{"id":397334,"date":"2024-05-26T16:15:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T16:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=397334"},"modified":"2024-05-26T21:05:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T21:05:30","slug":"leclerc-wins-monaco-grand-prix-after-monster-crash-destroys-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=397334","title":{"rendered":"Leclerc wins Monaco Grand Prix after 'monster' crash destroys cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ferrari<\/a> driver Charles Leclerc<\/a> has won the restarted Monaco Grand Prix from pole position after an enormous first-lap crash stopped the crown jewel event just seconds into the race.<\/p>\n

In his first F1<\/a> victory in nearly two years and first ever in his home race, Leclerc finished about eight seconds ahead of Australian McLaren driver Oscar Piastri<\/a> and nine seconds clear of Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz Jr in third.<\/p>\n

The second place result was Piastri's equal-best F1 GP finish.<\/p>\n

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Leclerc was on pole<\/a> for the third time in four years, but had previously never finished on the podium at his home race.<\/p>\n

His first win since Austria in July 2022 took his career tally to six, all with Ferrari.<\/p>\n

"Tonight's going to be a big night," he told his team over the radio.<\/p>\n

Championship leader Max Verstappen started and finished sixth for Red Bull, whose other driver, Sergio Perez, went out of the race after a big first-lap crash.<\/p>\n

The melee began at the back of the field when Perez and Haas driver Kevin Magnussen made contact on the straight between turns two and three.<\/p>\n

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Magnussen's teammate, Nico Hulkenberg, tried to slip past the chaos unfolding to his right but was clipped by Perez and sent into a spin.<\/p>\n

All three cars were shredded, with the Mexican's car worst off with three of his four wheels torn from the chassis.<\/p>\n

The drivers were not hurt but the race was interrupted by a red flag for 40 minutes.<\/p>\n

The race restarted on lap three of 78 and the drivers pulled away cleanly but slowly, with Leclerc managing his tyres on a track notoriously difficult for overtaking.<\/p>\n

McLaren's Lando Norris finished fourth and Mercedes driver George Russell held off Verstappen to take fifth place. Australian Daniel Ricciardo finished 12th.<\/p>\n

The lap one crash drew the ire of Sky Sport F1 commentators David Croft and Martin Brundle as well as analysts Anthony Davidson and 2009 champion Jenson Button.<\/p>\n

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What followed was a lengthy delay as the clean-up and barrier repair took place.<\/p>\n

"That's huge," said Brundle.<\/p>\n

"He's obviously been spun around and been whacked by cars coming past. That's extraordinary. That's written off every single piece of that Formula 1 car."<\/p>\n

Magnussen could find himself in strife having accrued 10 penalty points. The threshold for a one-race ban is 12 points.<\/p>\n

"He's got Kevin Magnussen to his right and Magnussen just keeps on pushing up there," Brundle said.<\/p>\n

"That is a monster of an accident. It was unnecessary for Kevin Magnussen to keep his car there. He's taken both cars out and Perez, but there was a point quite a bit earlier when KMag should have abandoned that."<\/p>\n

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Speaking after the incident, Magnussen apportioned some of the blame to Perez.<\/p>\n

"From my point of view, I had a good part of my front (alongside) Perez's rear," said Magnussen.<\/p>\n

"When he went to the wall I just got pushed into the wall and made contact with him. I trusted that he was going to leave a space for me since I was there.<\/p>\n

"It's not a corner you're braking into. It's just like a little bend in the straight. You have to have a car width or otherwise you leave the other guy no option."<\/p>\n

Magnussen said he expected race stewards would investigate the crash but wasn't sure of the outcome.<\/p>\n

"We'll see how they look at that but from my point of view I was there and I got squeezed to the wall," he said.<\/p>\n

"I don't know how they're going to look at it."<\/p>\n

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Later on lap one, Alpine teammates Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly made contact at Portier.<\/p>\n

Gasly blew up deluxe on the radio, complaining of damage to his car. Ocon also suffered significant damage to his car.<\/p>\n

"What did he do? What did he do? Why did he try to attack me? Oh my gosh," said Gasly.<\/p>\n

"The whole car is damaged now."<\/p>\n

Ocon retired from the race as a result due to damage.<\/p>\n

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Carlos Sainz got a massive free kick after he suffered a puncture on lap one and fell to the back of the pack.<\/p>\n

The subsequent red flag for the pile-up meant the race restarted with the order taken before his untimely excursion.<\/p>\n

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