Summary and highlights of the Monaco Grand Prix 2023 in F1
Max Verstappen's fourth victory of the season, where rain was the main protagonist, Alonso and Ocon completed the podium, while Mexican Checo Pérez finished 16th
All drivers with medium and hard, except Zhou who starts with soft. Max Verstappen and Ocon start with medium, while Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz start with hard at the front start with hard;
Rain, possible protagonist of the Monaco Grand Prix
The race will start dry, but it could start raining in the final stretch of the race. According to the FIA system there is a 20% chance of rain at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Parece que la lluvia va a respetar la salida y no hará acto de aparición en Mónaco hasta las 15.55 hora local.
The two-time world champion, who was close to pole position in yesterday's qualifying, will start from second position. The Spanish driver will be looking to overtake Max Verstappen in order to achieve his 33rd victory.
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Third pole position of the year for Max Verstappen
A spectacular qualifying in Monaco where the drivers have risked to the maximum knowing how important it is to achieve a good qualifying in the Monaco Grand Prix. Ocon first, and then Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen fought for pole, the two two-time world champions had a nice duel, but finally the Dutchman took it after a phenomenal third sector. The reigning World Champion commented the following after achieving the pole: "I'm very happy, as we knew it was not going to be easy. We have been improving little by little throughout the weekend. In the last sector I brushed the walls, I went with absolutely everything and I got the pole, despite doing a bad first sector."
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The Monegasque driver who took the pole position last year, but could not take the victory. Today he finished third in qualifying, but he was not happy, and worse was to follow. Hours after the end of qualifying the FIA announced that Charles Leclerc has received a three-place penalty for interrupting Noris, so he will start in sixth position. This favors Ocon, Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton who have gained one position.
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The Mexican driver who won in Monaco in the 2022 Grand Prix will have more than complicated to win, due to the fact that in this street circuit it is difficult to overtake. Sergio Perez will start from the last position of the grid due to an accident he suffered in Q1 where he lost control of the car and went against the walls in the first corner.
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1. Max Verstappen
2. Fernando Alonso
3. Esteban Ocon
4. Carlos Sainz
5. Lewis Hamilton
6. Charles Leclerc
7. Pierre Gasly
8. George Russell
9. Yuki Tsunoda
10. Lando Norris
11. Oscar Piastri
12. Nyck De Vries
13. Alexander Albon
14. Lance Stroll
15. Valtteri Bottas
16. Logan Sargeant
17. Kevin Magnussen
18. Nico Hulkenberg
19. Guanyu Zhou
20. Sergio Pérez
The driver who has won most times at the Monaco Grand Prix was Ayrton Senna with six victories. Of the current drivers, the one with the most wins here is Lewis Hamilton, three in total. While the team that has won most times here has been McClaren with 15 victories, although the last one was in 2008.
The race will be held at the Circuit de Monaco, a street circuit. It was inaugurated on April 14, 1929. The circuit has a length of 3.33 kilometers, as well as 19 turns, 11 to the right and eight to the left. The capacity is for a total of 37,000 spectators.
We arrived at the sixth Grand Prix of Formula 1 in this 2023, after the Italian Grand Prix was suspended last week. We move to Monaco where the Monaco Grand Prix will be held. Max Verstappen arrives as the leader with 119 points, 14 points ahead of Mexican Sergio Pé rez.
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