IN THE HEADLINES

‘ARCH’ RIVAL HURTS DENNIS

Jake Dennis was close to retiring from Monaco because his wheelarch got stuck under his tyre after contact with Maximilian Guenther, but the arch finally dislodged as he dropped out of the points to 13th, enabling him to continue and get up to ninth. “I definitely should have been around where Antonio Felix da Costa was – fifth or sixth,” said the Andretti driver.

ANGRY MORTARA THWARTED

Edoardo Mortara had been enjoying a strong recovery drive after qualifying 16th, getting among the top six “until I encountered Mr di Grassi”. Mortara made the pass on his Venturi team-mate, but di Grassi handed him a puncture, from which he retired.

“It’s hard to swallow, especially when you have such a good race,” rued Mortara.

FIGHTING COMEBACK BY BUEMI

Sebastien Buemi recovered from last on the grid to secure eighth, feeling he “couldn’t ask for much more” from the race, but also reckoned he could have passed Nick Cassidy for seventh. The lack of qualifying pace mystified the Nissan e.dams driver, however: “It cannot be good to all of a sudden be last in FP2 and quali.”

CASSIDY GRABS SOME POINTS

Nick Cassidy was delighted with his drive to seventh, explaining that his crash with Sam Bird in Rome forced him to be more circumspect with battling Maximilian Guenther. “I was trying to be patient,” explained the Kiwi. “I couldn’t afford to end up in the fence. I needed to get the points.”

PROGRESS FOR GIOVINAZZI

After a difficult start to his Formula E career, Dragon Penske’s Antonio Giovinazzi felt Monaco was a “better weekend”, his knowledge of the circuit meaning he could focus more on getting comfortable with the car. “It was the best race so far this season,” said Giovinazzi (below), who finished 16th after picking up a five-second penalty for gaining an unfair advantage. “Not ideal but I’m happy that at least I was in the group.”