F1 race results: Max Verstappen wins wild 2023 Monaco GP

Verstappen led every lap, ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, but had to negotiate his way through a heavy rain shower. He clipped the wall just before pitting for intermediate tyres but benefited when Alonso stopped for slicks just before the rain arrived.

Verstappen had one more wall hit with nine laps to go at the exit of the Swimming Pool section, but survived for his 39th F1 victory, his fourth of 2023.

2023 F1 Monaco Grand Prix results

Cla	Driver	Laps	Time	Gap	Points
1	Max Verstappen	78	1:48'51.980		25
2	Fernando Alonso	78	1:49'19.901	27.921	18
3	Esteban Ocon	78	1:49'28.970	36.990	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	78	1:49'31.042	39.062	13
5	George Russell	78	1:49'48.264	56.284	10
6	Charles Leclerc	78	1:49'53.870	1'01.890	8
7	Pierre Gasly	78	1:49'54.342	1'02.362	6
8	Carlos Sainz	78	1:49'55.371	1'03.391	4
9	Lando Norris	77	1 lap		2
10	Oscar Piastri	77	1 lap		1
11	Valtteri Bottas	77	1 lap
12	Nyck de Vries	77	1 lap
13	Zhou Guanyu	77	1 lap
14	Alex Albon	77	1 lap
15	Yuki Tsunoda	76	2 laps
16	Sergio Perez	76	2 laps
17	Nico Hulkenberg	76	2 laps
18	Logan Sargeant	76	2 laps
	Kevin Magnussen	70
	Lance Stroll	53
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How the 2023 F1 Monaco Grand Prix unfolded

Verstappen, who started on medium slick tyres, held his pole position advantage ahead of Alonso (on hards) and Esteban Ocon (Alpine, on mediums). Carlos Sainz (Ferrari, on hards) just held off Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes, on mediums) for fourth.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who was penalised three grid positions after impeding Lando Norris in qualifying, ran sixth from Pierre Gasly (Alpine) and George Russell (Mercedes).

Starting at the back of the grid after his qualifying crash, Red Bull’s Sergio Perez didn’t make any progress at the start and pitted for hard tyres at the end of lap one.

Sainz attacked Ocon at the Nouvelle Chicane on lap 11, clipping the rear of the Alpine and damaging the left-side front wing endplate, which flew off a few corners later at Beau Rivage. Sainz was shown the black and white flag for causing a collision.

Verstappen’s lead over Alonso stretched to over 10s by lap 25, with Ocon over 17s further back.

Hamilton pitted for hards just before half distance, as did Ocon – who suffered a slow stop – and Sainz.

Further back, Perez collided with Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin at the Nouvelle Chicane, and then clashed at the same spot with Kevin Magnussen’s Haas a few laps later, breaking his front wing and forcing him to pit again. Stroll then hit Magnussen at Anthony Nogues, damaging his wing.

After encountering traffic, Verstappen’s lead fell to 7s, but extended his advantage again when he worked through it by half distance.

Leclerc pitted from third on lap 45, just before rain started to fall on the far side of the circuit at the top of the hill, from Mirabeau to Portier, on lap 52. Stroll and Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) were the first to jump to intermediate tyres.

Alonso pitted for medium slicks, just as Ocon stopped for intermediates as the rain spread right across the circuit. Sainz suffered a half-spin at a drenched Mirabeau, dropping behind Leclerc.

Verstappen made his sole pitstop for intermediates on lap 55, after clipping the wall at Portier, while Alonso pitted for a second time for inters too. Ferrari were forced to stack its cars, while Magnussen tried to brave it on slicks but hit the wall at Rascasse, just being able to drag his car into the pits for full wet tyres.

After the pitstops were complete, Verstappen led Alonso by 22s, Ocon, Hamilton, Russell, Leclerc, Gasly and Sainz. Russell went off down the escape road at Mirabeau and was hit by Perez has he rejoined – for which Russell was given a 5s penalty for rejoining in an unsafe manner.

Verstappen cruised to victory, 27s ahead of Alonso, Ocon, Hamilton and Russell, who stayed clear of Leclerc to negate his penalty despite a damaged car. Behind the battling Gasly and Sainz, the McLarens of Norris and Oscar Piastri passed a brake-troubled Yuki Tsunoda’s AlphaTauri for ninth and tenth respectively inside the final 10 laps.

Stroll was the first retirement, as his Aston cried enough after several encounters with the barriers and other cars, while Magnussen also didn’t see the chequered flag.

2023 F1 Monaco Grand Prix fastest laps

Cla	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	33	1'15.650
2	Charles Leclerc	46	1'15.773	0.123
3	Pierre Gasly	49	1'15.831	0.181
4	Sergio Perez	5	1'16.269	0.619
5	Carlos Sainz	43	1'16.449	0.799
6	Esteban Ocon	41	1'16.528	0.878
7	Max Verstappen	23	1'16.604	0.954
8	Alex Albon	24	1'16.672	1.022
9	Fernando Alonso	43	1'16.674	1.024
10	George Russell	48	1'16.798	1.148
11	Zhou Guanyu	5	1'16.926	1.276
12	Nico Hulkenberg	6	1'16.991	1.341
13	Logan Sargeant	32	1'17.302	1.652
14	Oscar Piastri	47	1'17.513	1.863
15	Nyck de Vries	43	1'17.561	1.911
16	Yuki Tsunoda	36	1'17.680	2.030
17	Lance Stroll	18	1'17.769	2.119
18	Valtteri Bottas	19	1'17.824	2.174
19	Lando Norris	46	1'17.844	2.194
20	Kevin Magnussen	41	1'18.351	2.701
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