After the pole Lando he brings home his first victory in the Principality, resisting the attacks of an aggressive Charles on the ending. Verstappen unmarked the second pit stop only on the last lap ending 4th
Lando Norris conquers the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time in his career. Solid race of English, who managed not to make mistakes despite the great pressure that Charles Leclerc put him in the last laps. Second position for the landlord, who put the other McLaren behind Oscar Piastri behind. Wooden medal for the world champion Max Verstappen, behind him Lewis Hamilton on Ferrari. Sixth position for Isack Hadjar, who closes in front of Esteban Ocon. Eighth Liam Lawson: great race of the Racing Bulls, which has made the most of the rule of the two mandatory pits stops. The same goes for Williams, with the two cars of Grove to close the points area: Nono Alex Albon, tenth Carlos Sainz. Plastri remains the world leader with 161 points, with Norris who shortens and is now three lengths away. Verstappen third with less twenty -five from the Australian.
Departure
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Norris, Leclerc and Piastri took to the track with medium tires, as well as Hadjar, while Verstappen, Alonso, Hamilton and the two Mercedes (games in fourteenth and fifteenth position) opted for the hard compound. The choice of frame was particularly important today, considering the obligation for all the drivers to make at least two stops in the race. The detachment of Norris’s departure was not perfect, which forced him to stretch a lot the detached from the holy devote. Great blocking for English, which however managed to maintain the position on Leclerc. In the first lap Bortoleto, after a hard fight with Antonelli, went to the wall before the tunnel, an accident that caused a Virtual Safety Car. Some pilots, including Tsunoda, Gasly, Bearman and Bortoleto himself, who managed to continue the race, took the opportunity to carry out the first of the two mandatory pit stops.
First phases
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Norris started the race under management, as demonstrated by the pilots at the bottom of the group, or those who had already stopped, who were much faster than the leader of the race with a free track. On the tour 9 Accident between Gasly and Tsunoda: the French dabbed the Japanese at the exit of the tunnel. The pilot of the alpine complained of the functioning of its brakes while returning to the pits to retire. Pit Stop for Hadjar at the 14th round: Great team game from Racing Bulls, with Lawson (ninth at that point of the race) that served as a cap on the rest of the group, allowing the teammate to return to eighth position. Stop for Alonso and Ocon on Giro 17.
Aggressive racing bulls
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Hamilton stopped on the 18th round: English managed to return to the track in front of Hadjar. Immediate reaction of McLaren, with Norris who made his stop in the next round. In the same lap he stopped Hadjar for the second time: very aggressive strategy of the Racing Bulls, which allowed the Frenchman to make both mandatory stops in the first 20 laps. Lawson’s help is still fundamental. Pit stop for piastri at the 20th round, while Leclerc stopped two laps later, managing to keep the position on the Australian. This is the top 5 on Giro 23: Verstappen, Norris, Leclerc, Plastri and Hamilton. Among these, only the Dutchman still had both stops to make.
Half race
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The Pit Stop for Verstappen arrived on the 28th round. The world champion returned to fourth position in front of Hamilton. Ocon carried out his second stop in the next lap: good strategy also for the Haas, with the Frenchman in the points area with both pit stops completed. At the 32nd round he stopped Albon, returning tenth thanks to Sainz’s team work, who blocked the group behind him. Withdrawal for Alonso on the 38th round: problems for the Spanish Aston Martin, which was in seventh position until then. The Mercedes race is particular, with no pit stops made on the 41st lap.
Second part of the race
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Second stop for Lawson and Albon on the 41st lap, the two returned to eighth and ninth position respectively. Getty strategy for both racing bulls, in sixth and eighth position on lap 42 with all the compulsory pit stops completed. Crazy team game from Williams, with Albon who made Sainz pass, trying to return the favor to the Spaniard, blocking the rest of the group as previously done from 55. Second stop for Piatti at the 48th round: Immediate reaction of Leclerc, who kept the position on the Australian as previously. In the next lap, Norris also stopped, returning to the track in front of Monegasco. According to Pit Stop also for Sainz, who returned to the Nono track. In the meantime Russell, blocked behind Williams for many laps, has decided to overcome Albon by cutting the harbor chicane: English was however punished with a through drive. This is why Antonelli, who had made the same move, then returned the position to Albon.
Final phase
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At Giro 54 of the drivers in front only Verstappen had not yet stopped. Hamilton made his second pit stop on the 56th round, returning to fifth position. The Dutchman continued to turn, in the hope of a red flag that would have allowed him to stuck the second pit stop. The first Mercedes stop came to Giro 64, with Russell stopped after serving the Through drive some rounds before. Exchange of position among the Williams drivers at 67th round: Great team game of the Grove team.
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