Sports writing (EFE) He played in the streets of Monte Carlo; where the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) finished second, achieving his fifth podium of the season.
Verstappen, 25, who is looking for a third title in a row, signed his thirty-ninth F1 victory, the fourth of the season and the second in the principality of the Côte d’Azur, by winning ahead of the Asturian double world champion -who added, with another brilliant performance, his 103rd podium finish in the premier class – a race that started dry and ended on wet pavement; and in which the Frenchman Esteban Ocon (Alpine) finished in third position.
Verstappen now leads with 144 points, 39 more than his teammate, the Mexican Sergio Pérez, who -after crashing in the first round of qualifying (Q1)- started last and finished seventeenth.
The other Spaniard, Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), finished eighth in the most iconic race of the World Championship, in which the Mercedes of the English Lewis Hamilton -seven-time world champion, who signed the fastest lap- and George Russell finished fourth and fifth, respectively .
The Monegasque Charles Leclerc, Sainz’s teammate, finished sixth, just ahead of the Frenchman Pierre Gasly (Alpine).
Both McLaren drivers, England’s Lando Norris and Australian rookie Oscar Piastri, who finished ninth and 10th, also entered the points.
The next race will be the Spanish Grand Prix, which will be held next weekend at the Montmeló circuit (Barcelona).
Alonso, brilliant in Monaco, achieves his 103rd podium in Formula One
The Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), who shone again this Sunday by finishing second in the Monaco Grand Prix, the sixth in the Formula One World Championship, celebrated his 103rd podium in the premier class at the legendary Monte Carlo street circuit , the fifth in the first six races of the year: something that he had not achieved since 2012, in his penultimate year at Ferrari.