Monaco GP: Race - RE-CAP & RESULTS

MONACO GP - RACE - RE-CAP & RESULTS

    Daniel Ricciardo wins the Monaco Grand Prix despite a mechanical problem with his Renault powered Red Bull.

    The Australian made a good start from pole position but reported a loss of power not long after the pit stops. Sebastian Vettel was able to close in on the back of his former team-mate but Ricciardo gave him no opportunity to pass.

    Though his team told him there was no way the problem could be resolved, Ricciardo managed to problem and began to build a gap to Vettel in the closing stages of the race. He finished more than 
seven seconds ahead of the Ferrari to take his second victory of the season.

    Lewis Hamilton spent the majority of the race worried about tyre wear. The championship leader was the first of the front runners to pit after starting on the softest compound of tyre. He felt as if he weren’t able to push and allowed Kimi Raikkonen and Valtteri Bottas to close in on the back of his Mercedes, but managed to make it to the end of the race and claim third, his championship lead narrowing to just four points to Vettel.

    Raikkonen and Bottas took fourth and fifth ahead of Esteban Ocon.

    Renault opted for an alternative strategy with Nico Hulkenberg, pitting the German far later than most of the field. After starting 11th, he’d managed to climb up to sixth before his pit stop, and came out just ahead of the recovering Max Verstappen, who started from the back after a crash in FP3.

    Hulkenberg was allowed past team-mate Carlos Sainz to take seventh and set about attacking Pierre Gasly for sixth. The Renault ran out of laps before he could find a way past Gasly and the pair finished seventh and eighth.

    Verstappen pulled out some stunning moves, including one around the outside of Sainz at the chicane, to finish ninth. He lies sixth in the championship standings but 25 points behind Raikkonen and three points ahead of Fernando Alonso.

    Alonso could have overtaken the Red Bull in the championship standings were it not for a gearbox problem that brought his race to a premature end. He had been fighting to keep Gasly behind him when he pulled to a stop at the side of the track, taking his first retirement of the season.

    Charles Leclerc and Brendon Hartley also retired after coming together in the closing stages of the race. The Sauber’s brakes failed and he hit the back of Hartley at the chicane, bringing out the virtual safety car.

    Team-mate Marcus Ericsson finished just outside the top 10 in P11, ahead of Sergio Perez, Kevin Magnussen, Stoffel Vandoorne, and Romain Grosjean.

    After a promising start to the weekend, Williams suffered another disappointing race. Sergey Sirotkin was handed a drive through penalty after mechanics were forced to change a wheel on his Williams less than three minutes before the race. He struggled to make improvements and finished 16th, ahead of team-mate Lance Stroll, who suffered two punctures.

RESULTS:

1. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia / + 25 Points
2. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany / + 18 Points
3. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain / + 15 Points
4. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland / + 12 Points
5. Valtteri Bottas / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland / + 10 Points
6. Esteban Ocon / Force India-Mercedes / France / + 8 Points
7. Pierre Gasly / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France / +  6 Points
8. Nico Hulkenberg / Renault-Renault / Germany / + 4 Points
9. Max Verstappen / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands / + 2 Points
10. Carlos Sainz / Renault-Renault / Spain / + 1 Point
11. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden /
12. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico
13. Kevin Magnussen / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark
14. Stoffel Vandoorne / McLaren-Renault / Belgium
15. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France
16. Sergey Sirotkin / Williams-Mercedes / Russia
17. Lance Stroll / Williams-Mercedes / Canada

RETIRED - Charles Leclerc / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco / Collision
RETIRED - Brendon Hartley / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand / Collision*
RETIRED - Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Renault / Spain / Gearbox

* - (Hartley) 5-Second-Time-Penalty for speeding in the Pit-Lane

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Formula 2 - Monaco - Sprint Race - RESULTS

FORMULA 2 - MONACO - SPRINT RACE - RESULTS

1. Antonio Fuoco / Charouz Racing System / Italy / + 15 Points*

2. Louis Deletraz / Charouz Racing System / Switzerland / + 12 Points

3. Lando Norris / Carlin / Great Britain / + 10 Points**

4. Artem Markelov / RUSSIAN TIME / Russia / + 8 Points

5. Arjun Maini / Trident / India / + 6 Points

6. Maximilian Gunther / BWT Arden / Germany / + 4 Points

7. Roberto Merhi / MP Motorsport / Spain / + 2 Points***

8. Nicholas Latifi / DAMS / Canada / + 1 Point + 2 Points (Fastest Lap)

9. Nyck de Vries / PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing / Netherlands

10. Luca Ghiotto / Campos Vexatec Racing / Italy

11. Nirei Fukuzumi / BWT Arden / Japan / RETIRED / Accident+

12. Santino Ferrucci / Trident / USA / RETIRED / Accident+****

RETIRED - Roy Nissany / Campos Vexatec Racing / Israel / Collision

RETIRED - Alexander Albon / DAMS / Thailand / Collision

RETIRED - Ralph Boschung / MP Motorsport / Switzerland / Engine

RETIRED - George Russell / ART Grand Prix / Great Britain / Crash

RETIRED - Sean Gelael / PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing / Indonesia / Crash

RETIRED - Tadasuke Makino / RUSSIAN TIME / Japan / Collision Damage

RETIRED - Jack Aitken / ART Grand Prix / Great Britain / Throttle Sensor Failure

DID NOT START - Sergio Sette Camara / Carlin / Brazil / Hand Injury

* - (Fuoco) 0.8-Second-Time-Penalty added to final race time for failing to to meet minimum time after FIA lights turned green at end of safety car period

** - (Norris) 1.1-Second-Time-Penalty added to final race time for failing to meet minimum time after FIA lights turned green at end of safety car period. Norris originally finished 2nd but drops down to 3rd

*** - (Merhi) 5-Second-Time-Penalty for overtaking Maini during the safety car period.

**** - (Ferrucci) 10-Second-Time-Penalty for conducting clutch bite point checks in Pit-Lane

+ - Notes Fukuzumi and Ferrucci completed at least 90% of the race distance and were both qualified as finished, despite retiring during the race

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Monaco GP: Qualifying - RE-CAP & RESULTS

MONACO GP - QUALIFYING - RE-CAP & RESULTS

    Daniel Ricciardo took Pole Position after previously topping all three Free Practice sessions. Team-mate, Verstappen, was left unable to participate after his heavy crash in P3. His car required multiple fixes and a gearbox change. It was not ready in time for Q1.

HOW IT WORKS:

Q1 = 18 minutes. All cars allowed to go out. At the end of the session, the five slowest are eliminated.

Q2 = 15 minutes. The remaining cars go out. At the end of the session, the five slowest are eliminated.

Q3 = 12 minutes. Final 10 cars go out. The final order at the end of the session is how the grid will line up. Fastest car starts from Pole Position.

GRID LINE-UP:

1. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia

2. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany

3. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain

4. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

5. Valtteri Bottas / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland

6. Esteban Ocon / Force India-Mercedes / France

7. Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Renault / Spain

8. Carlos Sainz / Renault-Renault / Spain

9. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

10. Pierre Gasly / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France

11. Nico Hulkenberg / Renault-Renault / Germany

12. Stoffel Vandoorne / McLaren-Renault / Belgium

13. Sergey Sirotkin / Williams-Mercedes / Russia

14. Charles Leclerc / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco

15. Brendon Hartley / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand

16. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

17. Lance Stroll / Williams-Mercedes / Canada

18. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France*

19. Kevin Magnussen / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark

DID NOT QUALIFY - Max Verstappen / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands**

* - (Grosjean) 3-Place-Grid-Penalty for causing a collision with Hulkenberg & Gasly in Spain.

** - (Verstappen) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for unscheduled gearbox change + 10-Place-Grid-Penalty for MGU-K replacement. 

NOTE: Verstappen did not qualify but was given permission by stewards to race.

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Formula 2 - Monaco - Qualifying - RESULTS

FORMULA 2 - MONACO - QUALIFYING - RESULTS

GROUP  A:

1. Alexander Albon / DAMS / Thailand

2. Artem Markelov / RUSSIAN TIME / Russia

3. Antonio Fuoco / Charouz Racing System / Italy

4. Santino Ferrucci / Trident / USA

5. Roberto Merhi / MP Motorsport / Spain

6. Jack Aitken / ART Grand Prix / Great Britain

7. Sean Gelael / PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing / Indonesia

8. Lando Norris / Carlin / Great Britain*

9. Roy Nissany / Campos Vexatec Racing / Israel

10. Maximilian Gunther / BWT Arden / Germany**

GROUP B: 

1. Nyck de Vries / PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing / Netherlands

2. Sergio Sette Camara / Carlin / Brazil

3. Luca Ghiotto / Campos Vexatec Racing / Italy

4. Arjun Maini / Trident / India

5. Ralph Boschung / MP Motorsport / Switzerland

6. Tadasuke Makino / RUSSIAN TIME / Japan

7. Nirei Fukuzumi / BWT Arden / Japan

8. Louis Deletraz / Charouz Racing System / Switzerland

9. George Russell / ART Grand Prix / Great Britain

10. Nicholas Latifi / DAMS / Canada

* - Notes Norris received a 3-Place-Grid-Penalty for impeding Albon

** - Notes Gunther ended up being disqualified from the final results for not completing a weigh check.

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Monaco GP: Free Practice #1 - RE-CAP & TIMES

MONACO GP - FREE PRACTICE #1 - RE-CAP & TIMES

    Daniel Ricciardo led a Red Bull 1-2 in the first free practice session on the streets of Monaco.

    Ricciardo and team-mate Max Verstappen spent most of the session lowering the benchmark on the hypersoft tyre, which makes its Formula 1 race debut this weekend.

    Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton briefly managed to take the top spot on his second run with the pink walled tyres, but dropped back as Verstappen and Ricciardo found improvements in the final third of the 90 minute session.

    Ricciardo ended the morning with a 1m12.126s lap around the Monte Carlo circuit, 0.154s ahead of Verstappen.

    Verstappen ran into trouble late in the session when he ran off at Sainte Devote. Instead of turning to return to the track, the Red Bull reversed under double waved yellows as the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel approached.

    The incident was investigated by the stewards, but no further action was taken.

    Ferrari appeared to be off the pace in Monaco. Vettel finished fourth fastest, half a second slower than Hamilton and 0.915s slower than Ricciardo, while Kimi Raikkonen was a further 0.025s back in fifth.

    Despite the unforgiving nature of the Monaco circuit, there were few incidents in FP1. Sergey Sirotkin suffered the most significant damage of the session after he hit the pit wall and damaged his rear right tyre. The Williams managed to continue, completing 40 laps and finishing 10th overall. Lance Stroll finished 18th, just ahead of Marcus Ericsson.

    Fernando Alonso also had a difficult session on his return to Monaco after skipping the GP last season to race in the Indy 500. The McLaren driver complained of a “long brake” early in the session. McLaren was forced to change the floor on his car due to a brake-by-wire problem which kept him in the pits for the majority of the session. He was able to get back out later in the session, finishing 17th quickest. His team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne took 15th overall.

    Haas also ran into problems in FP1, with Romain Grosjean needing his floor replaced and Kevin Magnussen suffering a possible injector problem. The ended the morning ninth and 20th respectively.

    Carlos Sainz finished best of the rest in sixth, 0.05s ahead of Valtteri Bottas who could only manage seventh overall.

    Sergio Perez took eighth, while Esteban Ocon finished just outside the top 10 in P11.

    Brendon Hartley ended the session in P12, ahead of Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly.

    Charles Leclerc ended his first F1 session of his home GP P16.

TIMES:

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:12.126 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia
2. Max Verstappen - 1:12.280 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands
3. Lewis Hamilton - 1:12.480 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain
4. Sebastian Vettel - 1:13.041 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany
5. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:13.066 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland
6. Carlos Sainz - 1:13.456 / Renault-Renault / Spain
7. Valtteri Bottas - 1:13.502 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland
8. Sergio Perez - 1:13.717 / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico
9. Romain Grosjean - 1:13.943 / Haas-Ferrari / France
10. Sergey Sirotkin - 1:13.962 / Williams-Mercedes / Russia
11. Esteban Ocon - 1:14.000 / Force India-Mercedes / France
12. Brendon Hartley - 1:14.034 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand
13. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:14.034 / Renault-Renault / Germany
14. Pierre Gasly - 1:14.240 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France
15. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:14.291 / McLaren-Renault / Belgium
16. Charles Leclerc - 1:14.521 / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco
17. Fernando Alonso - 1:14.637 / McLaren-Renault / Spain
18. Lance Stroll - 1:14.782 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada
19. Marcus Ericsson - 1:15.206 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden
20. Kevin Magnussen - 1:18.801 / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark

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Formula 2 - Monaco - Free Practice - TIMES

FORMULA 2 - MONACO - FREE PRACTICE - TIMES

1. Nyck de Vries - 1:21.670 / PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing / Netherlands

2. Nicholas Latifi - 1:22.320 / DAMS / Canada

3. Lando Norris - 1:22.340 / Carlin / Great Britain

4. Jack Aitken - 1:22.526 / ART Grand Prix / Great Britain

5. Sergio Sette Camara - 1:22.553 / Carlin / Brazil

6. Alexander Albon - 1:22.604 / DAMS / Thailand

7. Artem Markelov - 1:22.656 / RUSSIAN TIME / Russia

8. Louis Deletraz - 1:22.675 / Charouz Racing System / Switzerland

9. Maximilian Gunther - 1:22.772 / BWT Arden / Germany

10. Luca Ghiotto - 1:22.810 / Campos Vexatec Racing / Italy

11. Ralph Boschung - 1:22.814 / MP Motorsport / Switzerland

12. Arjun Maini - 1:22.860 / Trident / India

13. Tadasuke Makino - 1:23.072 / RUSSIAN TIME / Japan

14. Sean Gelael - 1:23.193 / PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing / Indonesia

15. Nirei Fukuzumi - 1:23.253 / BWT Arden / Japan

16. Antonio Fuoco - 1:23.548 / Charouz Racing System / Italy

17. Roberto Merhi - 1:23.943 / MP Motorsport / Spain

18. Santino Ferrucci - 1:24.051 / Trident / USA

19. Roy Nissany - 1:25.047 / Campos Vexatec Racing / Israel

20. George Russell - 1:42.533 / ART Grand Prix / Great Britain

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Monaco GP: Circuit Preview

MONACO GRAND PRIX 2018 - CIRCUIT PREVIEW

Name: Circuit de Monaco

Location: Monte Carlo, Monaco

Opened: 1929

Length: 2.074 Miles

Capacity: 37,000 

Runs: Clockwise

Turns: 19

Race Laps: 78

2017 RACE STATS

Pole Position: Kimi Raikkonen

1st Place: Sebastian Vettel

2nd Place: Kimi Raikkonen

3rd Place: Daniel Ricciardo

Retirements: Nico Hulkenberg (Gearbox), Pascal Wehrlein (Collision), Jenson Button (Collision Damage), Marcus Ericsson (Accident), Stoffel Vandoorne (Accident), Lance Stroll (Oil Pressure)* & Daniil Kvyat (Collision Damage)*

* - Notes both Stroll and Kvyat had completed at least 90% of the race distance and were qualified as finished, despite their retirements.

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Monaco GP: Track Schedule

MONACO GRAND PRIX 2018 - TRACK SCHEDULE

May 23rd / Wednesday

15:00 - 16:00 - Press Conference

May 24th / Thursday

11:00 - 12:30 - Free Practice #1

13:00 - 14:00 - Press Conference

15:00 - 16:30 - Free Practice #2

May 25th / Friday

15:00 - 16:30 - F1 Drivers Autograph Session

May 26th / Saturday

08:40 - 09:30 - Paddock Club Pit-Lane Walk

09:00 - 09:30 - Team Pit-Stop Practice

12:00 - 13:00 - Free Practice #3

13:10 - 14:45 - Paddock Club Pit-Lane Walk

15:00 - 16:00 - Qualifying

16:10 - 16:30 - Paddock Club Truck Tour

May 27th / Sunday

09:00 - 10:00 - Paddock Club Pit-Lane Walk

12:45 - 13:15 - Paddock Club Pit-Lane Walk

13:30 - 14:00 - Paddock Club Truck Tour

13:40 - 14:10 - Drivers Track Parade

14:56 - 14:58 - National Anthem

15:10 - 17:10 - Race

* - Subject to change

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Formula 2 - MONACO - Sprint Race - Results

FORMULA 2 - SPRINT RACE - RESULTS - MONACO

1. Nyck de Vries / Rapax / Netherlands / + 15 Points

2. Johnny Cecotto / Rapax / Venezuela / + 12 Points

3. Gustav Malja / Racing Engineering / Sweden / + 10 Points

4. Luca Ghiotto / RUSSIAN TIME / Italy / + 8 Points

5. Artem Markelov / RUSSIAN TIME / Russia / + 6 Points + 2 Points (FL)

6. Alexander Albon / ART Grand Prix / Thailand / + 4 Points

7. Nobuharu Matsushita / ART Grand Prix / Japan / + 2 Points

8. Jordan King / MP Motorsport / Great Britain / + 1 Point

9. Oliver Rowland / DAMS / Great Britain

10. Antonio Fuoco / PREMA Racing / Italy

11. Nabil Jeffri / Trident / Malaysia

12. Sean Gelael / Pertamina Arden / Indonesia

13. Nicholas Latifi / DAMS / Canada

14. Sergio Sette Camara / MP Motorsport / Brazil

15. Robert Visoiu / Campos Racing / Romania

16. Louis Deletraz / Racing Engineering / Switzerland

17. Sergio Canamasas / Trident / Spain

RETIRED - Charles Leclerc / PREMA Racing / Monaco / Collision Damage

RETIRED - Ralph Boschung / Campos Racing / Switzerland / Mechanical Issue

RETIRED - Norman Nato / Pertamina Arden / France / Collision Damage

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Formula 2 - MONACO - Feature Race - Results

FORMULA 2 - FEATURE RACE - RESULTS - MONACO

1. Oliver Rowland / DAMS / Great Britain / + 25 points + 2 Points (FL)

2. Artem Markelov / RUSSIAN TIME / Russia / + 18 Points

3. Nobuharu Matsushita / ART Grand Prix / Japan / + 15 Points

4. Alexander Albon / ART Grand Prix / Thailand / + 12 Points

5. Luca Ghiotto / RUSSIAN TIME / Italy / + 10 Points

6. Gustav Malja / Racing Engineering / Sweden / + 8 Points

7. Nyck de Vries / Rapax / Netherlands / + 6 Points

8. Johnny Cecotto / Rapax / Venezuela / + 4 Points

9. Jordan King / MP Motorsport / Great Britain / + 2 Points

10. Sergio Canamasas / Trident / Spain / + 1 Point

11. Antonio Fuoco / PREMA Racing / Italy

12. Ralph Boschung / Campos Racing / Switzerland

13. Sean Gelael / Pertamina Arden / Indonesia

14. Nabil Jeffri / Trident / Malaysia

15. Louis Deletraz / Racing Engineering / Switzerland

RETIRED - Sergio Sette Camara / MP Motorsport / Brazil / DNF

RETIRED - Charles Leclerc / PREMA Racing / Monaco / + 4 Points (Pole) / Suspension Damage

RETIRED - Norman Nato / Pertamina Arden / France / Mechanical Issue

RETIRED - Robert Visoiu / Campos Racing / Romania / Collision

RETIRED - Nicholas Latifi / DAMS / Canada / Mechanical Issue

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Formula 2 - MONACO - Qualifying - Results

FORMULA 2 - QUALIFYING - RESULTS - MONACO

(GROUP A)

1. Charles Leclerc / PREMA Racing / Monaco

2. Oliver Rowland / DAMS / Great Britain

3. Nobuharu Matsushita / ART Grand Prix / Japan

4. Jordan King / MP Motorsport / Great Britain

5. Luca Ghiotto / RUSSIAN TIME / Italy

6. Sean Gelael / Pertamina Arden / Indonesia

7. Johnny Cecotto / Rapax / Venezuela

8. Sergio Canamasas / Trident / Spain

9. Louis Deletraz / Racing Engineering / Switzerland

10. Ralph Boschung / Campos Racing / Switzerland

(GROUP B)

1. Alexander Albon / ART Grand Prix / Thailand

2. Artem Markelov / RUSSIAN TIME / Russia

3. Norman Nato / Pertamina Arden / France

4. Nyck de Vries / Rapax / Netherlands

5. Nicholas Latifi / DAMS / Canada

6. Gustav Malja / Racing Engineering / Sweden

7. Antonio Fuoco / PREMA Racing / Italy

8. Robert Visoiu / Campos Racing / Romania

9. Nabil Jeffri / Trident / Malaysia

10. Sergio Sette Camara / MP Motorsport / Brazil

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Formula 2 - MONACO - Free Practice - Times

FORMULA 2 - FREE PRACTICE - TIMES - MONACO

1. Charles Leclerc - 1:19.722 / PREMA Racing / Monaco

2. Sergio Canamasas - 1:19.861 / Trident / Spain

3. Oliver Rowland - 1:19.868 / DAMS / Great Britain

4. Norman Nato - 1:20.058 / Pertamina Arden / France

5. Alexander Albon - 1:20.366 / ART Grand Prix / Thailand

6. Luca Ghiotto - 1:20.515 / RUSSIAN TIME / Italy

7. Nyck de Vries - 1:20.530 / Rapax / Netherlands

8. Artem Markelov - 1:20.540 / RUSSIAN TIME / Russia

9. Nicholas Latifi - 1:20.866 / DAMS / Canada

10. Johnny Cecotto - 1:20.944 / Rapax / Venezuela

11. Jordan King - 1:21.013 / MP Motorsport / Great Britain

12. Sean Gelael - 1:21.099 / Pertamina Arden / Indonesia

13. Robert Visoiu - 1:21.103 / Campos Racing / Romania*

14. Nobuharu Matsushita - 1:21.123 / ART Grand Prix / Japan

15. Gustav Malja - 1:21.305 / Racing Engineering / Sweden

16. Antonio Fuoco - 1:21.791 / PREMA Racing / Italy

17. Louis Deletraz - 1:21.987 / Racing Engineering / Switzerland

18. Sergio Sette Camara - 1:22.064 / MP Motorsport / Brazil

19. Ralph Boschung - 1:22.111 / Campos Racing / Switzerland

20. Nabil Jeffri - 1:22.130 / Trident / Malaysia

* - Notes Robert Visoiu has joined Campos Racing for the remainder of the 2017 Season.

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Monaco GP: Circuit Preview

MONACO GP - CIRCUIT PREVIEW + 2016 STATS

Name: Circuit de Monaco

Location: Monte Carlo, Monaco

Opened: 1929

Length: 2.074 Miles

Capacity: 37,000

Runs: Clockwise

Turns: 19

Race Laps: 78

2016 STATS

Pole Position: Daniel Ricciardo

1st Place: Lewis Hamilton

2nd Place: Daniel Ricciardo

3rd Place: Sergio Perez

Retirements: Jolyon Palmer (Crash), Kimi Raikkonen (Car Damage), Daniil Kvyat (Collision/Electronics), Kevin Magnussen (Collision Damage), Max Verstappen (Crash), Felipe Nasr (Collision Damage) & Marcus Ericsson (Collision Damage)

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Monaco GP: Track Schedule

MONACO GP - TRACK SCHEDULE

May 24th / Wednesday

15:00 - Drivers Press Conference (Located in the Press Room)

May 25th / Thursday

10:00 - 11:30 - Free Practice #1

12:45 - 13:20 - ACM Laps (VIP)

14:00 - 15:30 - Free Practice #2

15:35 - Medical Exercise Simulation

15:40 - 15:50 - ACM Laps (VIP)

16:00 - 17:00 - Press Conference (Located in the Press Room)

16:55 - 17:10 - ACM Laps (VIP)

May 26th / Friday

09:05 - 09:25 - ACM Laps (VIP)

10:30 - 10:55 - ACM Laps (VIP)

13:00 - 13:30 - Renault Presentation (TBC)

13:00 - 13:30 - Pit-Lane Walk (F1 Experiences)

14:30 - F1 Drivers Autograph Session

May 27th / Saturday

07:40 - 08:40 - Paddock Club Pit-Lane Walk

08:00 - 08:45 - Team Pit-Stop Practice

09:40 - 10:20 - ACM Laps (VIP)

11:00 - 12:00 - Free Practice #3

12:05 - 13:20 - ACM Laps (VIP)

12:10 - 13:45 - Paddock Club Pit-Lane Walk

14:00 - 15:00 - Qualifying

15:00 - 15:35 - ACM Laps (VIP)

May 28th / Sunday

08:00 - 09:00 - Paddock Club Pit-Lane Walk

11:40 - 12:50 - ACM Laps (VIP)

11:45 - 13:15 - Paddock Club Pit-Lane Walk

12:30 - Drivers Track Parade

12:40 - Philipp Morris Bus Laps

12:45 - 13:15 - Starting Grid Presentation

13:46 - National Anthem

14:00 - 16:00 - Race 

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Monaco GP: Race - Re-Cap & Results

MONACO GRAND PRIX - RACE

Lewis Hamilton took his first race win of 2016 in a wet Monaco race. The Brit, who started the race in third, held off challenges from pole sitter Daniel Ricciardo to take victory on the streets of Monte Carlo.

    Rain in the morning and at the start of the race forced a safety car start, taking away any advantage or disadvantage Ricciardo may have had after qualifying on harder compound tyres.

    It did come to the advantage of Max Verstappen and Felipe Nasr, though, who started from the pit lane after a collision (Verstappen) and engine failure (Nasr) took them out of qualifying.

    Seven laps in and the safety car returned to the pits, only for Jolyon Palmer to bring out the virtual safety car later that lap after flying into the barriers.

    Green flags signalled for Ricciardo to pull away whilst Nico Rosberg behind him struggled to keep his team mate behind him.

    Further back, there was another retirement in the making as Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen hit the wall and pulled his front wing underneath him. The Finn tried to continue, after managing to disrupt both Felipe Massa and Romain Grosjean, but was forced to retire.

    The call came through to Rosberg to let his team mate past as the gap to Ricciardo grew to over ten seconds. Hamilton was allowed past and the Brit immediately set the fastest lap of the race, catching the pole sitter.

    After winning the Spanish grand prix, last wasn’t where Verstappen wanted to be. The teenager was slicing his way up through the field, already in the top ten twenty four laps in.

    The lap before, race leader Ricciardo made the switch from wet to intermediate tyres. Mercedes, after already pitting Rosberg, looked like they were going to follow Ricciardo’s lead with Hamilton, but the champion stayed out, inheriting the race lead.

    Ricciardo was flying on the new tyres, though, quickly catching up with Hamilton and his overheating tyres. The track was drying and, just seven laps after Ricciardo pitted for intermediates, the first driver – Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson – pitted for slick tyres.

    Hamilton skipped the intermediates, pitting for ultra-soft tyres thirty two laps into the race. Ricciardo followed him in but miscommunication between the pit wall and the mechanics meant there was no tyres ready for the Australian.

    Ricciardo returned to the track just behind Hamilton on super soft tyres and immediately set about taking back the race lead.

    The battle was paused briefly when Verstappen found himself in the barriers for the second time in as many days but the battle was back on as soon as the green flags returned.

    Ricciardo was desperate to get past Hamilton, pulling up to the side of him only for Hamilton to close the door and almost push the Red Bull into the wall. Whilst the Australian was clearly unhappy on the radio, there was no further action for the incident.

    Riccardo continued to keep Hamilton under pressure whilst, behind them, Fernando Alonso was under pressure from the championship leader. After starting on the front row of the grid, Rosberg was down in sixth, struggling to get past a slow Alonso whilst Nico Hülkenberg and Carlos Sainz caught up with them.

    At the back of the field, there was more drama. Sauber were running in the last but one and last but two positions, Ericsson behind Felipe Nasr after struggling to switch his tyres on. Nasr was given the call to allow his team mate past, but chose to ignore it given that he felt he could fight the cars ahead.

    Ericsson took matters into his own hands and attempted a risky move on Nasr that ended with the two of them colliding. The damage to the race was only a brief virtual safety car to clear up debris but both Sauber cars pitted to retire soon after.

    Fifty nine laps into the race, Rosberg finally managed to get past the McLaren, only to run across the chicane and have to give the place back. A lock up from the German allowed Hülkenberg to creep closer but he stayed behind the Mercedes.

    Up at the front, the gap between Hamilton and Ricciardo shortened and grew every lap, with Ricciardo locking up every time he was just close enough to Hamilton.

    As the rain began to speckle the streets of Monte Carlo once again, Ricciardo had to let go, Hamilton taking the race win. An almost anonymous drive for Perez put him on the third step of the podium whilst Vettel just missed out on the Champagne in fourth.

    The race was still on behind them. Alonso crossed the line in fifth whilst Hülkenberg tried a last minute attack, snatching sixth place from Rosberg on the finish line.

    Sainz, Jenson Button, and Felipe Massa completed the top ten.

RESULTS:

1. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain / + 25 Points
2. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER / Australia / + 18 Points
3. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico / + 15 Points
4. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany / + 12 Points
5. Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Honda / Spain / + 10 Points
6. Nico Hulkenberg / Force India-Mercedes / Germany / + 8 Points
7. Nico Rosberg / Mercedes-Mercedes / Germany / + 6 Points
8. Carlos Sainz / Toro Rosso-Ferrari / Spain / + 4 Points
9. Jenson Button / McLaren-Honda / Great Britain / + 2 Points
10. Felipe Massa / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil / + 1 Point
11. Esteban Gutierrez / Haas-Ferrari / Mexico
12. Valtteri Bottas / Williams-Mercedes / Finland*
13. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France
14. Pascal Wehrlein / Manor-Mercedes / Germany**
15. Rio Haryanto / Manor-Mercedes / Indonesia

RETIRED -  Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden / Collision Damage
RETIRED – Felipe Nasr / Sauber-Ferrari / Brazil / Collision Damage
RETIRED - Max Verstappen / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER / Netherlands / Crash
RETIRED - Kevin Magnussen / Renault-Renault / Denmark / Collision Damage
RETIRED - Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso-Ferrari / Russia / Collision Damage
RETIRED -  Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland / Crash
RETIRED - Jolyon Palmer / Renault-Renault / Great Britain / Crash

* - Bottas originally finished 11th but received a 10-Second-Time-Penalty after causing a collision with Gutierrez
** - Wehrlein received two separate 10-Second-Time-Penalties after ignoring blue flags during the race and also failing to stay above the minimum speed under the safety car.

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Edited By: Amy Hawk
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