Monaco Grand Prix: interesting statistics

Several interesting statistical selections based on the results of the Monaco Grand Prix…

Qualification

After winning qualifying in Monaco, Charles Leclerc achieved his third pole position at his home circuit and the 24th of his career. This is Ferrari’s 13th pole position in Monaco and the 250th in history.

Oscar Piastri qualified second and started from the front row for the second time in his career. This is McLaren’s first front row start in Monaco since Jenson Button in 2011.

Carlos Sainz qualified third and finished in the top three in Monaco for the second time in his career.

Lando Norris’s fourth place is his best result in Monaco.

Max Verstappen qualified sixth, ending his run of eight consecutive pole positions.

Alex Albon reached the qualifying final for the first time this season.

Pierre Gasly reached the qualifying final for the first time this season.

Lance Stroll qualified 14th and tied with Fernando Alonso to make it 4–4.

Sergio Perez dropped out of contention for the second time in a row in Monaco in the first part of qualifying.

Valtteri Bottas’s 19th place is his worst result of the season.

Race

After winning the Monaco Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc took the sixth victory of his career and the first in the last two seasons. Previously, Leclerc was not on the podium at his home circuit, or rather, in the princely box, neither in Formula 1 nor in Formula 2.

Leclerc became the first Monegasque to win a home race in Formula 1.

Charles ended the second-longest streak in history after twelve races in which he failed to win after starting from pole.

This is Ferrari’s 10th victory in Monaco and the 245th in history.

Leclerc scored points for the 17th race in a row, equaling Daniel Ricciardo and Carlos Sainz.

For the first time in Formula 1 history, the top ten drivers finished in the same order in which they started.

Oscar Piastri finished second, repeating his best result of his career.

Carlos Sainz finished the race in third – his 22nd podium finish and third in Monaco.

Lando Norris finished fourth and moved up to third in the Drivers’ Championship, ahead of Sergio Perez.

Max Verstappen’s sixth place is his worst result since the 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, where he also finished sixth.

For the first time since 2007, Red Bull drivers did not finish in the top five.

Lewis Hamilton has finished in the top eight 16 times in 17 events in Monaco. For the fifth time in the last six races he finished in the same position he started from.

By finishing eighth, Yuki Tsunoda scored points for the first time in Monaco.

By finishing ninth, Alex Albon scored his first points for Williams this year.

Pierre Gasly finished tenth and gained his first point of the year.