Title race? What title race? It was bold of you to have assumed one even existed in 2023... F1 MonacoGP Verstappen Alonso
Monaco GP conclusions: Verstappen’s greatest strength, Alonso/Aston Martin and moreMax Verstappen claimed his fourth victory in six races at the Monaco Grand Prix to take full control of the 2023 Formula 1 title race.
Understatement of the year? Anyone who witnessed his performance at the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix will recall it as way more impressive than that. It is by far his biggest asset over the opposition and was at the root of everything good he did in Monte Carlo this weekend. Instead with his helmet already removed, he quietly made his way along the line of mechanics in the background of Verstappen’s victory interview, no doubt already reflecting on an opportunity missed.
And Verstappen being forced to dig deeper than he possibly ever had to by a competitor at the climax of qualifying – even more so, maybe, than at Jeddah in 2021 – was a tribute to just how hard he had been pushed by Alonso. That ability to put a finger in the air, feel the way the wind is blowing and know instinctively which decision is the right one to take? That’s priceless.Ocon podium should keep Alpine’s interfering boss quiet for a whileTheir public pronouncements are often as unhelpful as they are unwanted, discourage free and creative thinking and give rise to a culture of self-preservation.
It is through the prism of Rossi’s recent criticism that Esteban Ocon’s third-place finish in Monaco – achieved after he emerged as an unexpected contender for pole position on Saturday – must be viewed. And certainly, when Lewis Hamilton and George Russell qualified sixth and eighth on Saturday, five and seven-tenths off pole position respectively, the thought occurred that the result wouldn’t have been much different with the zero-pod car.
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