Carlos Sainz left frustrated with lapped car in Monaco: 'Cost me the win'

Carlos Sainz did everything he could to attack Sergio Perez in the streets of Monaco during the last 30 minutes of the Grand Prix but couldn't find a way through. The Spaniard managed to keep Max Verstappen in his mirrors for P2.

Sainz was frustrated with a backmarker who he insists cost him the race victory. A strategic blunder cost Ferrari's Charles Leclerc but it did benefit Sainz who orchestrated a move from wets straight to dry tyres.

"We stayed patient on the wets, took the right decision to go onto the slick. I got stuck behind a lapped car on the out lap, you can understand the frustration. A lapped car cost me the race win today. I knew from halfway through the first stint, I daw the dryline and realised it would go to slicks. We pitted for the hard tyre, I had to do 12 corners behind the lapped car, which cost me the race win. I won't complain too much, this sport is like that," Sainz said in the post-race interviews.

After the second red flag restart, Ferrari and Red Bull opted for different tyre strategies. Ferrari opted for the hards, whilst Red Bull went for the mediums. It looked like the graining gave Sainz an opportunity to overtake.

"You can see I have graining myself at the rear especially, which made the entry into the runnel difficult to get close and pass. I was close sometimes but still a bit wet," Sainz concluded.