen lead all of seventy-eight laps, to win this seasons Monaco Grand Prix for Max Verstappen's fifth race win of the season.



While, Fernando Alonso finished in second place in the Aston Martin, Alonso was twenty-eight seconds behind Verstappen at the end.

Meanwhile, Esteban Ocon finished in third place in the Alpine to complete the podium, Ocon was thirty-seven seconds behind Verstappen at the end of the seventy-eight lap race.

Highlights of the race below, enjoy.



Rate the Teams and Drivers

Red Bull Racing - 6
Max Verstappen - 10 (pole, race win)
Sergio Pérez - 4 (finished sixteenth, two laps down)

Ferrari - 6
Charles Leclerc - 6 (finished sixth)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6 (finished eighth)

Mercedes - 7
Lewis Hamilton - 7 (finished fourth, fastest lap)
George Russell - 7 (finished fifth)

Alpine - 8
Esteban Ocon - 10 (finished third)
Pierre Gasly - 6 (finished seventh)

McLaren - 6
Lando Norris - 6 (finished ninth, lap down)
Oscar Piastri - 6 (finsihed tenth, lap down)

Alfa Romeo - 5
Valtteri Bottas - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Guanyu Zhou - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)

Aston Martin - 7
Fernando Alonso - 10 (finished second)
Lance Stroll - 5 (DNF, Accident damage)

Haas - 7
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (DNF, Accident damage)
Nico Hülkenberg - 5 (finished seventeenth, two laps down)

AlphaTauri - 5
Yuki Tsunoda - 5 (finished fifteenth, tow laps down)
Nyck de Vries - 6 (finished twelfth, lap down)

Williams - 4
Alexander Albon - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Logan Sargeant - 4 (finished eighteenth, two laps down)


Next stop Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona in a weeks time for the Spanish Grand Prix.

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