The streets of Monaco once again take center stage as Formula 1 arrives at its most iconic and prestigious venue, where precision, bravery, and strategy are tested to their limits!
Preview
The Legendary Circuit de Monaco is F1's shortest, slowest and most iconic street circuit of all time. It's known for its narrow track where cars test their limits, defensive stratergies and braking capability. The length of the track is 3.337km with a race distance of 260.286km that includes 78 laps in total and features 19 corners and basically 2 main straights. The first Grand Prix in Monaco was held in 1950 and it hasn't been off since 1955.
Every driver dreams of winning in Monaco but the driver who has achieved this dream 6 times is Ayrton Senna, also known as the "King Of Monaco", with winning five Monaco GP's consecutively (from 1989-1993) and one in 1987. Other notable drivers who have won the Monaco Grand Prix over the years are, Graham Hill (X5), Michael Schumacher (X5), Alain Prost (X4), Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart, Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton (all respectively X3) along with Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, Daniel Ricciardo, Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber who have took the victory in Monaco.
FP1
- Charles Leclerc
- Lewis Hamilton
- Max Verstappen
FP2
- Lewis Hamilton
- Charles Leclerc
- Max Verstappen
FP3
- Kimi Antonelli
- Charles Leclerc
- Lewis Hamilton
Qualifying
- Kimi Antonelli
- Max Verrstappen
- Lewis Hamilton
- Gabriel Bortoleto broke the front suspension as the session starts with a red flag.
- Carlos Sainz pulled a flying lap to get out of Q1 as Esteban Ocon is pushed down into the elimination zone.
- Perez, Bottas, Stroll, Alonso, Bearman and Ocon eliminated in Q1.
- Norris took the lead in Q2 but right away Kimi took it away.
- Albon, Sainz, Hulkenberg, Lindblad, and Colapinto eliminated in Q2.
- Oversteer by Leclerc in Q3 which brings Leclerc's pole position chance to a close.
- As it ends, Kimi Antonelli gets pole position with rewriting history.
Monaco Grand Prix
- Kimi Antonelli
- Lewis Hamilton
- Isack Hadjar
- Oscar Piastri
- Liam Lawson
- Arvid Lindblad
- Pierre Gasly
- Alex Albon
- Esteban Ocon
- Fernando Alonso
- Sergio Perez
- Gabriel Bortoleto
- George Russell
- Nico Hulkenberg
- Franco Colapinto
- DNF Carlos Sainz
- DNF Charles Leclerc
- DNF Lance Stroll
- DNF Lando Norris
- DNF Oliver Bearman
- DNF Valtteri Bottas
- DNF Max Verstappen
- Verstappen out on first lap and doesn't stay in the paddock for the rest of the race.
- Bottas out on lap 20.
- Isack Hadjar reporting problems with engine.
- Norris retires on lap 45.
- Antonelli reporting issues with the engine going uphill at lap 56.
- Lance Stroll out on lap 61 as safety car and virtual safety car is bought out.
- Hamilton, Leclerc, Hulkenberg, Alonso, and Piastri took pit stop under Safety car.
- Charles Leclerc crashes out on lap 66 which leaves his home race winning goal to an end.
- Red flag is out on lap 68 as debris is left on track from Leclerc's crash.
- A standing start decision is took on lap 70 as the drivers get enough time to review their car, performance and other analysis, race resumes after around 35-40 minutes.
- Carlos Sainz out on lap 70 with only 8 laps left.
- 7 drivers got a penalty for speeding in the pit lane(Hamilton, Piastri, Russell, Gasly, Colapinto, Hadjar, Stroll).
- Pierre Gasly stays out front in hope for a podium finish in the last laps, however in the last few seconds of the victory lap, he sweeps his way into the back of the grid as Isack Hadjar takes his position.
- Isack Hadjar delivers P3 to Red Bull and also his first podium of 2026.
- Kimi Antonelli wins the Monaco Grand Prix, with becoming the youngest driver to win in Monaco.
- Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso had a photo finish as they finished the race at the exact interval that is, +39.153, the result was declared as Sergio Perez in P10 but was later overturned giving Alonso P10 finish and one point.
Conclusion
Monaco gave us lots of surprises, 7 DNF's and many penalties and a consecutive streak for Antonelli. It gave us a glimpse of the inner fight at the Mercedes HQ between Russell and Antonelli. Kimi Antonelli becomes the youngest driver to win in Monaco and also the youngest driver to win five consecutive races, braking the record of Max Verstappen, only at the age of 19years and 286days. Pierre Gasly unfortuntely lost his place on the podium as he got cut by Isack Hadjar who got his first podium in 2026. Arvid Lindblad secured his best career finish with P6 in Monaco and also racing Bulls got double points in Monaco as both their drivers secured points. Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso went through quite a fight to secure their teams their first point, Alonso got Aton Martin their first team. Now, Cadillac remains the only team on the grid with zero points. McLaren, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Haas, Cadillac, Red Bull and Williams got one driver finishing the race and the other one not. Mercedes' George Russell did not get a good finish while their other driver was up on the podium, he didn't even manage to go in the top 10. Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari too in mixed reactions as for Red Bull, Hadjar got his first podium and Verstappen with a DNF, Oscar Piastri ended up just P4, Norris with DNF and Lewis Hamilton up on podium, and Charles Leclerc with a DNF. Heartbreaking for Charles Leclerc as he didn't even get the chance to finish his home race, as he is a monegasque.
To conclude, Mercedes remain on top of the constructor's table with Kimi Antonelli leading in the driver championship. Ferrari is also doing really well and fighting better than last year for the championship. Monaco has again shown us how unpredictable it can be and how it's also a circuit where history is always rewritten.