Carlos Sainz has been blamed for the Ferrari strategy error which cost Charles Leclerc the chance to win the Monaco Grand Prix.
The Monegasque racer looked set to finally deliver victory in front of an adoring home crowd on Sunday after qualifying on pole the previous day. As he led the race it looked even more likely, but a disastrous pit stop decision saw him lose the lead and the chance to finally break his Monte Carlo duck.
Leclerc made a pit stop to change onto intermediate tyres, and just three laps later received another call to stop – this time for slicks as the track dried out. His panicking race engineer then yelled for him to stay out, but he had already entered the pit lane and had to double stack behind Sainz who was also being fitted with fresh rubber.
