Lewis Hamilton held off Max Verstappen, and survived a late collision with the Red Bull driver, to win a nail-biting Monaco Grand Prix. When the safety car was deployed, Hamilton led the leaders into the pits, as Bottas backed up Verstappen and Vettel to give Mercedes time to service both cars. Verstappen was handed a five-second time penalty for this impact with Bottas in the pitlaneWhy was Hamilton struggling so much? Hamilton took to the escape road and carried on, as Verstappen complained: "He just turned in. Vettel: "A tough race to manage, at Monaco something always happens, Max must have had an incredible stop, I saw them (Verstappen and Bottas) touching in the pit lane.

Source: BBC May 26, 2019 14:58 UTC