2021 Monaco Grand Prix

2021 Monaco Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	May 23, 2021
Race Number	1040
Official Name	Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2021
Location	Circuit de Monaco Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Course	Temporary street circuit 3.337 km (2.074 mi)
Distance	78 laps, 260.286 km (161.734 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Charles Leclerc Ferrari
Time	1:10.346
Fastest Lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:12.909 on lap 69
Podium
First	Max Verstappen
Second	Carlos Sainz, Jr.
Third	Lando Norris
Lap Leaders

The 2021 Monaco Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2021) was the fifth race of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte-Carlo, Monaco between May 20 and May 23 2021.

Charles Leclerc took pole position in his home race, but was unable to start after his car encountered a driveshaft failure, leaving Max Verstappen to dominate and win the race, leading the drivers championship for the first time in his career. Carlos Sainz, Jr. and Lando Norris joined Verstappen on the podium, as Mercedes had a struggling weekend; Lewis Hamilton qualifying in 7^th and unable to progress but set the fastest lap as a compensation, with Valtteri Bottas retiring after a wheel gun failure caused a wheel to unable to be detached. Sebastian Vettel took home his first points of the season in 5^th.

Background

The previous season's Monaco Grand Prix was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking it the first time since 1954 that Monaco wasn't raced as a world championship event. On the provisional calendar released on November 10, 2020, the Monaco Grand Prix has since been reinstated on the calendar, with the Historic Grand Prix and the Formula E events having took place, the latter sports event using the full course for the first time.

Heading into the fifth round Lewis Hamilton led Max Verstappen in the Drivers' Championship standings by 14 points, with both having their best starts to their own seasons.

Ahead of the race weekend it was announced that McLaren would be running a one-off Gulf-themed livery for the race, reminiscent of the McLaren F1 GTR that raced in the same livery in the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the livery used in the Le Mans-winning Fords in the 1960s. It was also confirmed that driver Lando Norris had signed a multi-year contract remaining with the team. Williams also ran a special livery to commemorate their 750^th race entry.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL35M	Mercedes	M12 1.6 V6t	P
4	Lando Norris	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL35M	Mercedes	M12 1.6 V6t	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR21	Mercedes	M12 1.6 V6t	P
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams Racing	Williams	FW43B	Mercedes	M12 1.6 V6t	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	Alfa Romeo	C41	Ferrari	065/6 1.6 V6t	P
9	Nikita Mazepin	Uralkali Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-21	Ferrari	065/6 1.6 V6t	P
10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	AlphaTauri	AT02	Honda	RA621H 1.6 V6t	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB16B	Honda	RA621H 1.6 V6t	P
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A521	Renault	E-Tech 21 1.6 V6t	P
16	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF21	Ferrari	065/6 1.6 V6t	P
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR21	Mercedes	M12 1.6 V6t	P
22	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	AlphaTauri	AT02	Honda	RA621H 1.6 V6t	P
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A521	Renault	E-Tech 21 1.6 V6t	P
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB16B	Honda	RA621H 1.6 V6t	P
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	F1 W12	Mercedes	M12 1.6 V6t	P
47	Mick Schumacher	Uralkali Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-21	Ferrari	065/6 1.6 V6t	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF21	Ferrari	065/6 1.6 V6t	P
63	George Russell	Williams Racing	Williams	FW43B	Mercedes	M12 1.6 V6t	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	F1 W12	Mercedes	M12 1.6 V6t	P
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	Alfa Romeo	C41	Ferrari	065/6 1.6 V6t	P
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Practice Overview

Practice Results

The full practice results for the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix are outlined below:

No.	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.281	15	1:13.257	15	1:12.959	13
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:13.236	7	1:12.379	6	1:11.988	6
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:13.732	8	1:12.982	10	1:12.537	10
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:14.268	14	1:13.593	17	1:13.475	18
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:14.081	10	1:13.065	11	1:12.298	8
9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	1:14.616	17	1:14.407	18	1:13.390	16
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:12.929	4	1:12.498	7	1:12.357	9
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:12.487	1	1:12.708	8	1:11.817	5
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:14.205	13	1:13.175	12	1:13.329	15
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:19.618	20	1:11.684	1	1:11.552	3
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:14.090	11	1:13.195	13	1:12.700	12
22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:13.746	9	1:14.829	20	1:13.522	19
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:14.320	16	1:13.199	14	1:13.614	20
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:12.648	3	1:12.081	4	1:11.294	1
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:12.995	5	1:12.074	3	1:12.020	7
47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:14.801	18	1:14.416	19	1:13.139	14
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	1:12.606	2	1:11.796	2	1:11.341	2
63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1:14.840	19	1:13.509	16	1:13.447	17
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:13.131	6	1:12.107	5	1:11.765	4
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:14.106	12	1:12.746	9	1:12.539	11
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Qualifying

Q1

Out in Q1 were Tsunoda, Alonso, Latifi, Mazepin and Schumacher, who crashed near the end of FP3, the resulting damage so great that he was unable to participate in qualifying.

Q2

Eliminated in Q2 were Ocon, Ricciardo, Stroll, Raikkonen and Russell.

Q3

Leclerc set the fastest time at the start of the session but with seconds remaining, Leclerc crashed coming out of the Swimming Pool chicane, ending the session early and denying others from improving their times. Verstappen and Bottas were next to line up behind Charles, while Hamilton struggled and qualified 7^th fastest.

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time
1	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		2	1:11.113		1	1:10.597		1	1:10.346	DNS*
2	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda		3	1:11.124		2	1:10.650		2	1:10.576	2
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		1	1:10.938		3	1:10.695		3	1:10.601	3
4	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari		5	1:11.324		4	1:10.806		4	1:10.611	4
5	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes		4	1:11.321		6	1:11.031		5	1:10.620	5
6	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda		6	1:11.560		8	1:11.179		6	1:10.900	6
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		7	1:11.622		7	1:11.116		7	1:11.095	7
8	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes		15	1:12.078		9	1:11.309		8	1:11.419	8
9	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda		8	1:11.644		5	1:11.019		9	1:11.573	9
10	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		9	1:11.658		10	1:11.409		10	1:11.779	10
11	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault		10	1:11.740		11	1:11.409				11
12	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes		11	1:11.747		12	1:11.598				12
13	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes		13	1:11.979		13	1:11.600				13
14	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		12	1:11.899		14	1:11.642				14
15	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes		14	1:12.016		15	1:11.830				15
16	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda		16	1:12.096							16
17	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault		17	1:12.205							17
18	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes		18	1:12.366							18
19	9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari		19	1:12.958							19
107% time: 1:15.903
NC	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari		NC	—							20†
Source:

• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
• * Leclerc failed to start due to a broken driveshaft.
• ^† Schumacher did not set a qualifying time due to damage sustained from an accident in FP3 and received a five-grid penalty after a gearbox change, but does not affect his starting position.

Grid

The starting grid of the feature race of the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix is outined below:

Show Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
		______________
Row 1	______________	1
	2	*
	Max Verstappen	______________
Row 2	______________	3
	4	Valtteri Bottas
	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	______________
Row 3	______________	5
	6	Lando Norris
	Pierre Gasly	______________
Row 4	______________	7
	8	Lewis Hamilton
	Sebastian Vettel	______________
Row 5	______________	9
	10	Sergio Pérez
	Antonio Giovinazzi	______________
Row 6	______________	11
	12	Esteban Ocon
	Daniel Ricciardo	______________
Row 7	______________	13
	14	Lance Stroll
	Kimi Räikkönen	______________
Row 8	______________	15
	16	George Russell
	Yuki Tsunoda	______________
Row 9	______________	17
	18	Fernando Alonso
	Nicholas Latifi	______________
Row 10	______________	19
	20	Nikita Mazepin
	Mick Schumacher	______________

* Leclerc's place on the grid was left empty.

Race

Results

The full results for the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	78	1:38:56.820	2	25
2	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	78	+8.968	4	18
3	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	78	+19.427	5	15
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda	78	+20.490	9	12
5	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	78	+52.591	8	10
6	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	78	+53.896	6	8
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	78	+1:08.231	7	7FL
8	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	77	+1 lap	13	4
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	77	+1 lap	11	2
10	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	77	+1 lap	10	1
11	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	77	+1 lap	14
12	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	77	+1 lap	12
13	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	77	+1 lap	17
14	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	77	+1 lap	15
15	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	77	+1 lap	18
16	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	77	+1 lap	16
17	9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	75	+3 laps	19
18	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	75	+3 laps	20
Ret	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	29	Wheel nut	3
DNS*	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
Source:

• * Leclerc failed to start due to a broken driveshaft.

Milestones

• 750^th race entry and start for Williams.
• 8^th career pole position for Charles Leclerc.

Standings

Verstappen's win and the results meant that he led the drivers' championship standings for the first time in his career, while Red Bull ended Mercedes' streak of leading the constructors' championship, the first time they led since 2013. Hamilton's fastest lap effort ensured he only trailed Verstappen by 4 points after Monaco. A few standing changes included Norris regaining third from Bottas, Perez moving up with his 4^th-place finish, Sainz deposing Ricciardo a position and so did Gasly upon countryman Ocon. Vettel and Giovinazzi scored their first points of the season, with the latter's a compensation to Raikkonen's penalty at Imola that denied the team's maiden points of the season. Aston Martin jumped to 5^th in the constructors' standings after their first double-points finish.

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Max Verstappen 105 ▲1 2 Lewis Hamilton 101 ▼1 3 Lando Norris 56 ▲1 4 Valtteri Bottas 47 ▼1 5 Sergio Pérez 44 ▲1 6 Charles Leclerc 40 ▼1 7 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 38 ▲1 8 Daniel Ricciardo 24 ▼1 9 Pierre Gasly 16 ▲1 10 Esteban Ocon 12 ▼1 11 Sebastian Vettel 10 ▲5 12 Lance Stroll 9 ▼1 13 Fernando Alonso 5 ▼1 14 Yuki Tsunoda 2 ▼1 15 Antonio Giovinazzi 1 —

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Red Bull Racing-Honda 149 ▲1 2 Mercedes 148 ▼1 3 McLaren-Mercedes 80 — 4 Ferrari 78 — 5 Aston Martin-Mercedes 19 ▲2 6 AlphaTauri-Honda 18 ▼1 7 Alpine-Renault 17 ▼2 8 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1 —

Only point scoring drivers and constructors are shown.

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