2024 Monaco Grand Prix
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 |
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Time | 1:14.165 on lap 63 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Ferrari | ||||
Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
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.
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]
Background
[edit]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]
Championship standings before the race
[edit]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]
Entrants
[edit]The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[7]
Tyre choices
[edit]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]
Practice
[edit]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
[edit]Qualifying was held on 25 May 2024, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2).[1]
Qualifying classification
[edit]Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
1 | 16 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 1:11.584 | 1:10.825 | 1:10.270 | 1 |
2 | 81 | ![]() |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:11.500 | 1:10.756 | 1:10.424 | 2 |
3 | 55 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 1:11.543 | 1:11.075 | 1:10.518 | 3 |
4 | 4 | ![]() |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:11.760 | 1:10.732 | 1:10.542 | 4 |
5 | 63 | ![]() |
Mercedes | 1:11.492 | 1:10.929 | 1:10.543 | 5 |
6 | 1 | ![]() |
Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:11.711 | 1:10.745 | 1:10.567 | 6 |
7 | 44 | ![]() |
Mercedes | 1:11.528 | 1:11.056 | 1:10.621 | 7 |
8 | 22 | ![]() |
RB-Honda RBPT | 1:11.852 | 1:11.106 | 1:10.858 | 8 |
9 | 23 | ![]() |
Williams-Mercedes | 1:11.623 | 1:11.216 | 1:10.948 | 9 |
10 | 10 | ![]() |
Alpine-Renault | 1:11.714 | 1:10.896 | 1:11.311 | 10 |
11 | 31 | ![]() |
Alpine-Renault | 1:11.887 | 1:11.285 | N/A | 11 |
12 | 3 | ![]() |
RB-Honda RBPT | 1:11.785 | 1:11.482 | N/A | 12 |
13 | 18 | ![]() |
Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:11.728 | 1:11.563 | N/A | 13 |
14 | 14 | ![]() |
Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:12.019 | N/A | N/A | 14 |
15 | 2 | ![]() |
Williams-Mercedes | 1:12.020 | N/A | N/A | 15 |
16 | 11 | ![]() |
Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:12.060 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
17 | 77 | ![]() |
Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:12.512 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
18 | 24 | ![]() |
Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:13.028 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
DSQ | 27 | ![]() |
Haas-Ferrari | 1:11.876 | 1:11.440 | N/A | 191 |
DSQ | 20 | ![]() |
Haas-Ferrari | 1:11.832 | 1:11.725 | N/A | 201 |
107% time: 1:16.496 | |||||||
Source:[12][13] |
Notes
- ^1 – Nico Hülkenberg and Kevin Magnussen initially qualified 12th and 15th, respectively, but were subsequently disqualified because their DRS was found to not conform with the technical regulations. They were permitted to race at the stewards' discretion.[12][13][14][15]
Race
[edit]The race was held on 26 May 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2), and was run for 78 laps.[1]
Race report
[edit]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. 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]
Race classification
[edit]Notes
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "2024 Monaco Grand Prix". Formula 1. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ a b c Richards, Giles (26 May 2024). "Charles Leclerc wins Monaco F1 GP for Ferrari to delight of home crowd". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Facts and stats: First Monegasque winner in Monaco since 1931, as Leclerc finally breaks his curse on home soil". Formula 1. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Monaco". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Monaco". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Emilia-Romagna 2024 – Championship". Stats F1. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "2024 Monaco Grand Prix – Entry List" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "Same "soft" trio for Imola, Monaco and Montreal". pirelli.com. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "FP1: Hamilton leads Piastri and Russell during interrupted opening practice in Monaco". Formula 1. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "FP2: Home hero Leclerc sets the pace during busy second practice in Monaco from Hamilton and Alonso". Formula 1. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "FP3: Leclerc leads Verstappen and Hamilton in final Monaco practice as all-important qualifying looms". Formula 1. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2024 – Qualifying". Formula 1. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2024 – Starting Grid". Formula 1. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Infringement – Car 27 – Technical non-compliance" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Infringement – Car 20 – Technical non-compliance" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ a b Collantine, Keith (27 May 2024). "The details revealed by fans' videos of Perez and Magnussen's Monaco GP crash". RaceFans. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ Collantine, Keith (29 May 2024). "Perez's Monaco crash damage will cost Red Bull up to £2.5 million – Marko". RaceFans. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Ocon to take five-place grid drop at Canadian GP". Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2024 – Race Result". Formula 1. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2024 2024 – Fastest Laps". Formula 1. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Monaco 2024 – Result". Statsf1.com. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "What the teams said – Race day in Monaco". Formula 1. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
That contact lifted Oco's car clean into the air, and although he made it back to the pits, there was too much damage for him to take the restart.
- ^ a b "Monaco 2024 – Championship". Stats F1. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.