| 2018 Monaco Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 6 of 21 in the2018 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Circuit de Monte Carlo, Monaco | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 27 May 2018 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1Grand Prix de Monaco 2018 | ||||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco La Condamine andMonte Carlo,Monaco | ||||
| Course | Street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 3.337 km (2.074 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 78 laps, 260.286 km (161.734 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | ||||
| Time | 1:10.810 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | |||
| Time | 1:14.260 on lap 60 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third | Mercedes | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2018 Monaco Grand Prix (formally known as theFormula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2018) was aFormula One motor race that was held on 27 May 2018 at theCircuit de Monaco, astreet circuit that runs through thePrincipality of Monaco. It was the 6th round of the2018 FIA Formula One World Championship, the 76th time theMonaco Grand Prix had been held, and the 65th time it had been a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in1950. It was the last victory forDaniel Ricciardo until the2021 Italian Grand Prix.
The race was won by Daniel Ricciardo in Red Bull, with Sebastian Vettel in Ferrari coming second. Lewis Hamilton in Mercedes finished third, maintaining the championship lead over Vettel. Mercedes also led in the Constructors' Championship ahead of Ferrari.[1]
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The race marked the competitive début ofPirelli's new hypersoft tyre compound.[2]
Following controversy over the use of winglets abovehalo-mounted rear view mirrors at the previous round in Spain, the FIA banned the winglets ahead of the race weekend.[3]
Romain Grosjean was handed a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision on the opening lap of theSpanish Grand Prix.[4] Max Verstappen received a 5 place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change, and a 10 place grid penalty for use of a third MGU-K, although this made no difference to his starting position, as he already was at the back of the grid.[5][6]
Daniel Ricciardo was fastest across all three practice sessions, improving his time in each successive session.[7] In FP3, Max Verstappen crashed heavily at the Turn 16, meaning his car was damaged beyond repair for qualifying.[8]
Max Verstappen was unable to compete in qualifying as his mechanics were unable to repair the car in time after a crash in the final practice session.[8]Daniel Ricciardo set a new qualifying lap record to take pole position for the race.[9] Red Bull capped both ends of the grid, Ricciardo starting first and Verstappen starting last. Pierre Gasly made Q3 for the second time, however his teammate, Brendon Hartley, after showing promise with P7 in FP3, qualified in P16 after being held up in traffic as well as being unhappy with the balance in his car.[10]
Ricciardo led going into the first corner with the top 6 staying in the same order. On lap 28, Ricciardo, still leading the race, complained of a loss of power to the team.[11] Ricciardo was left to manage a wounded car for the remaining 50 laps of the race, with what was later revealed to be anMGU-K failure (giving him 25% less horsepower than usual), and with only six out of eight gears functioning.[11][12][13] For the rest of the race he came under pressure from Sebastian Vettel, however due to dirty air and the track being difficult to pass, Vettel was unable to attack Ricciardo. Vettel lost a lot of time after Stoffel Vandoorne, around a lap behind Vettel and Ricciardo, came in between them both after pitting for a second time.
Sergey Sirotkin was given a 10-second stop-go penalty after his tyres were not fitted to the car at the 3 minute signal.[14] On lap 53Fernando Alonso retired atSainte-Dévote due to gearbox problems, his first retirement of the 2018 season.[15] Avirtual safety car came out on lap 73 whenCharles Leclerc's left front brake disc failed just before the Nouvelle Chicane, causing him to crash into the back ofBrendon Hartley. Both drivers were forced to retire due to damage.[16][17] This was the first Monaco Grand Prix since2009 where a (full)safety car did not make an appearance, although there was a brief virtual safety car period.[18] It was Ricciardo's final victory for Red Bull Racing and his most recent until the2021 Italian Grand Prix.[19]
After the raceHamilton andAlonso both complained that this was "one of the most boring races ever"; drivers were lapping several seconds a lap slower than they could have been to conserve tires and avoid making a second pit-stop.[20] Alonso also pointed to the spread out field, "as there were barely any yellow flags or safety cars."[15]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 78 | 1:42:54.807 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 |  Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 78 | +7.336 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 44 |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 78 | +17.013 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 78 | +18.127 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 78 | +18.822 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 31 |  Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 78 | +23.667 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 78 | +24.331 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 78 | +24.839 | 11 | 4 |
| 9 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 78 | +25.317 | 20 | 2 |
| 10 | 55 |  Carlos Sainz Jr. | Renault | 78 | +1:09.013 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 78 | +1:09.864 | 16 | |
| 12 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 78 | +1:10.461 | 9 | |
| 13 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 78 | +1:14.823 | 19 | |
| 14 | 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 77 | +1 lap | 12 | |
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 77 | +1 lap | 18 | |
| 16 | 35 |  Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 77 | +1 lap | 13 | |
| 17 | 18 |  Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 76 | +2 laps | 17 | |
| 181 | 16 |  Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 70 | Collision | 14 | |
| 191 | 28 |  Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 70 | Collision damage | 15 | |
| Ret | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 52 | Gearbox | 7 | |
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