Daniel Ricciardo has won the race of the Formula Renault 3.5 of Monaco, after a flawless career which has led from the moment of departure to the flag to boxes. The podium have completed what Robert Wickens, who has recovered points to Jean-Eric Vergne, and Brendon Hartley, who went out from the front row.
At the time of the release, Daniel Ricciardo has maintained the first position on the grid, while Robert Wickens has been smart and has advanced to Brendon Hartley, that it has fallen to third place. Albert Costa, for his part, has climbed to fourth, after a really bold departure, avoiding the walls by very little space.
Arriving at the equator of the race, the positions were kept equal, with Daniel Ricciardo driving without any error, followed by Robert Wickens closely, and a little further, Brendon Hartley. Albert Costa was further away, and has had to fend off Alexander Rossi, who had many win, and it is that Rossi is an extremely talented.
As they pass the minutes and the laps, we have seen how the cars were moving more, and it is that the tires have their limits, and after 22 minutes of race, they were already beginning to find it. Shortly after the mid-point of the race, an accident between Jan Charouz and Anton Nebylitskiy has caused the exit of the safety car.
To the remprenderse race, Alexander Rossi has ahead of Albert Costa, joining this long in the Mirabeau curve, but the American pilot has come out of the track in Uptown of the circuit, which has returned the fourth position at the expense and has returned to lead a way out of the safety car, 8 minutes, the race has become to start.
Despite the emotions that could give us this situation, the race has followed the same script that so far, with cars separating between them. In the end, the positions have not changed, and only an accident between Cesar Ramos and Sergio Canamasas in the penultimate round has brought excitement, because Wickens has hooked to Ricciardo to passing through the area.
The Canadian pilot has been able to pass on the side of the rugged car of the Catalan pilot, and has tried to attack to the Australian Red Bull-backed, but it has been impossible. In the end, emotion to the last curve but the positions have not changed, and Championship tightens even more than I was before Monaco.
Update: Albert Costa has been penalized for having moved the car shortly before departure, and it has fallen to ninth position. We will update with the classification of the race and the championship points, as soon as possible.
1 Jean-Eric Vergne - 94pts
2 Robert Wickens - 89pts
3 Albert Costa - 74pts
4 Alexander Rossi - 73pts
5 Daniel Ricciardo - 61