Argentine race driver Franco Colapinto wrapped up a solid Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix on Sunday, finishing 13th after a smooth race.

The 21-year-old was coming off a poor qualifier on Saturday. Despite improving his times over the weekend, he didn’t make the first cut and was eliminated in the first qualifying round, finishing last. He was later promoted to 18 due to sanctions for Haas’ Oliver Bearman and Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll.

That left him with a tough job in the race. In the tight turns of Monaco’s street circuit, overtaking is hard. Precision pays double: any mistake can prove far costlier than on a regular track.

Colapinto had a solid start, then benefitted from Brazil’s Gabriel Bortoleto crashing and an early round of pitstops to climb to 15.

His most tense moment came in lap 9, as teammate Pierre Gasly mistimed his breaking point at the Nouvelle Chicane, crashing into the back of Red Bull Racing’s Yuki Tsunoda. The impact broke the Frenchman’s front left suspension, launching him forward and nearly clipping Colapinto.

After that early scare, it proved plain sailing for the Argentine driver, with no drama in either of his pitstops. In the later stages, drivers who had taken a chance on a crash bringing out the safety car were forced to make their two mandatory stops in close succession. That allowed Colapinto to move up the classification, and he finished 13th, wrapping up a solid performance.

“After qualifying 20th, finishing 13th in Monaco is a positive result,” Colapinto told journalists after the race. “It’s always hard to overtake, so every place won is welcome.”

The Argentine driver explained that he started on the hard compound tyre to extend his time on track at the front of the convoy, thereby helping out teammate Gasly, whom he described as “the number one.” The French driver’s crash ruined his race plans.

“It was hard, but Monaco’s like that. It’s like driving on a Sunday morning with the family, really slow and really far from the top runner’s times,” Colapinto said. “It was a bit dull, but we have to figure out what went wrong on Saturday to avoid those problems in qualifying and that will fix everything.”

The Argentine’s next outing will be at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The weekend will start on Friday, May 30, with the first free practice stints starting at 8:30 a.m. Qualifying will take place on Saturday at 11 a.m. while the race is set to start on Sunday June 1 at 10 a.m. All times are Argentina time.