MoneyGram Haas F1 Team finished with Esteban seventh and Oliver Bearman 12th, at the Monaco Grand Prix, held Sunday at the Circuit de Monaco.
Esteban took the start from eighth place on Pirelli P Zero Yellow medium tires and maintained position on the opening lap, before coming in on lap 16 for medium tires. Esteban made his second mandatory pit stop on lap 28, coming out on White hard tires, and cycled back through into eighth place, which became seventh when Fernando Alonso retired from the race. Esteban chased Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar through to the checkered flag and collected seventh position, adding six more points to his and MoneyGram Haas F1 Team’s tally.
Bearman started from 20th position on medium tires and pitted at the end of the opening lap for hard tires, coming out at the rear of the pack but using the clear air to set the fastest lap. Bearman came in again on lap 17 for medium tires, emerging in 19th position, and re-joined the rear of the midfield train. As drivers made their second compulsory stops Bearman worked his way up to 12th position, a gain of eight places.
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team holds sixth position in the Constructors’ Championship, on 26 points.
Up front McLaren’s Lando Norris claimed victory, ahead of Scuderia Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, with Oscar Piastri third, also for McLaren.
Esteban Ocon: “I think it’s been a great weekend all around from qualifying to the race – we put everything together when it mattered. It’s six points for the team which is a big thing, so it’s very satisfying. We made a lot of progress, all the way up to qualifying, and we need to take that into account and really investigate how we can get more consistency going forward. Barcelona is a very different circuit, with a lot more downforce bias, and more engine bias – so we’ll see what we can get there next weekend.”
