Site icon FormulaRapida.net

Markelov and Fuoco reign in Monaco

Jordi Gimeno

Feature race

The start of the race meant an early retirement for Ghiotto, who was pushed against the wall by Fuoco. The Italian driver would get a drive through penalty for this incident. Ferrucci stalled his car and lost a lot of time trying to get his engine restarted.

After the Safety Car caused by Ghiotto‘s car, Russell crashed against the wall while trying a brave overtake in the Rascasse. The racing line was dirty with oil from an incident in the Porsche Supercup race, which made the Brit lose control of his ART. However, the Safety Car wouldn’t be needed in that occasion. It’d made a second appearance a few laps later, when Norris hit Boschung in the last corner, forcing the MP Motorsport driver to retire. The drama wouldn’t end there, as Albon made a late decision to enter the pits and hit De Vries, leaving both leaders of the race out.

This incident left Markelov on the lead of the race after extending his stint and opening a gap with those who had already pitted. Gelael and Merhi took advantage of the situation as well and completed the podium.

POSICION PILOTO EQUIPO VUELTAS TIEMPO DIFERENCIA
1 A. Markelov Russian Time 42 1:02:03.286
2 S. Gelael Prema Powerteam 42 1:02:13.999 10.713
3 R. Merhi MP Motorsport 42 1:02:18.775 15.489
4 L. Delétraz Charouz 42 1:02:22.522 19.236
5 A. Maini Trident 42 1:02:23.421 20.135
6 L. Norris Carlin 42 1:02:23.923 20.637
7 J. Aitken ART Grand Prix 42 1:02:25.272 21.986
8 A. Fuoco Charouz 42 1:02:27.141 23.855
9 N. Latifi DAMS 42 1:02:28.147 24.861
10 N. Fukuzumi Arden 42 1:02:34.230 30.944
11 M. Günther Arden 42 1:02:34.818 31.532
12 R. Nissany Campos Racing 42 1:02:53.035 49.749
13 S. Ferrucci Trident 42 1:03:30.727 87.441
14 T. Makino RUSSIAN TIME 39 1:01:14.739 DNF
5 A. Albon DAMS 22 DNF
4 N. de Vries Prema Powerteam 19 DNF
10 R. Boschung MP Motorsport 11 DNF
8 G. Russell ART Grand Prix 5 DNF
14 L. Ghiotto Campos Racing 0 DNF

 

Sprint race

Fuoco started on pole ahead of Aitken, who was overtaken by Norris on the first corner and was forced to retire not much later with engine problems in his ART. Behind, De Vries and Makino stalled their engines on the grid. Ghiotto couldn’t avoid hitting the back of the Japanese driver, who had to retire while the Italian pitted and went back on track.

These incidents brought the first Safety Car on track, while the second one would be caused by Gelael crashing against the wall. With racing back thanks to the green flag, Fuoco, Norris and Delétraz had a comfortable gap on the top 3. However, Maini struggled to defend P4 from Markelov, who would eventually overtake him with a brilliant move at the Rascasse.

Russell made another costly mistake and crashed in Tabac and caused a Virtual Safety Car. Boschung had to retire as well, while Albon hit the back of Nissany at the exit of the tunnel, causing a spectacular accident which caused another Safety Car. The race was restarted with two laps to go, but both Fukuzumi and Ferrucci would crash in Rascasse, forcing the race to end behind the Safety Car.

Fuoco won the race ahead of Norris, but both of them got a time penalty after the race which didn’t affect the winner, but it brought the Brit down to P3. This meant Delétraz finished P2 after brilliantly holding back a very aggressive Markelov at the end of the race, giving his team Charouz a one-two. Merhi also got a penalty for overtaking Maini under the Safety Car, losing P5 and finishing P7.

Posiciones Piloto Equipo Vueltas Diferencia Vuelta rápida
1 A. Fuoco Charouz Racing 30 1:24.562
2 L. Norris Carlin 30 1.172 1:24.041
3 L. Delétraz Charouz Racing 30 2.069 1:25.004
4 A. Markelov Russian Time 30 4.091 1:24.030
5 R. Merhi MP Motorsport 30 6.099 1:24.850
6 A. Maini Trident 30 7.449 1:24.700
7 M. Günther Arden 30 7.955 1:23.836
8 N. Latifi DAMS 30 12.242 1:22.906
9 N. de Vries Prema Powerteam 29 1 LAP 1:23.464
10 L. Ghiotto Campos Racing 29 1 LAP 1:23.407
11 N. Fukuzumi Arden 27 DNF 1:25.388
12 S. Ferrucci Trident 27 DNF 1:25.488
15 R. Nissany Campos Racing 25 DNF 1:25.517
16 A. Albon DAMS 25 DNF 1:24.213
17 R. Boschung MP Motorsport 20 DNF 1:25.427
18 G. Russell ART GP 18 DNF 1:24.086
19 S. Gelael Prema Powerteam 3 DNF 1:26.322
20 T. Makino Russian Time 2 DNF 1:39.019
21 J. Aitken ART GP 1 DNF