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KMag pretty much admitted he was hoping Pérez would see him and move out of the way.

It's pretty clear Perez saw him, but at the same time I don't think KMag was any reasonable way alongside at that point. I think Perez probably assumed that they would back off because it's lap 1 at Monaco, and passing up the hill never works unless you're much further up the side of a car than that.

Ultimately, it looks like misplaced trust in 'tradition' vs the guy with the worst spatial awareness on the grid.

I don't think the stewards will take that well

Silverstone a couple of years ago?

That's exactly my point though, I find it very hard to believe they can't "accurately determine the running order" when the red flag is shown part way round the first lap. If you want to restart the race with the original grid order, then restart the race. In other words, completely start again and effectively throw the first start out.

Sky just answered the question, SC line 2 is what defines the order, which is at the end of the pits.

We’re acting like we’d know what to do when an F1 car is in our blind spot at 250km/h.

Magnussen was going into a wedge that was always going to close. Perez saw him but there’s no way he can make a judgement on what the car in the blind spot was going to do. Only a psychopath would drive into it. Anyone driving into it is on a hiding to nothing.

Look at how conservative drivers in the F2 and F3 race, who weren’t in the top 15 were. They knew driving into those gaps is useless.

Same story can be said for the Alpines later in the lap.

Ocons out aswell

Ocon's car can't be repaired

The reasoning is that not everybody had concluded the first sector when the red flag was given, therefore they couldn't use it as a reliable source of the field order.

good, hope he see what it happens to have his own medicine

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Cars are rolling again

Some cars have gone to mediums

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Green!!

Made it through this time

A 0 stop race around Monaco. This could be unprecedentedly dull

I think everyone swapped onto the tyre they didn't start with. So for the medium runners it will be a game of hanging on.

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Russell struggeling, but Verstappen even more. Looks like a podium really is not going to happen.

Brundle said they were told both compounds can do the full race. Obviously the mediums are not ideal, but they can do it.

Ah, fair enough.

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Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.