Monaco great for Hamilton but no fairytale for Leclerc - driver ratings
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Kimi Antonelli's winning streak continued on Sunday with his fifth straight victory of the season at the Monaco Grand Prix.
The Mercedes driver secured his first F1 Grand Slam - winning from pole position, leading every lap of the grand prix and setting the fastest lap - to extend his title advantage to 66 points.
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Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton was on the podium in Monte Carlo in second and has now moved above team-mate Charles Leclerc and George Russell in the standings and into second place.
Here are my ratings for how the drivers performed across the whole weekend in Monaco.
Kimi Antonelli - 9.5/10
Stellar weekend. Never looked out of his depth and kept his head with the tricky race restart with 10 laps to go. A weekend the Mercedes driver etches his name into the history books as the youngest driver to win the Monaco Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton - 8.5/10
Quick from the off and disappointed with a second-row start after qualifying. Ultimately, didn't quite have the pace in his Ferrari to match Antonelli and a needless penalty nearly scuppered him. Overall, another great weekend for the seven-time world champion.
Isack Hadjar - 8/10
Great recovery from his practice crash on Friday and managed his engine issues well. Helped by the team pulling off a great strategy to jump him up the order for his first podium for Red Bull.
Oscar Piastri 7/10
Everything is just solid from the Australian right now. Another victim of the pit lane penalty fiasco but overall a decent points haul for the McLaren man.
Liam Lawson - 8/10
A quiet but confident weekend from the Racing Bulls man. Helped by the red flag chaos to score big points but always looked like he was on for a top-10 finish.
Arvid Lindblad - 7.5/10
Looked out of his depth at the start of the weekend but stayed clean in the race, and his go-long strategy paid off with a big points haul for Racing Bulls.
Pierre Gasly - 7/10
Good weekend to bounce back after some tough races for Alpine. And it could have been even better with a podium but a penalty for speeding in the pit lane is unnecessary and cost him.
Alex Albon - 8/10
Better weekend. Looked more on par with Williams team-mate Carlos Sainz. Played the team game even though he wasn't completely sold on it and finally got some much-needed points on the board.
Esteban Ocon - 6.5/10
Felt sure he could have gone through to Q3 but even without that, was right there with and ahead of Haas team-mate Oliver Bearman and kept it clean to salvage some valuable points.
Fernando Alonso - 7/10
Of course it was Alonso to get Aston Martin's first point, even if it was lucky. He still had to be there to inherit it. Also the save from him earlier on in the weekend down to the chicane was awesome.
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Gabriel Bortoleto - 4/10
Could have fought for Q3 but the Nouvelle chicane crash rather ruined the Audi driver's weekend.
George Russell 6/10
Tough weekend. Didn't look like he had to pace to even match Mercedes team-mate Antonelli. Needless penalties on top of that and it's a further hit in the championship challenge.
Nico Hulkenberg - 6/10
Started strong, faded in qualifying but with the chaos could have ended up with points bar a penalty.
Franco Colapinto - 4/10
Has been looking so good the past few races but Monaco didn't click. Too many near misses with the wall and how he didn't shunt into Turn One I'll never know. While his Alpine team-mate Gasly could have been on the podium, he was nowhere to be seen and also had a needless crash with Sainz.
Sergio Perez - 2/10
Unfortunately, what would have been a decent score was all undone by not one but two penalties for being out of position on the grid and costing Cadillac their first point. What makes it worse is that Alonso inherits it, so Cadillac are last in the constructors' championship as a result.
Carlos Sainz - 6/10
Played the team game but fell behind Williams team-mate Albon this weekend.
Max Verstappen 8/10
Mighty lap in qualifying to only just miss out on pole. Was expecting Verstappen-like things down into Turn One but sadly, it wasn't meant to be with Red Bull's engine issues.
Charles Leclerc - 6/10
It wasn't the fairytale end for Leclerc but even before the crash, he was not happy with his Ferrari team, be it brakes or pit strategy. Doesn't take away from his speed here but it fell away from him in qualifying and ultimately he still put his car in the wall.
Lando Norris 6/10
Ended up starting behind McLaren team-mate Piastri and then got done by Gasly at the start. Ultimately had to retire from the race for the second grand prix in a row.
Oliver Bearman - 5/10
A bit unlucky with timings in qualifying but didn't put the laps together when they counted.
Valtteri Bottas - 3/10
Outperformed by Cadillac team-mate Perez again and couldn't get in the mix with Alonso or the Haas cars.
Lance Stroll - 4/10
Another weekend of struggles. Last in qualifying and a crash in the race.