Monaco Grand Prix winner Max Verstappen takes Formula One lead from Lewis Hamilton | Other Sports News

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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen gained Formula One’s showcase Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday to lead the world championship for the primary time in his profession. The 23-year-old Dutch driver began the day 14 factors behind Mercedes’ seven occasions world champion Lewis Hamilton and ended it 4 clear. Hamilton completed seventh, with an additional level for the quickest lap.

“It’s so special around here to win and, also for me, the first time on the podium here. An amazing race,” stated Verstappen, who had all the things underneath management from begin to end.
“You always want to win this grand prix. I remember when I was very little, already watching this grand prix, so standing here I’m very proud.” 

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz completed second after workforce mate Charles Leclerc, who had secured pole place after crashing in qualifying, was dominated out earlier than the beginning with a driveshaft drawback.
The podium was the Spaniard’s first since he joined Ferrari this yr.

Britain’s Lando Norris, Sainz’s workforce mate final yr at McLaren, held off Red Bull’s Sergio Perez to finish the highest three. 

The victory was Verstappen’s second of the season and in addition the primary time he had stood on the rostrum on the sport’s most glamorous race. He now has 105 factors to Hamilton’s 101, with Norris transferring as much as third on 56.

As Red Bull celebrated a breakthrough weekend, going high of the constructors` standings by a single level, champions Mercedes dropped the ball.

Hamilton fumed after an early pitstop technique backfired whereas Finnish workforce mate Valtteri Bottas retired from second place when mechanics have been unable to take away the best entrance wheel.

“I don’t understand guys. I saved the tyres to go longer and you made me stop before,” stated Hamilton over the workforce radio. 





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