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Round 6 · Monaco Grand Prix · Monte Carlo

Five straight for Antonelli as Russell's race unravels

Kimi Antonelli survived a Safety Car, a red flag and repeated restarts to win in Monaco, while his teammate left with nothing.

The result
P1AntonelliMercedes
P2HamiltonFerrari · +6.271s
P3HadjarRed Bull · +23.394s
4Oscar PiastriMcLaren+24.261s
5Liam LawsonRacing Bulls+26.553s
6Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls+29.010s
7Pierre GaslyAlpine+30.369s
8Alex AlbonWilliams+33.413s
9Esteban OconHaas+37.140s
10Fernando AlonsoAston Martin+41.899s
What happened

Antonelli converted pole and built a lead of about 30 seconds before his stop on Lap 37. Max Verstappen stalled on the grid, which let Lewis Hamilton up to second before Sainte Devote. Charles Leclerc later crashed out, and Lando Norris retired on Lap 43 with a power unit concern.

Lance Stroll's crash on Lap 60 brought out the Safety Car and wiped out Antonelli's lead, and a red flag followed. Antonelli held off Hamilton at every restart to take his fifth straight win. George Russell picked up a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane, then a drive-through for not serving it correctly, and finished 12th.

Why it matters

Hamilton moves up to second

His second straight runner-up finish put him two points ahead of Russell in the standings, 66 behind Antonelli.

The podium changed months later

Pierre Gasly's pit-lane speeding penalty was overturned after the race, then reapplied on appeal in September. That dropped him to seventh and put Isack Hadjar on the podium. This page shows the final classification.

Racing Bulls cash in

Liam Lawson finished fifth and Arvid Lindblad took a career-best sixth, helped by a free tire change under the red flag.

Drivers' championship after Round 6
PosDriverPtsGap
1Antonelli156—
2Hamilton90−66
3Russell88−68
4Leclerc75−81
5Piastri60−96
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