Bizarre Monaco GP Crash Flicks F1 Car Sideways Into Barrier
There wasn’t really any overtaking at all during the Monaco Grand Prix, but a few drivers still gave it a go – including McLaren’s Jenson Button. But it didn’t end well.
The British driver, replacing Fernando Alonso while he races the Indy 500, wasn’t on the lead lap but still wanted to have some fun, so tried a very ambitious move on Pascal Wehrlein’s Sauber into Portier.
But he clipped Wehrlein’s left-rear wheel, which put the Sauber into the air and onto two wheels, hitting the barrier and coming to rest on its side. Wehrlein was OK but couldn’t get out of the car until it was back on all four wheels.
Up until that point, not much had really happened in Monaco. Kimi Raikkonen led the way but Sebastian Vettel stayed out longer in the first stint, jumping his Ferrari team-mate.
The Button/Wehrlein clash brought out the safety car and closed up the pack, but Vettel was unbeatable to take victory, ahead of Raikkonen and Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo – who also jumped drivers with a later pitstop. Following his disastrous run in qualifying, Lewis Hamilton managed to recover to a valuable seventh place.
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Wehr was the race?
Sorry, know it was in Monaco, couldn’t resist the pun…
Bwoah :(
So to recap the GP:
On track overtaking attempts for position - 2
Crashes from overtaking attempts - 2
Apart from the crashes at the end, one of the worst GP’s I have seen for years
Sooo true
3, Perez caused 2
They see me rollin’
There was more action in qualifying then the gran prix itself.
The way I see it, Jenson got enough of the car alongside Pascal to force him to have to leave room. Pascal had plenty of room to move towards the outside of the corner. Unfortunately, he couldn’t see Jenson coming up the inside, so he didn’t move and just continued on the racing line. However, that was definitely was not the ideal place for Jenson to try and overtake. Because of that I would call it a racing incident.
TAKEDOWN +1000