McLaren’s Lando Norris won the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time with a copybook drive, controlling the race from start to finish.
Norris navigated the potential pitfalls of a new rule requiring drivers to use three sets of tyres during the race to lead throughout and beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc for the Briton’s second victory of the season.
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri took third, well clear of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, with Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton a distant fifth.
Norris’ victory cut Piastri’s lead at the head of the championship to three points, with Verstappen a further 22 behind in third.
Verstappen went into the race at a disadvantage in having only one set each of the medium and hard tyres available, which required him to use the softs in the end he finished fourth ahead of Hamilton in a distant fifth.
Behind Hamilton, Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar finished sixth, making two pit stops within a few laps of each other early in the race to end up on hard tyres and run to the end.
Haas driver Esteban Ocon was seventh, ahead of the second Racing Bull of Liam Lawson and the Williams of Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz.
