Il comunicato post-gara della Red Bull è arrivato dopo la decisione FIA di respingere il reclamo Ferrari. A Monaco Sergio Perez conquista quindi la terza vittoria in carriera e la domenica del team è completata dal terzo posto di Max Verstappen, che allunga sul diretto rivale Charles Leclerc, quarto al traguardo. Dopo sette gare, le classifiche vedono la Red Bull a quota 235, con la Ferrari a 199 e la Mercedes a 134; in quella Piloti, l’olandese ha 125 punti, Leclerc 116, Perez 110. Di seguito le dichiarazioni post-gara.
SERGIO PEREZ, Finish Position: 1st, Start Position: 3rd “It was really hard for me to think straight after the race, I was full of adrenaline and so much energy going through the race. Once I heard my national anthem on the podium here it hit me, it is a dream come true for any driver in the world to tick that box in Monaco and I can just be extremely happy. We were quick all weekend, we kept our heads down and knew today with the right strategy we could make things happen. This win was for my mum and all my family, she was very sick last week so I had very good motivation going into this race to get her a victory. It’s been an incredible day, I am super happy for the whole Team and I hope my country are proud too. You don’t win Monaco many times in your life so the first one is very special.”
MAX VERSTAPPEN, Finish Position: 3rd, Start Position: 4th “First of all congratulations to Checo, he did an incredible job today. As a Team we did a really great job, we managed a good strategy. Of course finishing third for me is not ideal but I wasn’t able to improve my lap time yesterday so that’s just how it goes. In the heat of the battle and with the hectic start, we stayed calm as a Team, we made good decisions. The strategy paid off with Checo winning so that was the biggest positive of the day. I’m really proud of the Team effort this weekend and to get two cars onto the podium.”
CHRISTIAN HORNER, Team Principal and CEO: “It has been an amazing day for us and an amazing day for Checo, he’s been on it all weekend so it’s a well deserved victory. The teamwork and for both of our drivers to pick off a Ferrari was fantastic. Checo is doing a great job this year, in Jeddah he had that amazing pole and the time delta between him and Max has been a lot closer this year. To win this race is a deserved victory. Max hasn’t quite had the car where he wanted this weekend, but he’s pleased with that result, he’s beaten Charles and kept his championship lead which was the goal. Through great teamwork from the drivers, on the pit wall, in the garage and back in Milton Keynes we optimised our performance this weekend, so we are very happy.”
