The Brit finished P5 at the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix which means that so far this season, he has not finished any lower than fifth.
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Things have not been smooth sailing for Mercedes this season, not by their lofty standards, but one shining light that has been there throughout the season for them is George Russell. Since the start of the 2022 season, Russell has been one of the most consistent drivers on the grid and at the 2022 Monaco GP, he proved his worth yet again. The Brit finished P5 which means that so far this season, he has not finished any lower than fifth. Considering how his teammate and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has struggled this year, Russell’s feat seems absolutely incredible. Hamilton could only bag P8 in Monaco thanks to some stubborn defending from Fernando Alonso of Alpine who finished P7.
The Silver Arrows are in third place on the constructor’s championship table with 134 points.84 of those points have been scored by Russell who is fourth in the driver’s championship behind Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez. “There were definitely a lot of positives from that race. I think on the hard tyre before the second red flag, we were the quickest car on track and that was a pretty fun stint,” he said after the race. “It was physical out there, it was very bumpy, which we knew was our limitation this weekend. But P5, we’ll take the points and try and come back stronger next time,” the Brit added.
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Sergio Perez of Red Bull won his first race of 2022 by 1.1 seconds after a nail-biting finish in Monaco, with Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen unable to pass the Mexican – and Charles Leclerc losing out after slipping from pole to P4. The race was delayed due to rain, and after the cars completed one lap, a red flag was called, forcing them to return to the pits. Teams waited for a rolling race start behind the Safety Car on wet tyres, with gazebos unfolded. The Safety Car came in for Lap 3 of 77, and Leclerc took the lead, followed by Sainz, Perez, and Verstappen.
The front-runners switched to intermediates, with Perez taking the lead on Lap 17, followed by Leclerc and Verstappen two laps later, while Sainz went straight to hards on Lap 21, followed by Leclerc for a Ferrari double-stack. One lap later, Red Bull made an overcut with their own double-stack, putting Perez, Sainz, Verstappen, and a furious Leclerc in fourth place.
On the restart after a nasty Mick Schumacher crash, Perez maintained his lead and the mediums held their own, but they began to fade after Lap 55, with about 10 minutes remaining. Sainz, Verstappen, and Leclerc were closing in on them now. Sainz came close to losing the race in the last laps, almost putting his nose in front at the hairpin, but he would win – a tremendous statement following a poor Spanish Grand Prix. Perez’s margin of victory over Sainz was just 1.154s at the end of Lap 64, with Verstappen just 0.337s behind the Spaniard and Leclerc finishing 2.9s behind in P4.
