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Vettel beats Raikkonen to victory at Monaco

Published on 28 May 2017 15:14
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By: Fergal Walsh

Sebastian Vettel has won the Monaco Grand Prix after starting from second position on the grid. The race was decided in the pit stop phase of the race, with Kimi Raikkonen pitting from the lead after keeping first place off the line.

Raikkonen kept his lead off the line with Vettel tucking into second. The two Ferrari's looked comfortable as they streaked away from the cars behind, pulling a three-second gap to Valtteri Bottas behind.

Raikkonen pitted on lap 45 and lost time to Vettel who set a series of fast laps. The German pitted 5 laps after Raikkonen and emerged ahead of his teammate, dominating the second half of the race to take a commanding victory.

Daniel Ricciardo secured his second podium of the year, as he too was able to do an overcut on Bottas and teammate Max Verstappen. Verstappen was not happy to be jumped by Ricciardo and crossed the line in fifth. Verstappen and Bottas pitted on lap 33 and 34 respectively, while Ricciardo was able to make up the time, and peeled into the pits on lap 39, coming out well clear of the two.

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Carlos Sainz finished sixth after holding off Lewis Hamilton in the final stages. Hamilton climbed from P13 to P7 and will relatively happy after Toto Wolff said that his race would be a case of damage limitation. Romain Grosjean was eighth for Haas, securing four points for himself and his team.

Felipe Massa crossed the line in ninth while Kevin Magnussen was tenth. There was a late safety car as Jenson Button and Pascal Wehrlein came together. It was a scary moment for Wehrlein who was flipped sideways into the barriers but was relatively okay with no serious injuries and was able to walk from the accident.

Marcus Ericsson was unfortunate to crash under the safety car, putting both Sauber's out, and then both McLaren's were out as Vandoorne hit the wall at turn 1 on the safety car restart. Vandoorne was running in tenth when he crashed, denying McLaren-Honda the opportunity for points.

Ricciardo hit the barriers on the restart but was lucky to escape without any damage. Vettel began to build up the gap at the front once again, as he had an 11-second gap to Raikkonen before the safety car came out.

Daniil Kvyat and Sergio Perez were running ninth and tenth, up until Perez went for a dive on Kvyat in the penultimate corner. Kvyat was forced to retire while Perez pitted, ending his streak of point finishes. Lance Stroll retired in the garage with 5 laps to go. Vettel now holds a 25 point lead in the championship while Ferrari leaps Mercedes in the constructor's standings.

Great 1-2 for the Scuderia, number 82 in Ferrari's history, #Seb5 P1 and #Kimi7 P2 #MonacoGP #ForzaFerrari pic.twitter.com/f03HsrzvJi
— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) May 28, 2017

Fergal Walsh

F1Grand Prix Monaco - Race

Monte Carlo - 28 May 2017

Driver

Team

Time/Difference

Laps

Points
1

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

1h45

78

25.0
2

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

+ 3.145

78

18.0
3

Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull Racing

+ 3.745

78

15.0
4

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes

+ 5.517

78

12.0
5

Max Verstappen

Red Bull Racing

+ 6.199

78

10.0
6

Carlos Sainz jr

Toro Rosso

+ 12.038

78

8.0
7

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

+ 15.801

78

6.0
8

Romain Grosjean

Haas F1

+ 18.150

78

4.0
9

Felipe Massa

Williams

+ 19.445

78

2.0
10

Kevin Magnussen

Haas F1

+ 21.443

78

1.0
11

Jolyon Palmer

Renault

+ 22.737

78

0.0
12

Esteban Ocon

Force India

+ 23.725

78

0.0
13

Sergio Perez

Force India

+ 39.089

78

0.0

Did not finish
14

Lance Stroll

Williams

71

0.0
15

Daniil Kvyat

Toro Rosso

71

0.0
16

Stoffel Vandoorne

McLaren

66

0.0
17

Marcus Ericsson

Sauber

63

0.0
18

Jenson Button

McLaren

57

0.0
19

Pascal Wehrlein

Sauber

57

0.0
20

Nico Hülkenberg

Renault

15

0.0

Barron

Posts: 625

Agreed, but he did make an impact on Pascal Wehrlein!

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May 28 2017 - 16:45

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Replies (7)

f1fan0101

Posts: 1,804
Great race, really hotted up at the end
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- May 28 2017 - 15:57
calle.itw

Posts: 8,527
A decent race, I wonder if Kimi could've won had he been pitted later. Disaster race for McLaren and Sauber.
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- May 28 2017 - 15:58
- calle.itw
  
  Posts: 8,527
  Tides turned, and the Button decided to push instead.
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  May 28 2017 - 18:27
yellowfly81

Posts: 79
Great race, and a fabulous points haul for Ferrari. Shame that Jenson couldn't make an impact on his return!
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- May 28 2017 - 16:27
- Barron
  
  Posts: 625
  Agreed, but he did make an impact on Pascal Wehrlein!
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  May 28 2017 - 16:45
- calle.itw
  
  Posts: 8,527
  Yeah, a pity. That pun though...
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  May 28 2017 - 16:54
- f1fan0101
  
  Posts: 1,804
  Very creative, he couldn't PASScal Wehrlein
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  May 28 2017 - 16:55