Jenson Button – 6th:<\/b><\/p>\n
\u00ab Things didn’t really seem good initially, but the Monaco Grand Prix is one of those races where you need to hold on until the end because anything can happen – and today it did. My first laps were good – I overtook Adrian [Sutil] and tried to pass Fernando [Alonso] at the hairpin. I touched his rear wheel, so I wasn’t very attentive when Checo [Sergio P\u00e9rez] made a nice move out of the tunnel at the braking of the harbor chicane.<\/p>\n
After the restart, Adrian made a nice overtaking move on me at the hairpin – I didn’t think it would be possible because I had tried it on Fernando earlier and it hadn’t worked. Then, in the final laps, Checo and Kimi [R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen] collided, and suddenly there was a battle behind them because they were slower with damaged cars. So I took the opportunity to pass Fernando on the inside at the Rascasse, which was fun, and I finished 6th.<\/p>\n
It was a shame that Checo had to retire because we could have scored big points today – it would have been a good boost for the team – but I scored good points, and our pace with a clear track was good, so there are many positives to take from today.<\/p>\n
Sergio P\u00e9rez – Retirement:<\/b><\/p>\n
I had a great race – I overtook several cars this afternoon – but in my opinion, Kimi didn’t leave me enough space when I tried to pass him at the exit of the tunnel, and as a result, I was squeezed against the rail at the entrance of the harbor chicane. It was really a shame – I had overtaken Jenson and Fernando here, and Jenson had overtaken me here as well, but I couldn’t avoid contact with Kimi. Of course, any overtaking maneuver in Monaco is risky, but in the end, you have to leave space for the other.<\/p>\n
Following our contact, my brake scoops were affected and my front brakes overheated – in fact, I simply lost the brakes. It’s particularly frustrating to retire from a Grand Prix in which you have been so strong and fast, and even more so when you are so close to the finish. So overall, I am really very disappointed – for the team and myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The two McLaren drivers seemed well on course to both finish in the points, but after yet another bold overtaking attempt, Sergio P\u00e9rez fell victim to a collision with Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, damaging his car and forcing him to retire. Jenson Button, on the other hand, finished in 6th place, scoring important points for McLaren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":40919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[92,947,1005],"class_list":["post-17280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-bilan","tag-mclaren","tag-monaco"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n