Monaco 2026: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:13.599	1:12.704	1:12.051
2	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:13.490	1:12.499	1:12.094	+0.043
3	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:13.777	1:12.934	1:12.279	+0.228
4	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:13.293	1:12.774	1:12.351	+0.300
5	Hadjar	Red Bull	1:14.408	1:12.722	1:12.434	+0.383
6	Russell	Mercedes	1:14.214	1:13.238	1:12.445	+0.394
7	Piastri	McLaren	1:14.159	1:12.983	1:12.624	+0.573
8	Norris	McLaren	1:13.630	1:12.919	1:12.765	+0.714
9	Gasly	Alpine	1:14.469	1:13.762	1:13.226	+1.175
10	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:14.498	1:13.471	1:13.412	+1.361
11	Albon	Williams	1:14.321	1:13.787		+1.288
12	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:14.348	1:13.815		+1.316
13	Hülkenberg	Audi	1:13.923	1:13.902		+1.403
14	Colapinto	Alpine	1:14.573	1:13.995		+1.496
15	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:14.685	1:14.248		+1.749
16	Bortoleto	Audi	1:14.683			+1.390
17	Ocon	Haas	1:14.722			+1.429
18	Pérez	Cadillac	1:14.747			+1.454
19	Bearman	Haas	1:14.814			+1.521
20	Bottas	Cadillac	1:15.283			+1.990
21	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:15.349			+2.056
22	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:16.061			+2.768

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Kimi AntonelliFastest lapDriver of the Day	Mercedes	1	78	2:23:31.243	2	Mercedes
2	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	3	78	+6.271	2	Ferrari
3	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	5	78	+23.394	1	Red Bull Ford
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	7	78	+24.261	2	Mercedes
5	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	10	78	+26.553	1	Red Bull Ford
6	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	15	78	+29.010	0	Red Bull Ford
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	9	78	+30.369	1	Mercedes
8	Alexander Albon	Williams	11	78	+33.413	1	Mercedes
9	Esteban Ocon	Haas	17	78	+37.140	1	Ferrari
10	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	21	78	+41.899	2	Honda
11	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	PL	78	+42.748	3	Audi
12	George Russell	Mercedes	6	78	+43.353	2	Mercedes
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	13	78	+44.102	1	Audi
14	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	14	78	+48.964	1	Mercedes
15	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	18	78	+49.153	2	Ferrari
16	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	12	70	Collision damage	1	Mercedes
DNF	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	64	Accident	2	Ferrari
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	22	56	Accident	1	Honda
DNF	Lando Norris	McLaren	8	43	Battery	0	Mercedes
DNF	Oliver Bearman	Haas	19	27	Brakes	1	Ferrari
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	20	15	Brakes	1	Ferrari
DNF	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	2	0	Engine	0	Red Bull Ford

Race

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Places gained

Alonso21→10+11
Lindblad15→6+9
Ocon17→9+8
Lawson10→5+5
BortoletoPL→11+5
Piastri7→4+3
Albon11→8+3
Pérez18→15+3
Hadjar5→3+2
Gasly9→7+2
Hamilton3→2+1
Antonelli1→10
Hülkenberg13→130
Colapinto14→140
Sainz Jr.12→16-4
Russell6→12-6

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Russell24.029R31
2Antonelli24.136R37
3Hamilton24.138R28
4Piastri24.244R48
5Bortoleto24.690R43
6Hadjar24.784R32
7Stroll24.803R4
8Hülkenberg24.810R12
9Bortoleto24.824R59
10Alonso24.975R3

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Antonelli3724172 stops
Hamilton2832182 stops
Hadjar32461 stop
Piastri4811192 stops
Lawson44341 stop
Lindblad780 stops
Gasly45331 stop
Albon43351 stop
Ocon9691 stop
Alonso355202 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

Sainz Jr.Collision damage, classified P16Williams
LeclercAccidentFerrari
StrollAccidentAston Martin
NorrisBatteryMcLaren
BearmanBrakesHaas
BottasBrakesCadillac
VerstappenEngineRed Bull

This race in history

71 races here since 1950Won from pole: 33 of 71

Win from furthest back (P14): Olivier Panis 1996

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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