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Jolyon Palmer believes Williams’ Alex Albon cost Charles Leclerc victory at the Monaco Grand Prix, after holding up the Ferrari driver.

Former F1 driver Palmer believes Charles Leclerc missed out on victory at Monaco due to the actions of Albon, after the Williams driver failed to get out of the way of the Ferrari driver for an entire lap during the transition from wet to dry tyres.

Albon appeared to be completely ignoring the blue flags as he circulated the Monte Carlo circuit, before Leclerc got past as Albon locked up and slid straight on at Ste. Devote.

Added to Ferrari’s woes was the fact that Carlos Sainz was also held up by Nicholas Latifi, albeit for a shorter length of time. Both delays turned out to be critical for the Ferrari pair, as Sainz emerged behind Sergio Perez, and Leclerc behind Max Verstappen.

Speaking about the situation, Palmer said he felt the hold-ups had warranted a closer look.

“As [Sainz] exited Ste. Devote on his out-lap, he was just out-dragged by Nicolas Latifi in the Williams,” Palmer said in his column for the official F1 website.

“[Then he] had to sit behind the backmarker for half a lap