Evaluation of the network – Monaco Grand Prix 2021

Although there is little action this weekend Monaco Grand PrixWe still got a new driver at the top of the drivers’ standings. Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team fell from the top in the constructors’ championship and we had a brand new pole sitter for the year. Think about the action we saw on the track, but the spectacle in Monaco changed the dynamics of 2021 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.

TOP OF THE CLASS

Max Verstappen

Qualification margin for teammates: – 0: 997s | Racing margin to teammate: – 20,490s

Max Verstappen has now reached the top of the drivers’ championship for the first time in his F1 career with his victory in Monaco.

The driver originally started in second place, but was promoted to first place due to the pole sitter Charles Leclerc not be able to start the race.

From then on, Verstappen ran the race from start to finish on just one small charge Carlos Sainz Jr. in the middle threatens to prepare him for his first victory in Monaco.

Carlos Sainz Jr.

Qualifying margin for teammates: + 0: 265s | Race margin to teammate: Teammate did not start

Sainz Jr. secured his first podium since joining Scuderia Ferrari. The Spaniard had been surprisingly strong all weekend, finished second in every training session and qualified fourth.

His race couldn’t have gone better. His team-mate Leclerc was unable to start the race due to a problem with his car due to his crash in qualifying and finished third at the start of the race.

Sainz Jr. spent much of the race behind it Valtteri Bottas, unable to overtake him as Monaco is notorious for being difficult to overtake. His fortune spun when Bottas was forced to retire due to a pit stop.

Now up to second place, Sainz Jr. tried to try Verstappen for victory but could never get close enough and crossed the line in second. It took him a weekend like this to prove that Ferrari had made the right choice to trust him.

Photo credit: Scuderia Ferrari

Lando Norris

Qualification margin for teammates: Teammate eliminated in second quarter | Race margin to teammate: – 1 lap

Lando Norris won his second podium of the season with a third place. The McLaren F1 Team The driver has gotten stronger and stronger this season, scoring points in every race and outperforming his experienced teammate. Daniel Ricciardo.

Norris had the pace to collect important points all weekend. The fall of Leclerc and Bottas played well for him. Sergio Pérez was right on his tail for the final stages of the race but managed to hold back the charging bull for third place.

The young Brit is the one watching this year.

Sergio Perez

Qualification margin for teammates: + 0: 997s | Racing margin to teammate: + 20,490s

Sergio Perez The weekend looked like it was going to be another bad one compared to his teammate. He qualified in ninth place and since Monaco was difficult to overtake it looked like he was most likely going to end up there.

However, Red Bull Racing played a tactical game that kept Pérez out as long as possible before facing him. By the time he got to the pits, he’d built a gap big enough to slip into fourth place, where he eventually finished.

Sebastian Vettel

Qualification margin for teammates: Teammate eliminated in second quarter | Race margin to teammate: – 1 lap

Come to monaco Sebastian Vettel There have been no points this season. Because the qualifying position in Monaco is so important, Vettel pushed his Aston Martin Cognizant Formula 1 team car into the third quarter and qualified eighth.

In the race, Vettel also understood his tactics correctly and undercut both Lewis Hamilton and Pierre Gasly with his pit stop. He eventually crossed the finish line in fifth and was subsequently voted Driver of the Day for his best race of the year by the crowd at home.

Photo credit: Aston Martin Cognizant Formula 1 Team

Pierre Gasly

Qualification margin for teammates: teammate eliminated in first quarter | Race margin to teammate: – 1 lap

Pierre Gasly had his best end of the season and was sixth overall. Gasly had Hamilton directly behind him for the whole race, but the world champion was never able to activate an overtaking.

Hamilton pitted early too, hoping to undercut Gasly, but the Frenchman managed to hold his position. He started the season well and only missed the top ten once.

Antonio Giovinazzi

Qualification margin for teammates: Teammate eliminated in second quarter | Race margin to teammate: – 1 lap

Not only Antonio Giovinazzi give Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN her first Q3 entry of the year, but also secured her first point on the board.

Giovinazzi has shown some good performances all year but struggled to get his car into the points. Monaco was finally the place that got him for all his efforts so far.

DOING HOUSEWORK

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team

It was an unforgettable weekend for the reigning champions. From the training on Thursday it was already clear that Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team seemed to be wrong in Monaco.

Things didn’t go any better in qualifying when Bottas and Hamilton finished third and seventh. Bottas did well on race day, now in second place, but his race ended prematurely.

During the routine pit stop, the crew tried to loosen the right front wheel from their car due to a problem with the wheel nut. After a few tries, the team finally decided to withdraw.

Hamilton tried to save something from his race but tried to undercut Gasly when he pitted. This didn’t work and Hamilton stayed in seventh place on a track that is difficult to overtake. Something went wrong for Mercedes this weekend and they hope it doesn’t happen again in Baku.

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Daniel Ricciardo

Qualifying margin for teammates: Eliminated in the second quarter | Race margin to teammate: + 1 lap

Something just doesn’t fit Ricciardo and his McLaren. The veteran rider made it into the third quarter for the second time this season, qualifying in twelfth. Getting out of the points before the race started was a huge challenge for him to grab one on a track he loves so much.

From the beginning, Ricciardo saw him fall a place and strive to regain momentum. He spent his race behind Kimi Raikkonen, who was unable to overtake despite the speed. He was also lapped by his teammate, which has never happened before in his F1 career. He crossed the finish line in twelfth and lost the streak of the season McLaren had as both drivers finished in the points at every race.

Charles Leclerc

Qualifying margin for teammates: – 0: 265s | Racing margin to teammate: DNS

Leclerc had the high of taking pole at his home Grand Prix and the low of not being able to start the race.

The Monaco driver had been strong all weekend. He won pole, but not in the best way. In the final stages of the third quarter during qualifying, Leclerc crashed his car into the barrier after cutting off one of the corners, marking it in red and then finishing qualifying.

Leclerc had to keep his pole, but all eyes were on Ferrari to see if his car needed a gear change. The coming race day they confirmed that no changes were needed and Leclerc was clear for the race.

As Leclerc made his way to the grid, he noticed a problem with his car. When Ferrari went back to the pits, he noticed a problem with his driveshaft that they hadn’t checked after his accident. The team then had to make the decision not to start the race.

Despite not being able to drive in his home race, Leclerc joined the team to celebrate Sainz Jr. Podium.

Fernando Alonso

Qualifying margin for teammates: Eliminated in first quarter | Race margin to teammate: + 1 lap

The two-time world champion qualified seventeenth and finished thirteenth. He may have won places during the race, but his weekend was lackluster and disappointing. He had early signs that he was showing his speed during the season, but unfortunately that wasn’t seen this weekend.

Photo credit: Alpine F1 Team

Yuki Tsunoda

Qualifying margin for teammates: Eliminated in first quarter | Race margin to teammate: + 1 lap

Yuki Tsunoda’s rookie season got off to a good start, but has since fallen further down the grid. Tsunoda couldn’t leave the first quarter, qualifying in sixteenth and ending up in the same position. It could have been worse for him if all twenty drivers had finished the race.

The young Japanese rider still has a lot to do, especially if his Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda teammate Gasly is consistently scoring points.

The rest of the field

Esteban Ocon could not reach the third quarter in qualifying, but still managed to move up into the points and finished ninth. Lance Stroll also started from the points, but ended in them. He crossed the line in eighth and took five positions on his start, most of them on the grid.

Kimi Raikkonen He almost overtook his team-mate Giovinazzi by the last few points, but with eleventh place he never came to fruition.

The Williams Racing Duo or George Russell and Nicholas latifi hovered around the lower half of the table, ranking fifteenth and eighteenth overall.

Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher still had a disappointing weekend in the Uralkali Haas F1 TeamDare. Schumacher could not finish qualifying after an accident in Free Practice 3, which meant that he would start from behind and Mazepin was not too far ahead in nineteenth place. Mazepin and Schumacher finished the race in seventeenth and eighteenth place respectively and were also lapped three times by the race director.