Winners and losers: Sergio Perez unquestionably biggest loser in Monaco GP qualifying

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Red Bull's Sergio Perez make our list of Winners and Losers for the Monaco GP.

While 2021 didn’t go his way due to mechanical failure, and 2022 fell apart due to strategy errors, the pieces are all lined up for Leclerc to finally dispel any notion his Monaco ‘curse’ still exists. At a track that rewards good mechanical grip, the previous weakness of McLaren – that of slow corner prowess – certainly seems to now be fully rectified. Is the McLaren now the overall most competitive and malleable machine on the grid?Gasly and Alpine have had a miserable year so far, but it looks like they’re making steps forward in figuring out their troublesome car.

In the end, he will only start one position ahead of Ocon, but Alpine’s rise into the midfield from the very back has been notable. They had a brilliant weekend in Monte Carlo last year, can they score a decent haul of points this year?Another qualifying session, another day in which George Russell has finished ahead of Lewis Hamilton.

Certainly, the car no longer appears to be evil to drive and is closer to where Mercedes expect to be in the pecking order. If the Brackley-based squad is finally starting to develop its car in the right direction, the potential to join in the fight for race wins might emerge before year’s end.It’s not often the Dutch driver ends up on this list, but Verstappen’s weekend has been properly compromised by that small error he made at Ste. Devote.

On Friday, the Mexican said he felt Ferrari were miles ahead but, unfortunately for him, it was pretty much the whole field who got the better of him in qualifying.

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