The 2025 Monaco Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 TAG Heuer Grand Prix de Monaco 2025) was a

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motor race held on 25 May 2025, at the

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. It was the eighth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship.

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took

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for the race, which he went on to win, his second of the season, with

Charles Leclerc Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc (; born 16 October 1997) is a Monégasque racing driver who competes in Formula One for Ferrari. Leclerc was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Ferrari, and has won Grands ...

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second and Norris's teammate Oscar Piastri third. This was the first McLaren race victory at Monaco since

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Background

The event was held at the

for the 82nd time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 23–25 May. The Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the 71st running of the

Monaco Grand Prix The Monaco Grand Prix () is a Formula One motor racing event held annually on the Circuit de Monaco, in late May or early June. Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the wo ...

as a round of the Formula One World Championship.

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, Oscar Piastri led the Drivers' Championship with 146 points, 13 points ahead of his teammate

in second, and 22 ahead of

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in third.

, with 279 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Mercedes and

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, who were second and third with 147 and 131 points, respectively.

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with two exceptions;

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was in the seat originally held by Liam Lawson before the latter was demoted back to Racing Bulls from the Japanese Grand Prix onward, and Franco Colapinto replaced Jack Doohan at Alpine from the preceding Emilia Romagna Grand Prix onward until at least the Austrian Grand Prix on a rotating seat basis.

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier

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brought the C4, C5, and C6 tyre compounds—the softest three in their range (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively)—for teams to use at the event.

Mandatory pit stops

With the aim of promoting better racing, there was an increase in the number of mandatory pit stops for the event. The Grand Prix saw the implementation of a minimum two-stop strategy, in both wet and dry conditions. The teams were also mandated to use at least three sets of tyres in the race, with a minimum of two different tyre compounds if it was a dry race.

Practice

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 23 May 2025, at 13:30 local time (

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), and was topped by

ahead of

and

. A red flag was observed after Leclerc hit

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driver Lance Stroll at turn 6. The second free practice was held on the same day, at 17:00 local time, and was topped by Leclerc followed by Oscar Piastri of McLaren and Leclerc's teammate

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. Two red flags occurred due to crashes of

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of Racing Bulls and Piastri. The third free practice was held on 24 May 2025, at 12:30 local time, and was topped by Leclerc ahead of Verstappen and Norris. The session was red-flagged in the closing stages due to Hamilton crashing at turn 4, ripping off his

's front-right tire.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 24 May 2025, at 16:00 local time (

), and determined the starting grid order for the race.

Qualifying report

Two red flags were observed throughout qualifying. The first was at the end of the opening segment of qualifying (Q1) due to

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of Mercedes crashing at the ''Nouvelle Chicane'', damaging his front-left suspension. He made it to the second segment (Q2), but did not run any laps. The second was observed in Q2 after Antonelli's teammate George Russell suffered a battery failure and stopped in the tunnel.

’s

set the fastest ever recorded lap at the

with a time of 1:09.954 to take

Qualifying classification

Notes * –

received a three-place grid penalty for impeding

in Q1. * –

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received a ten-place grid penalty for overtaking Carlos Sainz Jr. under red flag conditions during the second free practice session. * – Lance Stroll received a one-place grid penalty for causing a collision with

during the first free practice session. He also received a three-place grid penalty for impeding

Pierre Gasly Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly (; born 7 February 1996) is a French racing driver who competes in Formula One for Alpine. Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix with AlphaTauri. Born and raised in Normandy, Gasly began competitive kart racing age ...

in Q1. Both penalties made no difference due to Oliver Bearman's penalty.

Race

The race was held on 25 May 2025, at 15:00 local time (

), and was run for 78 laps.

Race report

got a slightly poorer start than his front row rival

, who momentarily challenged him for the lead into the opening ''Sainte Devote'' turn. However, Norris was able to hold the inside line and maintain his lead. The field made it through the first timing sector cleanly. Fighting for fifteenth place,

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overtook

of Mercedes around the outside of the ''Fairmont Hairpin,'' Antonelli attempted to respond to by diving up the inside at the ''Portier'' turn. Bortoleto, already committed to the corner, was unable to avoid hitting the barrier and, whilst able to reverse back onto the track, lost his front wing and dropped to last in the race. The virtual safety car (VSC) was deployed to allow marshals to clear the debris from this incident. Before the race, there had been speculation as to whether the cars at the back of the grid might take one of their two mandatory pit stops on the first lap in order to give themselves clean air.

of Alpine,

of Haas and Bortoleto did just that, with the time lost compared to other cars being lessened due to the VSC being deployed at the time. On lap 9 Gasly, who was running in 18th position, misjudged his braking for the ''Nouvelle Chicane'' and drove into the rear of Tsunoda. Gasly's front-left wheel was dislodged by the impact, ending his race, however he was able to drive back to the pit lane and therefore the debris could be cleared under double-waved yellow flags. As they passed through the yellow flag area, fourth-placed

of Red Bull closed up the rear of McLaren's Oscar Piastri of but was unable to pass, complaining over team radio that Piastri "would have taken my front wing off". At the end of lap 14

of Racing Bulls, who had been running in sixth position, became the first driver to pit from the top ten but was able to return to the track in eighth thanks to the efforts of his teammate Liam Lawson who had deliberately slowed down the cars behind in order to give Hadjar the gap necessary to pit and remain in front. The cars behind Lawson had been unable to overtake him, due to the narrow and twisting nature of the Circuit de Monaco. These inter-team tactics would end up being used extensively throughout the Grand Prix. On lap 18

of Ferrari made his first stop and was able to overcut both Hadjar and

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, moving him from a net seventh to fifth position. On lap 19 race leader Norris made his first pit stop without incident, switching from mediums to hards. Hadjar made his second pit stop just five laps after his first, and was able to again rejoin ahead of Lawson and the group of cars that were being slowed down behind him. This meant that Hadjar had completed both his mandatory pit stops whilst remaining ahead of cars whom had not yet made either of theirs. On lap 28 leader Verstappen, who had being running long with the hope of making an overcut on Piastri, made his first pit stop and rejoined in fourth, the same position he had been in before the pit stop phase of the race. On lap 37 Alonso, running in sixth with one stop left to make, suffered an engine failure which ended his hopes for a first points finish of the season. Alonso was able to pull off through a gap in the barriers, thus no intervention was necessary. 10th-placed Carlos Sainz Jr. was using the same tactics seen earlier from Lawson to help his Williams teammate Alexander Albon. This frustrated the chasing George Russell of Mercedes to the point where on lap 50 Russell passed Albon by cutting the ''Nouvelle Chicane'', ostensibly due to Albon's "erratic driving". Russell refused to return the position, stating over radio that he would rather take a penalty then remain stuck behind the Williams. In response to this radio, the stewards imposed a harsher than usual

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penalty for the illegal overtake. At the same time, Norris made his second and final pit stop which left him behind Verstappen, who still had one stop left to make. Verstappen decided to delay his pit stop as much as possible in the hope that a safety car or red flag might be deployed, which would possibly allow him to make his stop and remain in the lead. Norris, on fresh tyres, quickly caught Verstappen but was unable to pass, leading to him being caught by Leclerc and Piastri. Despite the gap to Leclerc reaching as little as half a second, Norris held his lead, and when Verstappen finally pitted on lap 77, retook the lead, then set the fastest lap on the final lap, winning his first

and sixth Grand Prix overall by three seconds. Leclerc and Piastri completed the podium whilst both Racing Bulls drivers took their best results in a Grand Prix to date, with Hadjar in sixth and Lawson in eighth respectively – the latter scoring his first points of the season.

Post-race

Due to the

twisty layout, lack of straights and narrow nature, there was only one overtake, and zero inside the top 10, with Mercedes calculating a car needed a 4.5-second pace advantage over the car in front to have even a 50–50 chance at an overtake. One of the two on-track "passes" occurred courtesy of Mercedes's George Russell's intentionally cutting the ''Nouvelle Chicane'' for which he received a drive-through penalty. Several teams, including Williams, Racing Bulls, and Mercedes, gamed the new rule mandating a second pit stop by ordering one driver to hold up the rest of the field so that the other driver ahead of them could race in free air and pit without losing track position.

also attempted to take advantage of the two-stop rule by staying out on old tyres and gambling for a pit stop under safety car or red flag conditions, where he would have lost less time relative to his rivals. He took the lead after polesitter

took his second pit stop, but no free pit stop materialised and Verstappen was forced to pit at the end of the race, dropping him to fourth. Several drivers criticised the Grand Prix following the race. Williams's Carlos Sainz Jr. and Alexander Albon admitted that while they understood they needed to (legally) block other drivers for tactical reasons, they did not like it. Sainz warned that should there be no further rule changes, the tactic of blocking other drivers would increase in Monaco in future years. Race winner

added that the FIA's two-pit-stop rule had made the race more luck-based but not more competitive. On a more humourous note, Verstappen suggested that the organisers would need ''

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''-style gimmicks to make Monaco more interesting, and Russell revived

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's idea of using sprinklers to add artificial hazards to the circuit. Various team principals also commented on the lack of action on race day. Red Bull's

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said that the two-pit-stop rule made the race more dramatic but was not a material change. He asked the organisers to modify the circuit to permit organic overtakes. McLaren's Andrea Stella agreed that the two-stop rule did not work but was unsure whether or how the track could be meaningfully modified. Mercedes' Toto Wolff suggested a minimum lap time so that teams could not drive intentionally slowly.

Race classification

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Championship standings after the race

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, align="left", 158 , - , align="left", 1rightarrow blue

, align="center", 3 , {{flagicon, NED

, align="left", 136 , - , align="left", 1rightarrow blue

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- Mercedes , align="left", 319 , - , align="left", 1rightarrow blue

, align="center", 2 , {{flagicon, GER Mercedes , align="left", 147 , - , align="left", 1rightarrow blue

, align="center", 3 , {{flagicon, AUT

- Honda RBPT , align="left", 143 , - , align="left", 1rightarrow blue

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, align="center", 5 , {{flagicon, GBR Williams- Mercedes , align="left", 54 , - !colspan=4, Source: {{col-end * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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