Winning A Dramatic Race, Max Verstappen: Really Challenging

Red Bull Racing F1 racer, Max Verstappen. (Photo: Twitter @redbullracing)

JAKARTA - Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen won the Monaco Grand Prix race on Sunday, May 28, dramatically. Unexpected weather changes in Monte Carlo make racing very difficult for drivers.

The Dutchman managed to finish 78 laps with a time of 1 hour 48 minutes 51.99 seconds. His victory earned him 25 points and still topped the standings of the drivers' and constructors' championships for Red Bull.

He was in front of Fernando Alonso from Aston Martin and Esteban Ocon from Alpine, who collected 18 and 15 points each from the race at Monaco. Both were 27.9 seconds adrift and 36.9 seconds from Verstappen, respectively.

"This is quite a difficult race. I have to stay on the track when it rains and the car becomes very difficult to drive. It rains and I didn't understand what happened (due to drastic weather changes)," said Verstappen, after the race.

Furthermore, the 25-year-old racer said that the condition of the track, which was originally dry with the warm weather at Monaco, suddenly became very slippery because it rained quite hard.

"At that time the condition of the track was very slippery. When I was far ahead of the race, it felt like a track like that, I didn't want to push the car any faster, however, I also didn't want to lose time," said Verstappen.

"It's a tough scenario. I hit the wall several times, it was really challenging, and it was a real challenge at Monaco."

"It feels very good to be able to win here, considering what we have done in the midst of weather conditions and others, and being able to remain calm and bring home the title," he continued, as quoted from Antara.

Meanwhile, Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, managed to finish fourth and fifth with a time difference of 39 seconds and 56.2 seconds each from the race leader.

Ferrari racer from Monaco, Charles Leclerc, had to settle for finishing sixth on his page with a time difference of 61.8 seconds from Vertsappen. The top 10 list is equipped by Pierre Gasly (Alpine), Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), Lando Norris (McLaren), and Oscar Piastri (McLaren).