Formula 1 Monaco GP: Top 5 Crashes of all Time

Monaco F1 Grand Prix - Race
Kobayashi flying at the start of the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix

#4 Sergio Perez - 2011

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the 2011 F1 season was Sergio Perez's debut year by representing the Sauber team alongside his teammate Kamui Kobayashi.

The 2011 Monaco Grand Prix would be the Mexican's first go at the famous street circuit as an F1 driver.

During the qualifying sessions on the Saturday of the race weekend, on a typical warm and sunny day in Monte Carlo, Perez was on a flying lap and after exiting the tunnel - the Mexican made the same mistake as what Button did in 2003.

Perez rammed into the barrier to his right while going down the slope and headed straight to the crash pad.

The impact was a nasty one and that resulted in the rookie driver to retire for the rest of the weekend.

Perez even had to resign from the following race which was the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.

However, the 2016 Monaco Grand Prix was a race to remember for Checo as he sealed a podium place by finishing in third.

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