#F1: @LandoNorris scores fifth-career victory at #MonacoGP.
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Norris Monaco GP Victory – McLaren’s Lando Norris took his fifth-victory of his Formula 1-career at the Monaco GP ahead of home favourite Charles Leclerc who crossed the line second whilst Oscar Piastri completed the top three in the other MCL39 entry.
The victory for Norris sees his gap to team-mate and World Driver’s Championship leader Piastri close down to just three points as the sport heads to Barcelona next weekend for the final race of the European triple header and the second triple header of the 2025 campaign comes to a close.
When the 78-lap Monaco GP began, pole-sitter Norris got an equal good away with Leclerc into St. Devote but suffered a massive lock-up and managed to keep the lead.
Behind them Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto suffered a crash into the wall just after Portier.
A VSC was deployed as a result of Bortoleto’s shunt as a handful of drivers came in to box including Tsunoda, Gasly, Bearman and Bortoleto.
Replays showed Bortoleto was pushed into the wall by Mercedes’ Andrea Kimi Antonelli as the latter made his way past the Brazilian.
When the VSC ended, Norris lead the field away and by the beginning of the sixth tour, the Briton’s gap was at 0.853 seconds over Leclerc with Piastri third, Verstappen fourth, Hadjar fifth, Alonso sixth, Hamilton seventh, Ocon eighth, Lawson ninth as Albon completed the top ten runners.
On the seventh tour, Leclerc was starting to cool his tyres as his gap to race leader Norris with the lead up to 1.672 seconds.
On the ninth tour the yellow flags were brought out after Alpine’s Pierre Gasly suffered a crash at the Nouvelle Chicane after running into the back of Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda as the Frenchman’s A525 just had front left wheel hanging on and almost collided with team-mate Franco Colapinto.
The Frenchman was the first retiree of the Grand Prix.
The pit-lane was closed as the Alpine team were trying to clear the A525 out of the way and it was cleared by the 12th tour.
Norris’s lead over Leclerc was at 1.025 seconds with fourth-placed Verstappen right on the tail of third-placed Piastri.
The incident involving Tsunoda and Gasly was under investigation by the stewards.
Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg was the next to pit and put on his fresh set of hards to emerged at the rear behind team-mate Bortoleto.
Colapinto was next to pit for his set of the C4 harder compounds and came out behind Hulkenberg.
In the battle for third, Verstappen had a look on the inside of Piastri after the exit of the Nouvelle chicane but the Australian covered the Red Bull as they ran down towards Tabac.
Hadjar was next to stop from fifth for a fresh set of softs and came out in eighth place behind Ocon.
On lap 16, Norris’s lead over Leclerc was sitting at 2.920 seconds with Piastri third, Verstappen fourth and Hamilton up into fifth as Alonso and Ocon both pitted and the two emerged in seventh and eighth respectively.
Alonso put on another set of hards as Ocon switched to mediums.
On lap 19, fifth-placed Hamilton was told to box and the Briton put on another set of the hards and the Ferrari overcut both Hadjar and Alonso to be back into fifth.
The next tour, Norris was told to box, and the race leader came in for a fresh set of the mediums as Hadjar was told to box after his short soft tyre stint. Norris emerged in fourth as Hadjar rejoined in eighth.
Piastri was told to box next to undercut Leclerc who remained out and the Australian came out on his fresh set of hards and behind his team-mate who was in a net first place.
On the 22nd tour Leclerc was ordered to box and came in for a fresh set of hards and got a solid two second stop and emerged in second behind net-leader Norris (second) with Verstappen who was out in-front still yet to stop.
Verstappen’s gap to Norris was at 10:640 seconds with Norris second, Leclerc third, Piastri fourth as the latter was told to try and keep up with Leclerc if he can.
Further down the field on the 27th lap, Russell was frustrated, as Sainz slowed – he was creating a gap for Albon ahead. More team shenanigans being played out there.
Out-front, Verstappen had put his foot down and was now just 18 second ahead of Piastri – virtually ahead then, unless the McLaren driver can close the gap before Verstappen pits.
Both Bortoleto and Colapinto pitted for their second stop and emerged at the rear.
Verstappen then finally made his stop on the 29th tour and came out in fourth place behind Piastri as the former emerged on medium rubber.
Ocon then made his second stop from seventh and came out in tenth behind Albon.
On lap 30, Norris’s lead over Leclerc was at 4.597 seconds with Piastri third, Verstappen fourth, Hamilton fifth, Alonso sixth, both RB’s of Hadjar and Lawson seventh and eighth respectively whilst Albon and Ocon rounded out the top ten runners.
Race leader Norris and Leclerc were trying to manage their way through traffic as the latter said over the radio that this was a joke.
On lap 33, Albon pitted for a set of used mediums and came out in tenth place behind Lawson.
Fifth-placed Hamilton had a free pit-stop during this stage of proceedings with Alonso 29 seconds behind in sixth place.
On lap 38, Alonso suffered a power-unit failure and parked at La Rascasse as the Spaniard became the second retiree of the race.
At half race distance, Norris’s lead over Leclerc was sitting at 5.465 seconds with Piastri third, Verstappen fourth, Hamilton fifth, Hadjar sixth, Ocon seventh, Lawson eighth, Albon ninth as Sainz completed the top ten.
On lap 42, both Lawson and Albon pitted and came out in-front of Sainz who had a massive train of cars behind including Russell, Antonelli, Tsunoda, Hulkenberg, Stroll and Bearman.
On the 44th lap, Williams switched Albon who pitted for fresh tyres with Sainz who was still yet to pit to build a big enough gap for the Spaniard to make his pit-stop.
Replays showed third-placed Piastri make a huge slide out of St. Devote and tapped the wall with his rear-left tyre and was lucky to not receive any damage.
No rest for the drivers up front – Norris needed to keep pushing to ensure he had a gap to pit into. The Briton was on the hard tyre at this stage of proceedings, which was working well for him. He was about to catch the train lead by Albon, so the McLaren driver was going to have to start weaving his way through the traffic.
On the 49th tour, third placed Piastri pitted for another set of hard and came out in fourth place behind Verstappen as the latter was told over the radio to push to the max.
Second placed Leclerc then pitted on the 50th lap and came out in third place behind Verstappen who was still needed to pit to fulfil the mandatory second pit-stop.
Race leader Norris then pitted for another set of hards and came out in second behind Verstappen.
On lap 51, Russell overtook Albon at the Nouvelle Chicane, but the Mercedes driver done so by cutting across the chicane. Which was under investigation by the stewards. Russell was told to give the pace back – and he retorts, saying he will take the penalty.
Russell was then given a drive through penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage a lap later as a result of the incident.
His team-mate Antonelli also done the same thing to Albon as Russell done at the Nouvelle Chicane, but the Italian handed the place back to the Williams driver.
Ninth-placed Sainz pitted on lap 56 as Russell served his drive through penalty and both remained in ninth and tenth respectively.
On lap 57, fifth placed Hamilton stopped for the last time and for a scrub set of mediums and emerged clear in the same position with a huge gap to sixth-placed Hadjar.
With 20 laps remaining, Verstappen who was yet to stop for the second time had a lead over Norris sitting at 1.109 seconds with Leclerc right behind the McLaren in third, Piastri fourth, Hamilton fifth, Hadjar sixth, Ocon seventh, Lawson eighth, Sainz ninth as Russell who has not pit rounding out the top ten.
The second-time yet-to-pit Verstappen was backing up Norris into Leclerc as the latter had DRS on the McLaren and the former would come out in fourth either way.
On lap 62, from Hadjar down the field has been lapped, Sainz in P9 had been lapped twice. Speaking of Williams, they want to swap their cars back around at the end – but had Russell stuck in between them at this stage of proceedings.
On the 63rd tour, Norris was struggling in the dirty air behind Verstappen, so the McLaren driver dropped back to the tune of two seconds. But Leclerc was hanging on by his finger nails – just seven tenths back on the lead MCL39 entry. And suddenly Piastri who was seven seconds back was just three seconds adrift of the top three.
If Verstappen does not serve his second and final stop, he would be hit with a 30-second time penalty. But he is 51s ahead of Hamilton in fifth, so he is fourth whether he stops or not as Russell boxed for the first time (for a set of mediums) and emerged in 11th place behind Albon.
On the 66th tour, for Verstappen – unless there is a reason you cannot pit, such as the pit entry being closed, you would be disqualified. So Verstappen needed to pit, rather than accept a 30 second penalty. The Dutchman still lead, by 2.5 seconds from Norris and Leclerc was still behind the McLaren in the DRZ zone. Further back, Williams swapped their drivers.
With ten laps remaining, Verstappen’s (yet-to-pit one more time) lead was at 1.322 seconds over Norris (net first) with Leclerc right behind in third, Piastri fourth, Hamilton fifth, Hadjar sixth, Ocon seventh, Lawson eighth, Albon and Sainz rounding out the top ten for Williams.
Verstappen’s mediums were 41 laps old and were graining heavily. The Dutchman was not happy about his front left tyre. But further back, Norris was asking where his team mate was. “Where is Oscar, I need him to put Charles under pressure,” Norris said. Piastri was now 1.9 seconds back.
Russell then made his final stop and came out just in-front of team-mate Antonelli who had not pitted at all yet with six tours remaining.
Antonelli then pitted for a set of mediums and fell to the back of the field with one more stop needed for the Italian.
With five tours remaining, Leclerc was still right on the back of Norris as Piastri gets into DRS range of the Ferrari so Leclerc could not afford to make any mistakes otherwise the second McLaren could find his way through.
Verstappen remained in the lead with four laps left, but the Dutchman would drop to fourth when he pits a second time. Which means Norris is on for the victory – assuming he could keep Leclerc behind. Which he was doing so far, despite the home favourite doing everything he could to get ahead. Antonelli pitted a second time, leaving just the Red Bull boys yet to pit.
Verstappen was told to pit on the final tour as he releases Norris into the lead and the Dutchman emerged in fourth.
Norris crossed the line to take the Monaco GP victory by 3.131 seconds over home favourite Leclerc as Piastri completed the top three.
Verstappen followed in fourth and in-front of Hamilton who settled for fifth, Hadjar who placed sixth and Ocon who reached the chequered flag seventh for Haas.
Lawson was eighth in the other RB as Williams pairing Albon and Sainz completed the top ten.
2025 Monaco GP – The Top Three
2025 Monaco GP Winner – Lando Norris, #4, McLaren Formula 1 Team-Mercedes, MCL39 – (25 Points):
“It feels amazing. It’s a long race, a long, gruelling race. We could push for the whole race, and we won in Monaco! An amazing weekend with pole, with today. This is what we dream of this is what I did dream of as a kid. The worst bit was the end, I felt under control the whole race, but Max was backing it up a little bit and I had to manage it, back off Max and push when I needed to. We are going to have a wonderful night!”
2nd Place – Charles Leclerc, #16, Scuderia Ferrari, SF-25 – +3.131s – (18 Points):
“At the end of the day, we lost the race yesterday. We should have done a better job, Lando did a better job, and he deserves the win. It is above our expectations here, I thought we would struggle to be in the top 10 so it has been a good weekend. But I wish I’d won. Being born here, seeing all the Monegasque behind me is very special. It warms my heart to be at home and have so much support.”
3rd Place – Oscar Piastri, #81, McLaren Formula 1 Team-Mercedes, MCL39 – +3.658s – (15 Points):
“Obviously the win would have been better, but it has been a tricky weekend. Practice was messy all the way through, I got into Qualifying with not a lot of confidence. I got close but not close enough, and you run around here where you started. A podium in Monaco – it’s not all bad. The margins are so fine, if this is a bad weekend, then it is not going too badly at all.”
Formula 1 Tag Heuer Grand Prix De Monaco 2025 Race Results Classification (78 Laps)
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/retired | Pts |
| 1 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 78 | 1:40:33.843 | 25 |
| 2 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 78 | +3.131s | 18 |
| 3 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren Mercedes | 78 | +3.658s | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 78 | +20.572s | 12 |
| 5 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 78 | +51.387s | 10 |
| 6 | 6 | Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls Honda RBPT | 77 | +1 lap | 8 |
| 7 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Haas Ferrari | 77 | +1 lap | 6 |
| 8 | 30 | Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls Honda RBPT | 77 | +1 lap | 4 |
| 9 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams Mercedes | 76 | +2 laps | 2 |
| 10 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Williams Mercedes | 76 | +2 laps | 1 |
| 11 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 76 | +2 laps | |
| 12 | 87 | Oliver Bearman | Haas Ferrari | 76 | +2 laps | |
| 13 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Alpine Renault | 76 | +2 laps | |
| 14 | 5 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 76 | +2 laps | |
| 15 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 76 | +2 laps | |
| 16 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 76 | +2 laps | |
| 17 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 76 | +2 laps | |
| 18 | 12 | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 75 | +3 laps | |
| NC | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 36 | DNF | |
| NC | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine Renault | 7 | DNF | |
| * Provisional results. | ||||||
https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2025/races/1261/monaco/race-result
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