Posts: 9542 | Location: Somewhere looking for ammo that nobody has at a place I haven't been to for a pistol I couldn't live without... | Registered: December 02, 2014
Aside from the billionaire pageantry, Monaco really is a garbage track. One on track pass last year and maybe two this year? Take the drivers out of their F1 cars, put them back into shifter carts and we might actually get some decent racing.
Apart from Schumi's shunt, a pretty unexciting race. The Alonso train toward the end proved how hard overtaking is at this circuit. Then he randomly takes a flyer & puts in a FL
"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein
Posts: 26758 | Location: dughouse | Registered: February 04, 2003
Just two days after clinching his first Monaco Grand Prix victory, Sergio Perez has more to celebrate with confirmation Red Bull are retaining him alongside Max Verstappen until the end of 2024…
The Mexican joined Red Bull last season and took one victory – in Azerbaijan – as well as four further podiums on his way to fourth in the drivers’ championship.
He’s stepped it up a gear this season, with three second-place finishes to add to his Monaco win, and that leaves him third in the standings, just 15 points adrift of leader Verstappen.
On Tuesday, Red Bull confirmed they have handed Perez a two-year contract extension, with the Mexican signing the deal in Monaco, during the race weekend.
“Since joining Oracle Red Bull Racing, Checo has done a fantastic job,” said Red Bull boss Christian Horner. “Time and again he has proved himself to not only be a magnificent team player but as his level of comfort has grown he has become a real force to be reckoned with at the sharp end of the grid.
“This year he has taken another step and the gap to World Champion Max has closed significantly, evidenced by his superb pole position in Jeddah earlier this year and by his wonderful win in Monaco just last weekend.
“For us, holding onto his pace, race craft and experience was a no-brainer and we are delighted that Checo will continue to race for the team until 2024. In partnership with Max we believe we have a driver pairing that can bring us the biggest prizes in F1.”
Perez added: “For me, this has been an incredible week, winning the Monaco Grand Prix is a dream for any driver and then to follow that with announcing I will continue with the Team until 2024 just makes me extremely happy.
“I am so proud to be a member of this Team and I feel completely at home here now. We are working very well together and my relationship with Max, on and off the track, is definitely helping drive us forward even more.
“We have built tremendous momentum as a Team and this season is showing that, I am excited to see where that can take us all in the future.”
The 2023 and 2024 campaigns will be Perez’s 12th and 13th seasons respectively in Formula 1.
"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein
Posts: 26758 | Location: dughouse | Registered: February 04, 2003
If I had spare money, I'd bet that Pierre Gasly is going to Alpine for an all French lineup. Gasly is probably done a AlphaTauri and is moving up the grid, and no matter how much they talk about bad luck, Alonso isn't putting up the results his paycheck implies.
Posts: 4610 | Location: Kansas City, MO | Registered: May 28, 2004
It's Monaco; usually the only hope of passing on that circuit is if the guy ahead makes a mistake. Alonso is too experienced for that. Once the tarmac dried and the theatrics with stupid pit stop FUBARs were done, the remainder of the race was pretty damn boring.
-MG
Posts: 2279 | Location: The commie, rainy side of WA | Registered: April 19, 2020
Baku is a strange track to me. In one place, it’s about the narrowest track of the season and at another point it’s about the widest track of the season. I guess that’s what you get from an old world street circuit?
“Sebastian Vettel saves $141,000 for Aston Martin” – Four-time world champion explains how he ‘crashed wisely’ in Baku qualifying
Speaking of the race, bad luck for Ferrari. Both the red factory cars and 1 Haas with blown motors. Hopefully they can fix that, otherwise Red Bull will walk away with both championships, and to make this worse for everyone both Verstappen and Perez are firing on all cylinders. Mercedes got a bit of a break today, poor Lewie couldn't get past George Russell for a podium.
Not a bad race, but I'm looking forward to IndyCar and Road America more.
Posts: 4610 | Location: Kansas City, MO | Registered: May 28, 2004
