The Red Bull Racing star won Formula One s most famous race for the first time by mixing an immaculate drive with a good fortune on the streets of Monte Carlo to lead the Drivers Championship.
Horner: Verstappen deserves Championship lead
Date published:
May 24 2021
Christian Horner believes the quality of Max Verstappen’s performances in the first five races of 2021 mean he deserves to be leading the World Championship.
The Dutchman moved to the summit of the standings on Sunday for the first time in his Formula 1 career after victory in Monaco on Sunday, becoming the 64th driver to lead the F1 Drivers’ Championship in the history of the sport.
With the misfortune of Mercedes meaning Sir Lewis Hamilton finished a lowly seventh and Valtteri Bottas registering a bizarre DNF, which the team are still yet to resolve on their car, Red Bull were able to out-score the Silver Arrows by a margin of 30 points to enable them to jump to the top of the Constructors’ standings by Sunday evening.
Hamilton: Mercedes ‘under-performed all weekend’
Date published:
May 23 2021
Sir Lewis Hamilton admitted Mercedes had been below their imperious best all weekend at the end of a poor Monaco Grand Prix for the World Champions.
So used to setting sky-high standards, Mercedes were way off their normal level on the streets of Monte Carlo – and especially in the race.
They emerged with only seven points from Hamilton’s seventh-place finish – the same position in which he had qualified – and for setting the fastest lap, while Valtteri Bottas’ race ended when his front right tyre got stuck on the car during his pit-stop while running second.
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