2019 Monaco Grand Prix

The 2019 Monaco Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2019) was the sixth race of the 2019 Formula One season, and the sixty-sixth time the Monaco Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar. It was held between 23 May and 26 May 2019.
In qualifying, after Charles Leclerc got knocked out of Q1 due to not going out at the end of the session, Lewis Hamilton took pole position, scoring his eighty-fifth pole overall. Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen qualified second and third respectively.
In the race, Hamilton got a good start, while Bottas was able to keep ahead at the first corner after Verstappen took a better start than him. On lap 9, Leclerc made contact with the wall at Turn 16 and collided with Nico Hülkenberg, soon puncturing the former's right-rear tyre and leaving debris across the track as he spent a whole lap getting back to the pits. The debris resulted in the safety car being deployed on lap 11, thus giving Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel the opportunity to pit at the end of the lap. However, Verstappen was released into the path of Bottas, and made contact with him before getting ahead at the end of the pit lane. Bottas was forced to take a second pit stop at the end of the next lap, therefore dropping him behind Vettel. The safety car came in at the end of lap 14, not long before the track was temporarily blocked at the start of lap 16 when Antonio Giovinazzi made contact with Robert Kubica at Turn 16, though the two drivers were able to get going again. In the closing stages, Hamilton already started to lose grip as his tyres degraded, allowing Verstappen to close in on him. However, Verstappen could not find a way past, and Hamilton held him off to take his seventy-seventh victory. With a five-second time penalty for his unsafe release and colliding with Bottas in the pits, Verstappen dropped to fourth, allowing Vettel and Bottas to take second and third place respectively.
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==Background==
Driver tyre allocations
Driver 	Hard 	Med 	Soft 	Driver 	Hard 	Med 	Soft
Hamilton 	1 	2 	10 	Bottas 	1 	2 	10
Vettel 	1 	1 	11 	Leclerc 	1 	1 	11
Verstappen	1 	1 	11 	Gasly 	1 	1 	11
Ricciardo 	2 	1 	10 	Hülkenberg	1 	2 	10
Magnussen 	2 	1 	10 	Grosjean 	1 	2 	10
Sainz 	1 	2 	10 	Norris 	1 	2 	10
Pérez 	2 	2 	9 	Stroll 	2 	2 	9
Räikkönen 	1 	2 	10 	Giovinazzi	1 	2 	10
Kvyat 	1 	2 	10 	Albon 	1 	2 	10
Russell 	1 	3 	9 	Kubica 	1 	3 	9
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Drivers and teams used liveries on their cars as a dedication to Niki Lauda, after he passed away earlier in the week on 20 May.
 and were also confirmed to run their second-spec engines, after only used it at the previous race in Spain.
Charles Leclerc stated that he would be determined to take his first win at his home race: "A home Grand Prix is always a very special weekend, and even more this weekend, obviously, coming here in full red with Ferrari, with also a chance to have a very good result, so we'll push. It's a huge honour for me to be driving on these streets. It's actually pretty weird, because these are the same streets... I took in the bus to go to school when I was five or six years old. So now to take them in a Formula 1 car feels special. Obviously we've had a difficult start to season. The low speed corners weren't great in Barcelona but normally Monaco is pretty different. We'll try to turn the things around. It's not going to be easy but we'll give it everything. I think during testing, we understood a few things – not enough to be at the level of Mercedes [but] I think we gained a little bit of time. Not enough, we need to keep working, we need to try and understand what's the main issue. But the engineers are working on that."
The race also marks Kimi Räikkönen's 300th race entry.}}
==Entry list==
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model 	Tyre
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	W10 	 	M10 EQ Power+	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	W10 	 	M10 EQ Power+	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow 	 	SF90 	 	064 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow 	 	SF90 	 	064 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	 	RB15 	 	RA619H 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	 	RB15 	 	RA619H 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Renault F1 Team 	 	RS19 	 	E-Tech 19 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Renault F1 Team 	 	RS19 	 	E-Tech 19 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-19 	 	064 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-19 	 	064 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL34 	 	E-Tech 19 	
4 	Lando Norris 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL34 	 	E-Tech 19 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team 	 	RP19 	BWT 	M10 EQ Power+	
18 	Lance Stroll 	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team 	 	RP19 	BWT 	M10 EQ Power+	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Alfa Romeo Racing 	 	C38 	 	064 	
99 	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing 	 	C38 	 	064 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda] 	 	STR14 	 	RA619H 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda] 	 	STR14 	 	RA619H 	
63 	George Russell 	ROKiT Williams Racing 	 	FW42 	 	M10 EQ Power+	
88 	Robert Kubica 	ROKiT Williams Racing 	 	FW42 	 	M10 EQ Power+	
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==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:13.413	11 	1:12.888	17 	1:12.519	12 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Lando Norris 	 	1:14.278	15 	1:12.393	12 	1:12.914	16 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:12.823	5 	1:11.881	3 	1:12.583	14 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:13.363	9 	1:12.342	9 	1:12.308	9 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:13.379	10 	1:12.392	11 	1:12.566	13 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:13.170	6 	1:11.938	4 	1:11.738	5 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:14.566	16 	1:12.752	15 	1:13.232	17 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:12.467	4 	1:12.350	10 	1:11.265	1 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:16.135	19 	1:14.558	18 	1:13.622	18 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:13.232	8 	1:12.174	7 	1:12.270	8 	 	 	 	 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	 	1:13.827	14 	1:12.031	5 	1:12.338	10 	 	 	 	 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:13.731	13 	1:12.577	14 	1:12.194	7 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:13.227	7 	1:12.872	16 	1:12.489	11 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:12.165	2 	1:12.052	6 	1:11.539	4 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:12.106	1 	1:11.118	1 	1:11.478	3 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	2:00.670	20 	1:12.419	13 	1:12.862	15 	 	 	 	 	
63 	George Russell 	 	1:15.115	17 	1:15.052	19 	1:14.305	20 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:12.178	3 	1:11.199	2 	1:11.318	2 	 	 	 	 	
88 	Robert Kubica 	 	1:15.514	18 	1:15.146	20 	1:14.086	19 	 	 	 	 	
99 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	1:13.437	12 	1:12.239	8 	1:12.170	6 	 	 	 	 	
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==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	Grid
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	2 	1:11.542 	 	3 	1:10.835 	 	1 	1:10.166 	1
2 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	3 	1:11.562 	 	2 	1:10.701 	 	2 	1:10.252 	2
3 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	4 	1:11.597 	 	1 	1:10.618 	 	3 	1:10.641 	3
4 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	1 	1:11.434 	 	4 	1:11.227 	 	4 	1:10.947 	4
5 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	6 	1:11.740 	 	8 	1:11.457 	 	5 	1:11.041 	8*
6 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	10 	1:11.865 	 	5 	1:11.363 	 	6 	1:11.109 	5
7 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	7 	1:11.767 	 	9 	1:11.543 	 	7 	1:11.218 	6
8 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	5 	1:11.602 	 	6 	1:11.412 	 	8 	1:11.271 	7
9 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	11 	1:11.872 	 	10 	1:11.608 	 	9 	1:11.417 	9
10 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	 	14 	1:12.007 	 	7 	1:11.429 	 	10 	1:11.653 	10
11 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	15 	1:12.097 	 	11 	1:11.670 	 	 	 	11
12 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	 	9 	1:11.845 	 	12 	1:11.724 	 	 	 	12
13 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	8 	1:11.837 	 	13 	1:12.027 	 	 	 	13
14 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	13 	1:11.993 	 	14 	1:12.115 	 	 	 	14
15 	99 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	 	 	12 	1:11.976 	 	15 	1:12.185 	 	 	 	18†
16 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	 	16 	1:12.149 	 	 	 	 	 	 	15
17 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	17 	1:12.233 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
18 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	18 	1:12.846 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
19 	63 	George Russell 	 	 	19 	1:13.477 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	88 	Robert Kubica 	 	 	20 	1:13.751 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
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** Gasly was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Grosjean in Q2.
*† Giovinazzi was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Hülkenberg in Q1.
===Grid===
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	78 	1h 43m 28.437s 	1 	25
2 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	78 	+2.602s 	4 	18
3 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	78 	+3.162s 	2 	15
4 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	78 	+5.537s* 	3 	12
5 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	78 	+9.946s 	8 	11†
6 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	78 	+53.454s 	9 	8
7 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	78 	+54.574s 	7 	6
8 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	78 	+55.200s 	10 	4
9 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	78 	+60.894s 	6 	2
10 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	78 	+61.034s‡ 	13 	1
11 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	78 	+66.801s 	12 	
12 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	77 	+1 Lap 	16 	
13 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	77 	+1 Lap 	11 	
14 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	77 	+1 Lap§ 	5 	
15 	63 	George Russell 	 	77 	+1 Lap 	19 	
16 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	77 	+1 Lap** 	17 	
17 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	77 	+1 Lap 	14 	
18 	88 	Robert Kubica 	 	77 	+1 Lap 	20 	
19 	99 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	76 	+2 Laps†† 	18 	
Ret 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	16 	Collision damage	15 	
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** Verstappen originally finished second, but was given a five-second time penalty for an unsafe pit-stop release.
*† 10 points for fifth place and 1 point for the fastest lap.
*‡ Grosjean originally finished ninth, but was given a five-second time penalty for crossing the pit exit line.
*§ Magnussen originally finished twelfth, but was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
*** Stroll was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
*†† Giovinazzi was given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Kubica.
==Milestones==
*Kimi Räikkönen's 300th entry (298th start).
*Sebastian Vettel's 225th start (226th entry).
*Valtteri Bottas' 125th entry (124th start).
* equals , and ' record of most front-row lockouts, scoring sixty-two overall.
* Toro Rosso's first double points finish since the 2017 Spanish Grand Prix.
==Standings==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	137 	
2 	Valtteri Bottas 	120 	
3 	Sebastian Vettel 	82 	1
4 	Max Verstappen 	78 	1
5 	Charles Leclerc 	57 	
6 	Pierre Gasly 	32 	
7 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	18 	4
8 	Kevin Magnussen 	14 	1
9 	Sergio Pérez 	13 	1
10 	Kimi Räikkönen 	13 	1
11 	Lando Norris 	12 	1
12 	Daniil Kvyat 	9 	4
13 	Daniel Ricciardo 	8 	1
14 	Alexander Albon 	7 	1
15 	Nico Hülkenberg 	6 	2
16 	Lance Stroll 	4 	2
17 	Romain Grosjean 	2 	
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	257 	
2 	 	139 	
3 	 	110 	
4 	 	30 	
5 	 	17 	
6 	 	16 	3
7 	 	16 	1
8 	 	14 	
9 	 	13 	2
Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
==Notes==
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