Scuderia Ferrari leaves Monaco with a handful of points.

29-05-2023 18:38 -

At the start, Carlos and Charles ran in their grid positions – fourth and sixth – stuck in a not very quick train behind Esteban Ocon who was dropping back from the leaders, Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso. Carlos tried to attack the Alpine driver but he was unable to get ahead, not even managing to pass him in the pit stops, having stayed out one lap longer than Ocon. Trying the overcut was not easy as Sainz also had to defend from Lewis Hamilton. Charles tried to go much longer, staying out on track until lap 44, when rear tyre degradation reached a point where he had to pit to switch from Hard to Medium. Eight laps later, the rain hit the Monaco track, when Sainz was fifth, with Russell yet to pit ahead of him and Leclerc was seventh. At first only part of the track was wet, so the drivers attempted to keep going on slicks, but eventually conditions worsened and everyone came in for Intermediate tyres. Carlos then went off the track in sector 2, losing positions to Hamilton, Leclerc and Pierre Gasly. As Russell switched straight to Intermediates he was able to stay ahead of the Ferraris. By the end of lap 55, the top ten had all changed tyres, with Charles and Carlos running sixth and eighth respectively to the finish.