Lando Norris won the Grand Prix of Monaco for the first time in his career and took a big step towards the World Cup leader Oscar Piatri in the driver’s ranking of Formula 1. While McLaren dominated with first and three, world champion Max Verstappen had to cope with a setback fourth. The presses for the Formula 1 spectacle in the principality:
Germany
Sky: “Sharp criticism of Formula 1 after the Monaco GP. Several pilots are deliberately slowly driving in the race to help their teammates. The competition is anything but enthusiastic.”
Picture: “Boredom instead of strategy battle. McLarens Lando Norris wins the Grand Prix of Monaco in front of Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc and team-mate Oscar Piatri. The Brit is back in the race around the driver’s World Cup. After his second success of the season (previously he won at the start of the season in Australia), he only separated him from the leading-his team-mate Oscar Piatri.”
kicker: “Premiere victory in Monaco: Norris causes excitement. After a few disappointments, Lando Norris wins again. In his adopted home Monaco, he had never succeeded.
Great Britain
The Guardian: “A debut victory in Monaco is a special moment for every driver. Lando Norris enjoyed the atmosphere and celebrated his success after finally having mastered the demanding exam in the streets of Monte-Carlo. For the McLaren driver, this meant a restart of his World Cup ambitions.”
Daily Mail: “Lando Norris won the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time, which was suffocated by the strategy, and thus shortened its gap to three points in the World Cup.”
Mirror: “The change of control for the Monaco Grand Prix fails, the frustrating race ends with the predictable outcome. Lando Norris wins another procession in Monaco after the pit stop poker of Formula 1 does not pay off.”
The Sun: “Lando Norris roared ‘it is a dream’ when he won the crème de la crème of the Formula 1 races and had an enormous thrust for the title race.”
Netherlands
Ad: “Late disappointment for Max Verstappen. Red Bull continued to hope for a red flag or a safety car to give a” free “pit stop in view of the prescribed two pit stops, but this hope burst.”
De Telegraaf: “Lando Norris receives buoyancy by victory at the Grand Prix of Monaco, Max Verstappen drives to fourth place. Before the race in the principality, a lot was talked about the new pit stop rule, but the chess on the tight city course did not cause a lot of entertainment.”
Spain
Marca: “Norris wins a distorted monaco race. They wanted a show and got that the drivers deliberately throttled their pace to create a gap for their teammates. Perhaps you will come up with something next year to artificially distort the classic race.”
AS: “Lando Norris conquers a monaco full of blockages and cheating.”
Mundo Deportivo: “Lando Norris wins a failed Monaco Grand Prix. The Brit may get one of the most important victories in his career.”
sport: “Norris reappears in Monaco, Alonso suffers a cruel setback. Lando Norris, who was in a crisis after his victory in Australia, registered on the best possible stage and won a prestigious victory at the great price of Monaco, the eighth round of the Formula 1 calendar.”
Italy
La Gazzetta Dello Sport: “Super Leclerc in Monaco, but Norris cannot be overtaken. (…) Lando Norris is gaining the Grand Prix of Monaco for the first time in his career. Solid’s race of the Englishman, who, despite the great pressure that Charles Leclerc exercised in the last rounds, did not make any mistakes.”
Corriere dello sport: “Disappointment about a really short first place. The home race of Charles Leclerc, the Grand Prix of Monaco, was not as hoped for for Ferrari.”
Corriere della sera: “Leclerc is no wonder, but he comes out of the race. Lando Norris starts the world championship.”
France
Le figaro: “Lando Norris dreamed of it and he did it. The Briton won the Grand Prix of Monaco on Sunday. A race that was characterized by the new rule with two obligatory stops that did not really bother the strong men.”
L’équipe: “The new pit stew was not enough to revitalize the Grand Prix from Monaco. Lando Norris won his first monaco race ahead of Leclerc, Piatri and Verstappen – as in the starting line -up. As so often, the order at the start of the order. Monaco remains Monaco, with all its mistakes.”
Switzerland
Daily Anzeiger: “Norris makes the World Cup very exciting. The Brit gains in the principality and is really close to McLaren teammate Piatri.”
Austria
Kronen-Zeitung: “Norris keeps nerves! McLaren wins Monaco poker.”
Salzburger news: “Lando Norris creeps to victory in Monaco. The McLaren pilot fulfilled a dream with the victory at the Grand Prix of Monaco. The attempt with two mandatory pit stops in the principality turned out to be a flop.”