Perez admits rain is "the only way" he can grab points in Monaco

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11:52, 26 May 2019

Sergio Perez has admitted that he is looking for some help from the weather if he is to score points in Monaco for the first time since his podium in the principality in 2016.

The Mexican was knocked out in Q1 and will start 16th thanks to Antonio Giovinazzi’s three-place grid drop.

Monaco’s narrow streets offer little scope for overtaking, so Perez is hoping for some intervention from the skies to help him to the top ten.

After qualifying, Perez revealed: "Hopefully the rain can help us and we can score some points. I think otherwise tomorrow, it's going to be a great pain.

"In the last practice session we never seemed to be competitive enough unfortunately.

"There is a lot of work going on, so hopefully that can help us and we can get some points tomorrow. At the moment it's been a very frustrating weekend up to now.

"It's been quite challenging, very small margins - [if we had] two or three tenths to make it through and that would have changed the picture, unfortunately we were unable to get those tenths we needed today."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	131
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	88
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	72
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	58
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	48
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	43
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	20
9	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	16
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	15
12	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	14
13	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
14	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	5
15	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	1
17	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	1
18	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0

Perez admits rain is "the only way" he can grab points in Monaco

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