The 2019 Monaco Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2019)[1] 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.
Background[]
| 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 |
| Source[2] | |||||||
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.[3]
Haas and Alfa Romeo were also confirmed to run their second-spec engines, after only Ferrari used it at the previous race in Spain.[4]
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."[5]
The race also marks Kimi Räikkönen's 300th race entry.[6]
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
| No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
|
 Renault
|
1:13.413 | 11 | 1:12.888 | 17 | 1:12.519 | 12 | |||||
| 4 |  Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Renault
|
1:14.278 | 15 | 1:12.393 | 12 | 1:12.914 | 16 | |||||
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
|
 Ferrari
|
1:12.823 | 5 | 1:11.881 | 3 | 1:12.583 | 14 | |||||
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
|
 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:13.363 | 9 | 1:12.342 | 9 | 1:12.308 | 9 | |||||
| 8 | Romain Grosjean
|
 Haas-Ferrari
|
1:13.379 | 10 | 1:12.392 | 11 | 1:12.566 | 13 | |||||
| 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
 Red Bull-Honda
|
1:13.170 | 6 | 1:11.938 | 4 | 1:11.738 | 5 | |||||
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
|
Racing Point-Mercedes
|
1:14.566 | 16 | 1:12.752 | 15 | 1:13.232 | 17 | |||||
| 16 |  Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
1:12.467 | 4 | 1:12.350 | 10 | 1:11.265 | 1 | |||||
| 18 |  Lance Stroll
|
Racing Point-Mercedes
|
1:16.135 | 19 | 1:14.558 | 18 | 1:13.622 | 18 | |||||
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
1:13.232 | 8 | 1:12.174 | 7 | 1:12.270 | 8 | |||||
| 23 |  Alexander Albon
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
1:13.827 | 14 | 1:12.031 | 5 | 1:12.338 | 10 | |||||
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
1:13.731 | 13 | 1:12.577 | 14 | 1:12.194 | 7 | |||||
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
|
Renault
|
1:13.227 | 7 | 1:12.872 | 16 | 1:12.489 | 11 | |||||
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull-Honda
|
1:12.165 | 2 | 1:12.052 | 6 | 1:11.539 | 4 | |||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
1:12.106 | 1 | 1:11.118 | 1 | 1:11.478 | 3 | |||||
| 55 |  Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
McLaren-Renault
|
2:00.670 | 20 | 1:12.419 | 13 | 1:12.862 | 15 | |||||
| 63 | George Russell
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:15.115 | 17 | 1:15.052 | 19 | 1:14.305 | 20 | |||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes
|
1:12.178 | 3 | 1:11.199 | 2 | 1:11.318 | 2 | |||||
| 88 |  Robert Kubica
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:15.514 | 18 | 1:15.146 | 20 | 1:14.086 | 19 | |||||
| 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:13.437 | 12 | 1:12.239 | 8 | 1:12.170 | 6 | |||||
| Source: [7][8][9] | |||||||||||||
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
2 | 1:11.542 | 3 | 1:10.835 | 1 | 1:10.166 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes
|
3 | 1:11.562 | 2 | 1:10.701 | 2 | 1:10.252 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 33 | Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull-Honda
|
4 | 1:11.597 | 1 | 1:10.618 | 3 | 1:10.641 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Ferrari
|
1 | 1:11.434 | 4 | 1:11.227 | 4 | 1:10.947 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
Red Bull-Honda
|
6 | 1:11.740 | 8 | 1:11.457 | 5 | 1:11.041 | 8* | |||
| 6 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
10 | 1:11.865 | 5 | 1:11.363 | 6 | 1:11.109 | 5 | |||
| 7 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
|
Renault
|
7 | 1:11.767 | 9 | 1:11.543 | 7 | 1:11.218 | 6 | |||
| 8 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
5 | 1:11.602 | 6 | 1:11.412 | 8 | 1:11.271 | 7 | |||
| 9 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
McLaren-Renault
|
11 | 1:11.872 | 10 | 1:11.608 | 9 | 1:11.417 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 23 | Alexander Albon
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
14 | 1:12.007 | 7 | 1:11.429 | 10 | 1:11.653 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
|
Renault
|
15 | 1:12.097 | 11 | 1:11.670 | 11 | |||||
| 12 | 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Renault
|
9 | 1:11.845 | 12 | 1:11.724 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
8 | 1:11.837 | 13 | 1:12.027 | 13 | |||||
| 14 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
13 | 1:11.993 | 14 | 1:12.115 | 14 | |||||
| 15 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
12 | 1:11.976 | 15 | 1:12.185 | 18† | |||||
| 16 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
16 | 1:12.149 | 15 | |||||||
| 17 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
|
Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
|
17 | 1:12.233 | 16 | |||||||
| 18 | 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
|
18 | 1:12.846 | 17 | |||||||
| 19 | 63 | George Russell
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
19 | 1:13.477 | 19 | |||||||
| 20 | 88 | Robert Kubica
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
20 | 1:13.751 | 20 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:16.434 | |||||||||||||
| Source: [10] | |||||||||||||
- * Gasly was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Grosjean in Q2.[11]
- † Giovinazzi was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Hülkenberg in Q1.[11]
Grid[]
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
- * Verstappen originally finished second, but was given a five-second time penalty for an unsafe pit-stop release.[12]
- † 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.[12]
- § Magnussen originally finished twelfth, but was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.[12]
- ** Stroll was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.[12]
- †† Giovinazzi was given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Kubica.[13]
Milestones[]
- Kimi Räikkönen's 300th entry (298th start).
- Sebastian Vettel's 225th start (226th entry).
- Valtteri Bottas' 125th entry (124th start).
- Mercedes equals Ferrari, McLaren and Williams' record of most front-row lockouts, scoring sixty-two overall.
- Toro Rosso's first double points finish since the 2017 Spanish Grand Prix.
Standings after race[]
Notes[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2019". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2019/Monaco.html. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Monaco Grand Prix – Selected sets per driver". Pirelli. 14 May 2019. https://press.pirelli.com/2019-monaco-grand-prix--selected-sets-per-driver/. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ↑ "Niki Lauda tributes on display in Monaco". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 23 May 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.gallery-niki-lauda-tributes-on-display-in-monaco.26qQbS9ZXcePq1sOzykx1F.html. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ↑ "Haas and Alfa Romeo to run Ferrari power unit upgrade in Monaco". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 22 May 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.haas-and-alfa-romeo-to-run-ferrari-power-unit-upgrade-in-monaco.3VwREYGpHU3u2GG2hg3yCH.html. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ↑ "Leclerc planning to ‘give it everything’ to win home race". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 22 May 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.leclerc-set-to-give-it-everything-to-win-home-race.4sqWulz3ervxwEceIhUHvz.html. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ↑ "Raikkonen at 300: Break for rallying key to long F1 career". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 22 May 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.raikkonen-at-300-break-for-rallying-key-to-long-f1-career.6eqFjIcOxWnFpslIpAaPtZ.html. Retrieved 23 May 2019.}}
- ↑ "2019 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 23 May 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1005/monaco/practice-1.html. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 23 May 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1005/monaco/practice-2.html. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 25 May 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1005/monaco/practice-3.html. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 25 May 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1005/monaco/qualifying.html. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Gasly and Giovinazzi post-qualifying penalties shake up Monaco grid". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 25 May 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.gasly-and-giovinazzi-post-qualifying-penalties-shake-up-monaco-grid.1P09GVB2CmnZgCnKwJdCOP.html. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 "Monaco Grand Prix 2019 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 26 May 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1005/monaco/race-result.html. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 45". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 26 May 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/81493/download. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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