Each time two drivers collide it’s commonplace for every to precise anger on the different’s position within the crash.
However following yesterday’s collision which induced the Monaco Grand Prix to be suspended for nearly three-quarters of an hour, Sergio Perez’s fundamental grievance was that the incident hadn’t even been investigated.
Ought to it have been – and may both he or rival Kevin Magnussen been held answerable for their damaging shunt?
Incident
The collision occurred on the primary lap as vehicles tackled the uphill run from the primary ‘true’ nook, Sainte Commit, to the second, Massenet. At this level the monitor winds left and proper and the atypical racing line plots a fairly straight course between the limitations.
Nevertheless in the beginning of a race drivers usually climb the hill side-by-side with their rivals and have to offer them extra room. As Magnussen moved to the right-hand of Perez heading up the hill, the pair made contact, triggering an enormous crash.
What they mentioned
Perez mentioned Magnussen ought to have realised he wasn’t far sufficient alongside the Crimson Bull to cross and backed out:
It’s lap one, it’s simply vital should you’re not in the suitable place, routinely you’re going to finish up dropping.
I used to be getting out of the nook. For those who see my onboard, there’s no level the place you see Kevin. I used to be simply fairly shocked that he stored it flat at that time as a result of it was simply very pointless.Sergio Perez
Magnussen believes he was far sufficient alongside Perez to be left house:
From my standpoint I had a superb a part of my entrance alongside Perez’s rear. When he went to the wall, I simply received pushed into the wall and made contact with him.
I trusted that he was going to depart an area for me since I used to be there. It’s not a nook that you simply’re braking into. It’s identical to just a little bend on the straight so it’s a must to have a automobile width in any other case you allow the man no possibility.Kevin Magnussen
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Magnussen’s crew mate Nico Hulkenberg, who was additionally eradicated in the identical collision, described it as follows:
I believe it’s considerably a racing incident. It regarded possibly a bit optimistic from Kevin, however I don’t know, Checo might have additionally possibly seen him and left room. So unlucky, clearly, the end result.Nico Hulkenberg
The incident in video
This angle captured the second the crash started:
The official verdict
The stewards didn’t examine the incident.
The stewards have beforehand taken a extra lenient stance on collisions which occur on the primary lap of the race. Nevertheless they did penalise Esteban Ocon for a collision with Pierre Gasly on the primary lap of yesterday’s race.
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Your verdict
Who do you suppose was answerable for the collision? Ought to the stewards concern a penalty? Solid your vote beneath and have your say within the feedback.
Ought to any driver have been penalised for the first-lap crash in Monaco?
No driver ought to have been penalised (11%)
Perez ought to have been penalised (33%)
Magnussen ought to have been penalised (33%)
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