Just in case anyone was wondering if F1 was becoming less than thrilling... along comes the Monaco Grand Prix which had pretty much everything you could hope for in a race. And some you'd prefer not to remember.
We renewed our tenure on two of the Monte Carlo trophies with Sebastian's win – the only shame was Mark missed out on the podium, but credit to them both: Sebastian for working his tyres, and his strategic recovery and Mark's demonstration of that Aussie grit. Right down to the wire.
A communication problem around the first stops hampered both our drivers' chances of having an easy ride, but a re-worked strategy, a timely Safety Car and an even more crucial red flag meant Sebastian took the win and Mark fought his way to take fourth place.
While it wasn't the historic one-two of last year, it was still time to celebrate on the Energy Station. As the cars who didn't complete the race showed, this is no easy ride. It's an unforgiving circuit with Alguersuari, Petrov, Schumacher, Massa and Glock all failing to finish and drive-through penalties for Di Resta and Hamilton who seems to have had no good fortune at all this weekend. And all that was after Perez' accident yesterday left us with a 23-car grid to start with.
After the race Christian was aware that the team had worked hard to recover from the early problem and that everyone had fought to maximize the teams' return from our trip to the principality. He said: “It was a classy drive from Sebastian today and a tremendous team performance to recover from what looked to be a difficult first stop to win the race. At one stage Mark was 15th, but he never gave up and kept on pushing. He pulled a great move on Kobayashi on the last couple of laps and it was a shame not to have him on the podium today, as he deserved to be there.”
We leave for Canada with our Constructors' lead extended to 61 points and Seb leads Lewis in the Drivers table by 58 points, Hamilton himself just six points ahead of Mark. And from the extended Energy Station of Monte Carlo we'll be back in the middle of the St Lawrence River. It's by the water, but that's as close a comparison you can make between Montreal and Monte Carlo.
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