Sergio Pérez struggled on Saturday on the Method 1 Monaco Grand Prix, as he was eradicated within the first phase of qualifying. Given the difficulties related to attempting to overhaul on the tight Monte Carlo streets, he confronted an uphill battle to try to get into the factors.
That battle ended on the opening lap, as Pérez was concerned in a large three-car accident with Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg that drew a pink flag and brought about substantial harm to all three automobiles.
Footage of the incident led many to consider {that a} penalty can be coming for Magnussen, who’s simply two penalty factors on his Tremendous License away from a one-race ban. Nevertheless, race officers rapidly determined the incident didn’t advantage additional investigation, leaving the Pink Bull driver incredulous.
“It’s lap one. I misplaced a place to one of many [Saubers] and clearly it’s lap one, it’s simply essential in the event you’re not in the suitable place, routinely you’re going to finish up dropping,” stated Pérez to F1.com after his race got here to an early finish.
“I used to be getting out of the nook … on my onboard there isn’t any level the place you see Kevin and I used to be simply fairly shocked that he saved it flat at that time, as a result of it was simply very pointless. We had a number of harm, we had a really harmful incident. It was a large incident, and my automotive is totally destroyed.
“I’m very disenchanted that it didn’t get investigated as a result of it was a large incident,”
From his perspective, Magnussen put the blame on Pérez, making the case that the Pink Bull driver left him no room alongside the barrier, and that he had nowhere to go.
“I believe I used to be with my entrance alongside Perez’s rear, from the exit of Flip 1 on the run as much as Flip 3. He goes in the direction of the wall, the wall comes slightly bit again in the direction of the observe, and I had nowhere to go,” stated Magnussen to F1.com.
“I don’t know if he didn’t see me or what, however I can’t simply disappear out of the blue. I made contact with the wall and him on the identical time, and sadly we had a crash. It’s at all times irritating. Additionally a crash like it is a large value for the staff, when it comes to spare elements and having to make new elements – a number of work for the blokes. It’s by no means good.”
You’ll be able to see the collision from a number of angles right here:
The third driver concerned within the incident, Hülkenberg, actually had nowhere to go and was swept up within the collision. That vantage level might have been pricey so far as his race, however gave him maybe the most effective view of the preliminary collision.
The Haas driver took a quite diplomatic stance in his personal feedback to F1.com.
“Upset… Gutted, to be sincere,” he defined to the media after his race ended.. “To be out after 500 [meters] is clearly removed from superb – additionally each [Haas] automobiles out.
“I bought taken out by an incident that I wasn’t straight concerned in, however clearly it’s fairly slender right here, going as much as Flip 3. A giant disgrace, issues have been getting too tight there. I believe considerably a racing incident … It seemed possibly a bit optimistic from Kevin, however I don’t know, [Pérez] may have additionally possibly seen him and left room, so unlucky, clearly, the end result.”
Maybe including to the confusion was the truth that whereas this incident was waved off by race officers, a collision between teammates Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon on the opening lap noticed Ocon penalized.
Will Buxton was one among many questioning the totally different choices:
Don’t actually perceive how there was no investigation into Perez/Hulk/Magazine however Ocon will get a 5 place drop. Both first laps have leniency or they don’t. Bit bizarre.
— Will Buxton (@wbuxtonofficial) Could 26, 2024
You may be certain we now have not heard the final of it relating to these two incidents.
