Lando Norris held Charles Leclerc to win an unusual Monaco Grand Prix, dictated by new pit stop requirements.
Pol-Sitter Norris controlled the race and overcome Jeopardy by two mandatory tire changes to win for the first time since the season opener in Australia and cut his deficit to championship leader Oscar Piastri to three points.
Piastri took a seventh consecutive podium from fourth -placed Max Verstappen, which actually led most laps and led until the penultimate lap when he took his last pit stop.
Norris came under serious pressure from Leclerc in the final stages as Verstappen supported the McLaren driver. However, Leclerc was unable to go for a step and settled for the runners at home.
Lewis Hamilton finished a lonely fifth after getting two spots from his starting position of seventh through the early pit stop phase.
Rookie Isack Hadjar scored his career-best F1 result in sixth with Racing Bulls, who spiked the strategy by using Liam Lawson to hold the field to create a pit stop gap for Hadjar.
Lawson was also rewarded with his first points in 2025 in the eighth behind Haas’ Esteban Ocon.
Williams Duo Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz also worked strategically to end ninth and 10 ..
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Yuki Tsunoda did not hold back on the radio after the alpine driver Pierre Gasly crashed into his Red Bull on the lap nine of the Monaco Grand Prix
George Russell ended at 11. After a review penalty to cut the corner, almost in frustration when he became firm behind the Williams drivers.
Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso was set to score points until a motor question forced him to retire, and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly crashed down the back of Yuki Tsunoda early.
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