La race of Monte-Carlo was undoubtedly full of twists. The arrival of the rain has upset the cards on the table of the various stables, even if in the end it was always him who came out: Max Verstappen. The Dutchman collects his fourth victory of the season, finishing ahead of Fernando Alonso and a super Esteban Ocon.
The mistake you don't expect
Let's go in order and reflect on what happened at home Aston Martin. The arrival of the rain undoubtedly played a trick on the Silverstone team, which was unable to take advantage of a large joker had available. Throughout the race, the Spaniard had managed not to let Verstappen escape and, when the rain was coming, he stopped in the pits but mounted the slicks. An error that, as the rain increases, forced Alonso to stop again with the transition to the intermediates, making him lose the opportunity to at least try to worry and get closer to Verstappen.
This is Mike Krack
Under the dock there was undoubtedly the team principal of Aston Martin Mike Krack which, as admitted by Motorsport.com Italy, at the end of the GP explained what happened in those very chaotic minutes"To tell the truth, we hadn't expected so much rain. We thought it would be just a short shower, which would dry quickly as the track was very hot. It is generally said: 'Ok, let's stay out for another lap, two or three', but the tires were already very worn. Honestly, when we fitted the set of Mediums to Fernando, we thought we could get to the end of the race with those compounds, because the track, in our opinion, would have dried quickly”.
"We misjudged that it was raining, because in this part of the track where we are, it took a long time for it to start raining. In the end we decided to use the Mediums, but after just one lap we realized that the choice wouldn't work".
“It was not a missed opportunity”
There are no alibis for Krack. Aston Martin was wrong, even if Alonso's chances of winning were really reduced to the minimum: “I don't think it was a chance for victory thrown away. Why – commented the team principal – if we had mounted the intermediates immediately Max would have mounted the intermediates. Besides, he already had a good lead. So I don't think much would have changed".
