Leclerc became the first Monegasque since Louis Chiron in 1931 to win on home soil.
Charles Leclerc finally ended his Monaco curse by winning a processional race that Max Verstappen claimed was “so boring” he wished he had “brought my pillow” and Lewis Hamilton said he could not blame fans for “falling asleep”.
Leclerc’s Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz finished third, one place ahead of British driver Lando Norris. George Russell crossed the line in fifth for Mercedes with Verstappen sixth and Hamilton seventh. After one hour and 44 minutes, the top 10 finished in the same order they started.“It was non-eventful,” said Hamilton, 39. “Everyone drove so slowly. It didn’t matter what tyre you were on. We were driving seconds off the pace.
Leclerc, Piastri, Sainz and Norris – all on the hardest tyre compounds – started to pull away with fifth-placed Russell managing his medium rubber. Verstappen, in sixth, was 12 seconds behind after as many laps. F1 bosses have looked at ways to adapt the tight and twisty layout but have made little progress. The heaviest generation of cars ever seen has made overtaking here practically impossible.
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