Did Ferrari take unnecessary risk with Leclerc? That was a factor in the decision

For the first time in F1 history a Dutchman is at the top of the standings. After five Grand Prix Max Verstappen has taken over the lead in the World Championship from Lewis Hamilton after his victory in the Monaco Grand Prix. Peter Windsor looked with pleasure at the performance of the Dutchman.

"A good win for Max Verstappen, obviously a very good day for Red Bull Racing. It's great to see Max win the Monaco Grand Prix, he really deserved it," explained Windsor in his review of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Did Ferrari take a risk?

"He had a great start. He drove straight to the inside and therefore had the perfect line for the first corner. After the pit stop he was very good with the tyres and that showed how mature Max has become. He controlled the gap to Carlos, but never let him get within three seconds. In the later stages he also seemed to have more grip, so he could just drive away from the rest. That was really impressive."

Windsor was at Monaco this weekend and witnessed up close how not Charles Leclerc, but Verstappen went first through the first corner. The damage after the crash on Saturday turned out to be bigger than expected after all and Windsor thinks there is more to it than that. "The interesting thing for me is, he already got a new gearbox on Thursday. I expect that if they were in doubt whether to replace the gearbox after Saturday, that the fact that it is basically a new gearbox played into the decision," Windsor concluded.