Purple Bull’s triple world champion Max Verstappen has stated Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix was “a bit boring” after beginning and ending sixth.

Winner of 5 of the earlier seven races this season, and all from pole place, the Dutch driver noticed his championship lead over Ferrari’s race winner Charles Leclerc trimmed from 48 factors to 31.

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The race was the primary time Verstappen has completed with out being on the rostrum this season. In Australia he retired after simply three laps attributable to a brake downside.

“Total the weekend is de facto cool, simply the Sunday is a bit bit boring sadly, however the surroundings remains to be nice,” Verstappen stated.

“If we will discover a solution to race a bit higher, why not? That may be my most well-liked answer.”

The highest 10 finishers adopted grid positions, with no overtaking and a direct crimson flag permitting groups to vary tyres and thereby keep away from additional pitstops that may have shaken up the technique.

“Nobody actually wished to emphasize their tyres an excessive amount of, as a result of you already know you may’t move round right here, so not likely thrilling. It is a bit of a disgrace,” Verstappen stated.

The Purple Bull driver’s phrases have been supported by Mercedes’ seven occasions world champion Lewis Hamilton, who was seventh, in addition to McLaren’s fourth-placed Lando Norris.

“It was non-eventful. Everybody drove so gradual. So it did not matter what tyre you have been on. We have been driving seconds off the tempo,” Hamilton stated.

“I do not know what it was like watching, however I’m positive folks have been falling asleep.”

Norris stated the race being halted and re-started had “thrown any enjoyable or any motion out of the window”.

“You might be simply driving spherical in no-man’s land doing nothing. You do not really feel like there’s loads of issues to focus on and intention for however that’s the way it has at all times been right here,” Norris stated.