Monaco Grand Prix 2023-05-28

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Event
Monaco Grand Prix

Date
Sun 28th May 2023 (UTC)
Sun 28th May 2023 (Local)

Timestamp
2023-05-28T13:00:00

Time

13:00:00 UTC (15:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2023

Round
7

Status
Match Finished

Location
Circuit de Monaco

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Description

The 2023 Monaco Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2023) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 28 May 2023, at the Circuit de Monaco in the Principality of Monaco. It was the sixth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship.

The race, which was affected by rain during the middle stages, was won by polesitter Max Verstappen, ahead of Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon, the latter receiving his third podium in his Formula One career after the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Background
The event was held across the weekend of 26–28 May 2023. It was the sixth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship, after the previously scheduled Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was cancelled due to floods in the region.

Due to this, Mercedes, a team with pending upgrades intended to be introduced during the Imola race, had to implement them during the Monaco race. The team's car, which, going into the weekend, still utilised the "zero-pod" design introduced in the previous year's car, was brought into Monaco with an upgrade that reintroduced the sidepods. In addition, the Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin and Alpine teams sported upgrade packages for the weekend.

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Result List

01	Max Verstappen	1:48:51.980
02	Fernando Alonso	+27.921s
03	Esteban Ocon	+36.990s
04	Lewis Hamilton	+39.062s
05	George Russell	+56.284s
06	Charles Leclerc	+61.890s
07	Pierre Gasly	+62.362s
08	Carlos Sainz Jr	+63.391s
09	Lando Norris	+1 lap
10	Oscar Piastri	+1 lap
11	Valtteri Bottas	+1 lap
12	Nyck de Vries	+1 lap
13	Guanyu Zhou	+1 lap
14	Alexander Albon	+1 lap
15	Yuki Tsunoda	+2 laps
16	Sergio Perez	+2 laps
17	Nico Hulkenberg	+2 laps
18	Logan Sargeant	+2 laps
19	Kevin Magnussen	DNF

Result Description
Following the formation lap, George Russell made a mistake with his start but was not penalised. As the race began, Nico Hülkenberg made contact with Logan Sargeant, which granted the Haas driver a five-second penalty. Sergio Pérez made an early stop to swap to the hards. By lap 14, Carlos Sainz Jr. ran off the Nouvelle chicane, his front wing making contact with Esteban Ocon's right-rear. Sainz decided to continue on. Valtteri Bottas jumped Alexander Albon, with the latter granting himself a new set of hard tyres. His teammate Sargeant would follow, first on hards, and again on softs. By lap 30, Lewis Hamilton put on fresh hards and came out behind Russell.

By lap 20, Ferrari engineers told Sainz to come in to overtake Ocon, though he was then told to stay out. The order was repeated six laps later, with Ferrari once again telling him to stay out afterwards. Sainz eventually boxed by lap 33 with new mediums, rejoining in seventh and behind Ocon. Sainz was frustrated with the strategy, criticising it over team radio. Soon, Pérez came in with new mediums and a new front wing, coming out in last. Lance Stroll reported damage during lap 38, having made contact with Kevin Magnussen. Charles Leclerc went in for fresh mediums, dropping him to eighth; Pierre Gasly failed to overcut Leclerc with new fresh mediums. Lando Norris came in for hards, dropping him a position lower.

A threat of rain was reported during the race; Russell reported drops by turn 3. The first two drivers to switch to intermediates were Stroll and Bottas; soon Zhou Guanyu and Albon followed. While everyone else went for intermediate tyres, Fernando Alonso decided to use medium tyres; he switched to inters the following lap, with Ferrari deciding to double stack. Sainz spun twice, though did not hit the barriers at high speeds. Stroll, however, received damage to his car following his front wing lodging itself underneath his front wheels. Max Verstappen grazed the wall at Portier while on mediums, but saved the car from retirement. Magnussen took full wets, having had hards as the rain began; Pérez would utilise the compound later on. However, Magnussen crashed out with damage to his front wing. His mechanics, unprepared for such a change, had to prepare it on the spot, lengthening his time in the pits. Meanwhile, Sargeant hit the wall at the hairpin, though he recovered the car. Magnussen would go off on turn one, and Stroll went into an escape road at turn five; Russell followed Stroll into the escape road, only to be hit by Pérez. Meanwhile, Hülkenberg was given a 10 second penalty for serving the first one incorrectly, Gasly was shown a black and white flag for exceeding track limits, Pérez swapped to inters, and Yuki Tsunoda reported problems with his brakes.

The running order on the top three did not change throughout the race. Verstappen's victory marks his second Monaco Grand Prix victory. Alonso finished second; his former teammate Ocon finished third and was awarded driver of the day; the first time a French driver was on the podium in Monaco since Olivier Panis in 1996, and his first podium since the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix, which was also his first win. Hamilton took the fastest lap. A five-second penalty was given to Russell after an unsafe rejoin, though his final position was not affected.

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