Serena Williams waves the chequered flag at Monaco GP ahead of the French Open

Serena Williams waves the chequered flag at Monaco GP ahead of the French Open

Serena Williams

A dramatic Monaco Grand Prix came to an end with Max Verstappen coming home the winner followed by Carlos Sainz of Ferrari and Lando Norris of McLaren. This is also Verstappen’s first podium at the historic track.

However, waiting for the drivers at the finish line was American tennis legend, Serena Williams who also waved the chequered flag. The 23-time grand slam champion is a huge Motor-racing fan and spectates a lot of races around the world.

Serena Williams
Serena Williams

This was not the first time that Serena was at the Principality for the F1 Grand Prix. She was also present at the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix with the Red Bull team. This Sunday, the American veteran was with the Aston Martin F1 team and to her joy, both the Aston Martin drivers finished inside the points. Sebastian Vettel finished P5 while Lance Stroll finished P8.

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Serena Williams
Serena Williams

Lewis Hamilton finishes a lowkey P7 in presence of ‘Biggest Fan’ Serena Williams

Lewis Hamilton and Serena Williams

It was a terrible weekend for the Mercedes team and Lewis Hamilton. Starting from P7 on the grid, Hamilton was struck behind the Alpha Tauri of Pierre Gasly for almost the whole race. Mercedes attempted an undercut over Gasly, but failed miserably and inturn lost positions to Sebastian Vettel and Sergio Perez.

Serena Williams and Lewis Hamilton have been friends for quite sometime and the tennis star even called Hamilton ‘The greatest driver ever’ recently. But to Hamilton’s dismay, he couldn’t put up a show for Williams and ended up with his worst performance this season. This P7 finish meant that he slips to the No.2 position in the driver’s championship, 4 points behind Verstappen.

Serena is scheduled to play the French Open next week and hence visited the neighboring country for a little break. She even spoke after the race about her love for the Grand Prix here and congratulated Max Verstappen for the win.

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