Ten of the best pictures which tell the story of the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix weekend.
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel produced a replica Niki Lauda helmet for the race weekend; Lewis Hamilton had one in time for the race.
Daniil Kvyat
Seventh was a result to be proud of for Daniil Kvyat in the Toro Rosso, though he was frustrated at being beaten to sixth by former team mate Carlos Sainz Jnr.
Sebastian Vettel
Vettel’s Saturday started badly. It was worse for his team mate Charles Leclerc, who was eliminated in q1 following an error by the team.
George Russell
There are few races where fans can snap shots like this.
Lewis Hamilton
Hamilton ‘did a Helio’ after beating Valtteri Bottas to pole position.
Start
While Hamilton kept his lead at the start, Leclerc took to the run-off to avoid hitting Romain Grosjean.
Charles Leclerc
Leclerc got past Lando Norris and Grosjean’s Haas, but his race went awry when he spun trying to pass Nico Hulkenberg.
Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen was on course for second when Red Bull released him from the pits fractionally ahead of Bottas. Unfortunately he squeezed Bottas too much and got a penalty. Vettel, behind, was the beneficiary, taking second.
Cars
An exclusive line up of motoring machinery even by the standards of Monaco.
Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas
Bumped to third through no fault of his own, Bottas’s expression said it all.
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Bleu (@bleu)
29th May 2019, 7:47
Picture on Kvyat great, car narrowly not “touching” the marshal helmets.
Dave The Drummer (@davethedrummer)
29th May 2019, 15:59
It is an excellent shot. Separation like this is key to a great capture.
Cronies
29th May 2019, 9:14
I think wharlts clear from that picture is that if Redbull had held Max back for Bottas they would have had to hold him back for Seb too – so in the end nothing lost by going for it.
MEGATRON M12 (@megatron)
29th May 2019, 15:24
I think it’s clear from the picture(and the video) that there was plenty of space for both cars and VER caused an unnecessary collision and should have definitely be penalized much harsher.
Bart
29th May 2019, 21:19
It is also clear that Max could not see Valtteri. He got 5 seconds penalty and 2 penalty points for being sent into the Mercedes he could not see (and judging by the helmet Max was just looking straight ahead).
He should not have squeezed and Valtteri was very unlucky to get a slowly deflating tire by it. But it was not a deliberate foul.