2024 Monaco Grand Prix
Formula One motor race From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2024 Monaco Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2024) was a Formula One motor race held on 26 May 2024, at the Circuit de Monaco in Monaco. It was the eighth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Monégasque Charles Leclerc, his first victory since the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix and his first victory at home, ahead of Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz Jr., who completed the podium.
| 2024 Monaco Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 8 of 24 in the 2024 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Circuit de Monte Carlo, Monaco | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 26 May 2024 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2024 | ||||
| Location |
Circuit de Monaco La Condamine and Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||||
| Course | Street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 3.337 km (2.074 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 78 laps, 260.286 km (161.772 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||||
| Time | 1:10.270 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:14.165 on lap 63 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Ferrari | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
Leclerc became the first Monégasque driver since Louis Chiron in 1931 to win his home Grand Prix, as well as the first Monégasque driver to win the Monaco Grand Prix as a Formula One World Championship event.[2] The Grand Prix was also the first race of the Formula One World Championship to have the top ten drivers reach the chequered flag in the same order that they started the race.[3]
The event was held at the Circuit de Monaco in Monaco for the 81st time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 24–26 May.[4] The Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 70th running of the Monaco Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.[5]
Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 161 points, 48 points ahead of Charles Leclerc in second, and 54 ahead of his teammate Sergio Pérez in third. Red Bull Racing, with 267 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari and McLaren, who were second and third with 212 and 154 points, respectively.[6]
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[7]
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (the softest three in their range) designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.[8]
Three free practice sessions were held for the event.[1] The first free practice session was held on 24 May 2024, at 13:30 local time (UTC+2),[1] and was topped by Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes ahead of Oscar Piastri of McLaren and Hamilton's teammate George Russell. A brief red flag was observed when debris was scattered across turn 1 after the Sauber of Zhou Guanyu made contact with the wall.[9] The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 17:00 local time,[1] and was topped by Charles Leclerc of Ferrari ahead of Hamilton and Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin.[10] The third free practice session was held on 25 May 2024, at 12:30 local time,[1] and was topped by Leclerc ahead of Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing and Hamilton. A red flag was observed after the Sauber of Valtteri Bottas struck the wall at the swimming pool section, causing suspension damage.[11]
Qualifying was held on 25 May 2024, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2).[1]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
| 1 | 16 |  Charles Leclerc |
Ferrari | 1:11.584 | 1:10.825 | 1:10.270 | 1 |
| 2 | 81 |  Oscar Piastri |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:11.500 | 1:10.756 | 1:10.424 | 2 |
| 3 | 55 |  Carlos Sainz Jr. |
Ferrari | 1:11.543 | 1:11.075 | 1:10.518 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Lando Norris |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:11.760 | 1:10.732 | 1:10.542 | 4 |
| 5 | 63 | George Russell |
Mercedes | 1:11.492 | 1:10.929 | 1:10.543 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 |  Max Verstappen |
Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:11.711 | 1:10.745 | 1:10.567 | 6 |
| 7 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes | 1:11.528 | 1:11.056 | 1:10.621 | 7 |
| 8 | 22 |  Yuki Tsunoda |
RB-Honda RBPT | 1:11.852 | 1:11.106 | 1:10.858 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 |  Alexander Albon |
Williams-Mercedes | 1:11.623 | 1:11.216 | 1:10.948 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |  Pierre Gasly |
Alpine-Renault | 1:11.714 | 1:10.896 | 1:11.311 | 10 |
| 11 | 31 | Esteban Ocon |
Alpine-Renault | 1:11.887 | 1:11.285 | N/A | 11 |
| 12 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo |
RB-Honda RBPT | 1:11.785 | 1:11.482 | N/A | 12 |
| 13 | 18 |  Lance Stroll |
Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:11.728 | 1:11.563 | N/A | 13 |
| 14 | 14 | Fernando Alonso |
Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:12.019 | N/A | N/A | 14 |
| 15 | 2 |  Logan Sargeant |
Williams-Mercedes | 1:12.020 | N/A | N/A | 15 |
| 16 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez |
Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:12.060 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
| 17 | 77 |  Valtteri Bottas |
Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:12.512 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
| 18 | 24 |  Zhou Guanyu |
Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:13.028 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
| DSQ | 27 |  Nico Hülkenberg |
Haas-Ferrari | 1:11.876 | 1:11.440 | N/A | 191 |
| DSQ | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen |
Haas-Ferrari | 1:11.832 | 1:11.725 | N/A | 201 |
| 107% time: 1:16.496 | |||||||
| Source:[12][13] | |||||||
Notes
The race was held on 26 May 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2), and was run for 78 laps.[1]
The race was red-flagged on lap 1 after a crash between Sergio Pérez, Nico Hülkenberg and Kevin Magnussen, all of whom retired. Magnussen had brought his car into Pérez's line, which would see the two make contact. Hülkenberg tried to pass the crash, but his rear was struck by Pérez's car. Zhou Guanyu, who was behind the three drivers, slowed down to avoid crashing.[16] The crash resulted in heavy damage to the barriers and a large amount of debris being spread across the first corners.[2] Red Bull estimated a £2.5-3 million cost to repair Pérez's car.[17] Meanwhile, Leclerc's teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. picked up a puncture after contact with second-placed Oscar Piastri and dropped down to sixteenth, running wide into the casino corner, and as the Alpines exited Portier, Esteban Ocon squeezed himself into the path of Pierre Gasly, pitching the former's car upward. Ocon, who admitted responsibility for the incident, retired during the red flag period. The stewards investigated the Magnussen and Ocon incidents; deeming the former to be a racing incident, while the latter would later be given a five-place grid penalty for the following Canadian Grand Prix.[18] Sainz, who was running in sixteenth, benefitted from the red flag facilitating a grid reset, as Zhou had not passed the first timing sector before the race was suspended.[16]
Leclerc kept the lead following the restart to win the race ahead of Piastri, who scored his first podium of the season for McLaren, Sainz, and Lando Norris. This was Leclerc's first race win since the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix, and Ferrari's first Monaco Grand Prix victory since Sebastian Vettel took the win in 2017. Leclerc became the first Monégasque driver since Louis Chiron in 1931 to win his home Grand Prix, and the first to win it as a Formula One World Championship event.[2]
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