Verstappen beats Alonso to 2023 F1 Monaco Grand Prix victory
Purple Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen drove to victory on Sunday on the Monaco Grand Prix, which served as spherical seven of the 2023 Components 1 World Championship.
He completed nearly half a minute forward of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, and roughly 37 seconds forward of Alpine’s Esteban Ocon, who claimed the ultimate spot on the rostrum.
Verstappen began the race on pole and managed to maintain the lead spot after the lights turned inexperienced, which is all the time a decisive issue within the slender streets of Monaco the place overtaking is notoriously tough.
Within the positive situations, Verstappen slowly constructed up a spot with Alonso, who additionally began on the entrance of the grid. And by lap 17, the hole between the 2 world champion drivers was nearly seven seconds.
Max Verstappen on the 2023 Components 1 Monaco Grand Prix – Photograph credit score: Getty Photographs
Most drivers at this level deliberate on making a single cease however then a bathe hit the observe, leading to a sequence of observe run offs, contact with the boundaries, and a mad sprint to pit lane.
Alonso took on medium tires initially however because the rain began getting heavier, he was compelled to return for intermediates. Verstappen, after surviving contact with a wall, went straight to the intermediates. Upon rising from the pits, he managed to manage the race by to the checkered flag.
Sadly for fellow Purple Bull driver Sergio Perez, who went into the weekend second within the championship battle, a crash within the first spherical of qualifying left him in the back of the grid for the race. He solely managed to climb to sixteenth place by the top.
Following the weekend’s motion, Verstappen leads the 2023 Drivers’ Championship with 144 factors. Perez has held on to second with an unchanged 105 factors, whereas Alonso is edging nearer along with his whole of 93 factors. Within the Constructors’ Championship, Purple Bull leads with 249 factors. Aston Martin is second with 120 factors and Mercedes-Benz AMG is third with 119 factors. The following race on the calendar is the Spanish Grand Prix, on this coming weekend.
Max Verstappen on the 2023 Components 1 Monaco Grand Prix – Photograph credit score: Getty Photographs
Beneath are the complete outcomes from the 2023 Components 1 Monaco Grand Prix:
1) Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing
2) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin +27.921 seconds
3) Esteban Ocon, Alpine +36.990 seconds
4) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG +39.062 seconds
5) George Russell, Mercedes-Benz AMG +56.284 seconds
6) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari +52.988 seconds
7) Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri +62.362 seconds
8) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari +61.890 seconds
9) Lando Norris, McLaren +1 lap
10) Oscar Piastri, McLaren +1 lap
11) Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo +1 lap
12) Nyck De Vries, AlphaTauri +1 lap
13) Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo +1 lap
14) Alexander Albon, Williams +1 lap
15) Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri +2 laps
16) Sergio Perez, Purple Bull Racing +2 laps
17) Nico Hulkenberg, Haas +2 laps
18) Logan Sargeant, Williams +2 laps
19) Kevin Magnussen, Haas – DNF
20) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – DNF
