F1 race results: Max Verstappen wins wild 2023 Monaco GP

Verstappen led every lap, ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, but had to negotiate his way through a heavy rain shower. He clipped the wall just before pitting for intermediate tyres but benefited when Alonso stopped for slicks just before the rain arrived.

Verstappen had one more wall hit with nine laps to go at the exit of the Swimming Pool section, but survived for his 39^th F1 victory, his fourth of 2023.

2023 F1 Monaco Grand Prix results

Cla	Driver		Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Points
1	Max Verstappen		78	1:48'51.980			25
2	Fernando Alonso		78	1:49'19.901	27.921	27.921	18
3	Esteban Ocon		78	1:49'28.970	36.990	9.069	15
4	Lewis Hamilton		78	1:49'31.042	39.062	2.072	13
5	George Russell		78	1:49'48.264	56.284	17.222	10
6	Charles Leclerc		78	1:49'53.870	1'01.890	5.606	8
7	Pierre Gasly		78	1:49'54.342	1'02.362	0.472	6
8	Carlos Sainz		78	1:49'55.371	1'03.391	1.029	4
9	Lando Norris		77	1 lap			2
10	Oscar Piastri		77	1 lap			1
11	Valtteri Bottas		77	1 lap
12	Nyck de Vries		77	1 lap
13	Zhou Guanyu		77	1 lap
14	Alex Albon		77	1 lap
15	Yuki Tsunoda		76	2 laps
16	Sergio Perez		76	2 laps
17	Nico Hulkenberg		76	2 laps
18	Logan Sargeant		76	2 laps
	Kevin Magnussen		70
	Lance Stroll		53
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How the 2023 F1 Monaco Grand Prix unfolded

Verstappen, who started on medium slick tyres, held his pole position advantage ahead of Alonso (on hards) and Esteban Ocon (Alpine, on mediums). Carlos Sainz (Ferrari, on hards) just held off Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes, on mediums) for fourth.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who was penalised three grid positions after impeding Lando Norris in qualifying, ran sixth from Pierre Gasly (Alpine) and George Russell (Mercedes).

Starting at the back of the grid after his qualifying crash, Red Bull’s Sergio Perez didn’t make any progress at the start and pitted for hard tyres at the end of lap one.

Sainz attacked Ocon at the Nouvelle Chicane on lap 11, clipping the rear of the Alpine and damaging the left-side front wing endplate, which flew off a few corners later at Beau Rivage. Sainz was shown the black and white flag for causing a collision.

Verstappen’s lead over Alonso stretched to over 10s by lap 25, with Ocon over 17s further back.

Hamilton pitted for hards just before half distance, as did Ocon – who suffered a slow stop – and Sainz.

Further back, Perez collided with Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin at the Nouvelle Chicane, and then clashed at the same spot with Kevin Magnussen’s Haas a few laps later, breaking his front wing and forcing him to pit again. Stroll then hit Magnussen at Anthony Nogues, damaging his wing.

After encountering traffic, Verstappen’s lead fell to 7s, but extended his advantage again when he worked through it by half distance.

Leclerc pitted from third on lap 45, just before rain started to fall on the far side of the circuit at the top of the hill, from Mirabeau to Portier, on lap 52. Stroll and Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) were the first to jump to intermediate tyres.

Alonso pitted for medium slicks, just as Ocon stopped for intermediates as the rain spread right across the circuit. Sainz suffered a half-spin at a drenched Mirabeau, dropping behind Leclerc.

Verstappen made his sole pitstop for intermediates on lap 55, after clipping the wall at Portier, while Alonso pitted for a second time for inters too. Ferrari was forced to stack its cars, while Magnussen tried to brave it on slicks but hit the wall at Rascasse, just being able to drag his car into the pits for full wet tyres.

After the pitstops were complete, Verstappen led Alonso by 22s, Ocon, Hamilton, Russell, Leclerc, Gasly and Sainz. Russell went off down the escape road at Mirabeau and was hit by Perez has he rejoined – for which Russell was given a 5s penalty for rejoining in an unsafe manner.

Verstappen cruised to victory, 27s ahead of Alonso, Ocon, Hamilton and Russell, who stayed clear of Leclerc to negate his penalty despite a damaged car. Behind the battling Gasly and Sainz, the McLarens of Norris and Oscar Piastri passed a brake-troubled Yuki Tsunoda’s AlphaTauri for ninth and tenth respectively inside the final 10 laps.

Stroll was the first retirement, as his Aston cried enough after several encounters with the barriers and other cars, while Magnussen also didn’t see the chequered flag.

2023 F1 Monaco Grand Prix fastest laps

Cla	Driver		Lap	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Lewis Hamilton		33	1'15.650			158.799
2	Charles Leclerc		46	1'15.773	0.123	0.123	158.541
3	Pierre Gasly		49	1'15.831	0.181	0.058	158.420
4	Sergio Perez		5	1'16.269	0.619	0.438	157.510
5	Carlos Sainz		43	1'16.449	0.799	0.180	157.140
6	Esteban Ocon		41	1'16.528	0.878	0.079	156.977
7	Max Verstappen		23	1'16.604	0.954	0.076	156.822
8	Alex Albon		24	1'16.672	1.022	0.068	156.683
9	Fernando Alonso		43	1'16.674	1.024	0.002	156.678
10	George Russell		48	1'16.798	1.148	0.124	156.425
11	Zhou Guanyu		5	1'16.926	1.276	0.128	156.165
12	Nico Hulkenberg		6	1'16.991	1.341	0.065	156.033
13	Logan Sargeant		32	1'17.302	1.652	0.311	155.406
14	Oscar Piastri		47	1'17.513	1.863	0.211	154.983
15	Nyck de Vries		43	1'17.561	1.911	0.048	154.887
16	Yuki Tsunoda		36	1'17.680	2.030	0.119	154.649
17	Lance Stroll		18	1'17.769	2.119	0.089	154.472
18	Valtteri Bottas		19	1'17.824	2.174	0.055	154.363
19	Lando Norris		46	1'17.844	2.194	0.020	154.324
20	Kevin Magnussen		41	1'18.351	2.701	0.507	153.325
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2023 F1 Monaco Grand Prix tyre history

Cla	Driver		1		2		3		4		5		6
1	Max Verstappen		M	55	I	23
2	Fernando Alonso		H	55	M	2	I	23
3	Esteban Ocon		M	32	H	22	I	24
4	Lewis Hamilton		M	31	H	23	I	24
5	George Russell		H	54	I	24
6	Charles Leclerc		H	44	M	11	I	23
7	Pierre Gasly		H	47	M	7	I	24
8	Carlos Sainz		H	33	M	22	I	23
9	Lando Norris		M	50	H	4	I	23
10	Oscar Piastri		H	54	I	23
11	Valtteri Bottas		H	51	I	26
12	Nyck de Vries		M	53	I	24
13	Zhou Guanyu		S	1	H	51	I	25
14	Alex Albon		M	18	H	34	I	25
15	Yuki Tsunoda		M	53	I	23
16	Sergio Perez		M	1	H	33	M	20	I	4	W	13	I	6
17	Nico Hulkenberg		M	1	H	53	I	5	W	17
18	Logan Sargeant		M	20	H	3	S	29	I	24
	Kevin Magnussen		H	56	W	14
	Lance Stroll		H	52	I	2
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