F1 Driver Form: Monaco Grand Prix

Four Monaco Grand Prix winners are on the 2024 grid, five different drivers have won the past six Monaco races and Leclerc is yet to finish on the podium at his home event. Here’s everything you need to know about each driver’s history at the Monaco Grand Prix!

🇳🇱 Max VERSTAPPEN

Max Verstappen’s Monaco career got off to a very good start as he finished second fastest in Free Practice 1 with Toro Rosso in 2015 on his first laps of the track. Verstappen’s Monaco appearances have been somewhat hit and miss.

His 2015 race here came to an early end after he collided with the rear of Romain Grosjean. He failed to finish again in 2016 in a crash-strewn weekend. He clipped the barrier at Casino in Free Practice 3, crashed out at the Swimming Pool complex in Q1 and crashed out of the race at Massenet. He also missed out on qualifying in 2018 following a crash in the final practice session.

Since then, Verstappen has scored on all six visits to Monaco, finishing on the podium for the first time with his 2021 victory. He finished third in 2022 and recorded a second Monaco Grand Prix win in 2023. He could have finished on the podium in the 2019 race here, if not for a five second time penalty for a pit-lane incident.

Verstappen became a Monaco Grand Prix polestitter for the first time in 2023. He also qualified on the front row in 2021 and became the de facto polesitter that year, when Charles Leclerc was unable to start the race. 2016 and 2018 are the only seasons in which Verstappen has not reached Q3 in Monaco.

MAX VERSTAPPEN’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇲🇽 Sergio PEREZ

Sergio Perez became a Monaco Grand Prix winner in 2022, taking victory at the famous street circuit. His win and his fourth place finish in 2021 are the only times Perez has scored at the circuit since taking a podium finish in 2016.

From 12 Monaco appearances, Perez has scored points five times, finished outside of the points five times, recorded two DNFs and failed to start in 2011 after suffering a huge qualifying crash. Despite the crash, Perez had already reached Q3, and since then he has failed to reach Q3 at the circuit three times. He did not set a lap time in 2012, was eliminated in Q1 in 2019 and crashed out in the first part of qualifying in 2023.

In 2022, Perez qualified in the top six at the circuit for the first time, doing so by setting the third fastest Saturday lap time. Prior to 2022, his best grid position at the track was seventh – a position which he has started the Monaco Grand Prix from on four occasions.

SERGIO PEREZ’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇬🇧 Lewis HAMILTON

Lewis Hamilton has won in Monaco three times, in 2008, 2016 and 2019. He has a 100% finish rate at the track, with 2009 being the only season that he has failed to score. He recorded his worst result since then in 2022, finishing eighth. Hamilton has finished on the podium at the Monaco Grand Prix seven times in total.

Hamilton has taken pole in Monaco twice, in 2015 and 2019, and has started from the front row a further three times. 2009 and 2017 are the only years that he has failed to qualify in the top ten. Sixth in 2023 marked his best Monaco qualifying result since his last pole here in 2019.

In his 16 appearances, Hamilton has been out-qualified by his team-mate more often than not – but 2023 was the first time since 2019 that he managed to do so.

LEWIS HAMILTON’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇬🇧 George RUSSELL

From his two appearances prior to 2022 at the Monaco Grand Prix, George Russell did not finish above 14^th place. He recorded his first points at the track in 2022, finishing fifth. He finished fifth for a second consecutive season in 2023.

From his four qualifying appearances, Russell exited in Q1 in 2019, was eliminated in Q2 in 2021 and has reached Q3 in each of the last two seasons. His best Saturday result to date at the track is sixth, recorded in 2022. Last year, when he qualified eighth, marked the first time Russel has been out-qualified by a team-mate at the track.

Prior to his F1 career, Russell had a weekend to forget in Monaco in 2018, as he retired from both the F2 Feature and Sprint races.

GEORGE RUSSELL’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇲🇨 Charles LECLERC

Charles Leclerc failed to reach the chequered flag on any of his first three appearances at the Monaco Grand Prix. He was out in the closing stages in 2018 after a brake failure, while he clattered into Nico Hulkenberg in the 2019 running of the race. In 2021, Leclerc took pole for the race before crashing at the end of the qualifying session. He was then unable to start the race due to gearbox issues.

Leclerc finally reached the chequered flag in 2022, but there was more disappointment. He took pole position for the second consecutive season but finished only fourth – a result of poor strategy. In 2023, he qualified third but dropped three places on the grid after picking up a penalty for impeding Lando Norris during Q3. He was unable to finish any higher than where he started, in sixth place.

He had a Saturday to forget in 2019 when he was eliminated in Q1 – his only Q1 exit to date at the circuit. It remains the last time he did not appear in Q3 at his home event.

CHARLES LECLERC’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇪🇸 Carlos SAINZ

In his eight visits to the Monaco Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz has never failed to score. In 2021, he recorded his first Monaco Grand Prix podium result with second place and finished as runner-up again in 2022. All of his other finishes have been outside of the top five positions.

Sainz has also never missed out on Q3 at the track, and has a best qualifying result of second in 2022. He started from the pit lane in 2015, but still managed to score points. 2021 was the first time that Sainz was out-qualified by his team-mate at the circuit. He was out-qualified by Charles Leclerc again in 2023.

CARLOS SAINZ’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇬🇧 Lando NORRIS

Lando Norris scored for the first time in Monaco in 2021, taking the final spot on the podium. He narrowly missed out on points on his maiden appearance here in 2019, finishing 11^th. Norris finished in the top six for a second consecutive season in 2022 and brought home more points with a ninth place finish in 2023.

Norris reached Q3 here for the first time in 2021, qualifying in fifth place. He qualified fifth again in 2022, out-qualifying his team-mate for the second year in a row. Last year, he again reached Q3 and again out-qualified his team-mate.

Prior to reaching F1, Norris raced at Monaco in F2 in 2018, finishing sixth in the Feature Race and taking a podium finish in the Sprint Race, coming home in third place.

LANDO NORRIS’ MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇦🇺 Oscar PIASTRI

Oscar Piastri picked up a single point on his Monaco Grand Prix debut in 2023, finishing in tenth place, one position behind his McLaren team-mate. He missed out on a spot in Q2 by just two hundredths of a second and qualified 11^th.

Piastri secured consecutive second place finishes in the F2 races in Monaco in 2021. After finishing eighth in the first Sprint Race, Piastri finished less than a second away from second Sprint Race winner Dan Ticktum and just three seconds away from Feature Race winner Théo Pourchaire.

OSCAR PIASTRI’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇪🇸 Fernando ALONSO

Fernando Alonso won the Monaco Grand Prix in 2006 and 2007, becoming the only driver in F1 history to win the event in successive years with different teams. Alonso has a further three podium finishes to his name here. He recorded podium finishes with Ferrari in 2011 and 2012 and recorded his first top three result at the track in 11 years with Aston Martin in 2023, finishing as runner-up.

The Spaniard has retired from the event four times, while his tenth place in 2008 and 13^th in 2021 are the only times he’s finished a Monaco Grand Prix in a position outside of the points. In 2022, his seventh place finish marked the first time Alonso scored points in Monaco since 2016.

Alonso has lined up on the front row here on four occasions, including with pole positions in 2006 and 2007. 2023 marked his first front row start at the track since his last pole position in Monaco in 2007.

2010, when he failed to set a lap in qualifying, and 2021 are the only times he’s been eliminated in Q1 here, while 2015 is the only other time he’s failed to reach Q3 in Monaco.

Aside from the races which he won, Alonso has led a further three laps here. He led for a single lap in the 2004, 2011 and 2012 Monaco Grands Prix.

FERNANDO ALONSO’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇨🇦 Lance STROLL

Lance Stroll scored his best Monaco Grand Prix finishing position to date in 2021 with eighth place. It was the first time he scored points at the event. He retired from the race in both 2017 and 2023 and failed to finish above 14^th on his other three appearances.

The Canadian is yet to out-qualify a team-mate at the circuit. He recorded his fourth Q1 exit at the Monaco Grand Prix in 2022, having scored his best qualifying result at the circuit in the previous season, with 13^th place. 2021 and 2023 are the only times Stroll has progressed to Q2 here, as well as the only times he has not qualified 18^th.

LANCE STROLL’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇫🇷 Esteban OCON

Esteban Ocon finished on the podium at the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix, recording his first top five finish at the event. From his five previous appearances at the Monaco Grand Prix, Ocon has scored three times, with sixth place in 2018 and ninth in 2021 in addition to last year’s podium.

Ocon holds a 100% finish rate at the track, having finished 12^th on both his first appearance in 2017 and in 2022.

Ocon reached Q3 at the Monaco Grand Prix for the third time in 2023, qualifying in fourth place. It marked his best qualifying result to date at the track.

ESTEBAN OCON’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇫🇷 Pierre GASLY

For the first time in four appearances, Pierre Gasly failed to score points at the Monaco Grand Prix in 2022. He narrowly missed out, finishing 11^th. It’s the only time the Frenchman has failed to socre here from his five total starts. His bet result here is fifth, recorded with Red Bull in 2019. His other points-scoring races at the track have all been top seven results.

2022 is also the only time Gasly has failed to reach Q3 at the Monaco Grand Prix. His best qualifying result here is fifth, recorded in 2019. He was out in Q1 in 2022, failing to out-qualify his team-mate at the track for the second time. He was also out-qualified by Alpine team-mate Esteban Ocon last year.

2021 is the only time Gasly has finished the Monaco Grand Prix in a worse position than where he started.

PIERRE GASLY’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇹🇭 Alex ALBON

Alex Albon has made three appearances at the Monaco Grand Prix. He finished in eighth place with Toro Rosso in 2019, which remains his only points-scoring out in Monaco. He failed to finish the race with Williams in 2022 and came home 14^th in 2023. Albon reached Q3 in 2019, was eliminated in Q1 in 2022 and exited in Q2 last year. He has out-qualified his team-mate here in each of the last two seasons.

ALEX ALBON’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇺🇸 Logan SARGEANT

Logan Sargeant came close to reaching Q2 on his Monaco Grand Prix debut in 2023, qualifying in 16^th place. He went on to finish the race in 18^th place, four positions behind his Williams team-mate.

Logan Sargeant previously raced at Monaco in Formula Renault Eurocup, in 2018, and in Formula 2, in 2022. Sargeant secured two top ten finishes in Formula 2 at the track.

LOGAN SARGEANT’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇯🇵 Yuki TSUNODA

Yuki Tsunoda is yet to finish above 15^th in his three visits to the Monaco Grand Prix. He finished 16^th in 2021, 17^th in 2022 and 15^th in 2023. Tsunoda reached Q2 for the first time at the circuit in 2022 and progressed to Q3 for the first time in 2023, qualifying ninth. He has out-qualified his team-mate in both of the last two seasons. Tsunoda is yet to finish the Monaco Grand Prix in a better position than where he started, having lost six places in each of the last two years.

YUKI TSUNODA’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇦🇺 Daniel RICCIARDO

Daniel Ricciardo took victory at the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix. It followed disappointment in 2016, when he was on course to win, but a pit stop error from Red Bull saw him finish only second. Ricciardo finished on the podium in all three years between 2016 and 2018, and also finished third in 2014.

His first two appearances at the track resulted in DNFs while his last two outings with McLaren – in 2021 and 2022 – are the only other times Ricciardo has failed to score here.

Ricciardo failed to reach Q3 at the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time since 2013 in 2021. He qualified 14^th in 2022 – his worst qualifying showing at the track since his first full F1 season with Toro Rosso back in 2012. Ricciardo took pole in both 2016 and 2018.

2017, when he gained two places, and 2022, when he gained one position, are the only seasons in which Ricciardo has finished the Monaco Grand Prix in a better position than where he started.

DANIEL RICCIARDO’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇫🇮 Valtteri BOTTAS

From ten Monaco Grand Prix appearances, Valtteri Bottas has scored points only four times. He did not score at the circuit until joining Mercedes in 2017. He finished fourth that year, before finishing fifth in 2018 and scoring his first Monaco podium with third place in 2019. On his first appearance with Alfa Romeo here in 2022, Bottas finished ninth.

He retired from the race in 2021 following a botched pit stop. It was his second retirement at the circuit, having also retired in 2014.

Like his race results, Bottas did not reach Q3 at Monaco until he joined Mercedes. He started from the front row at the circuit for the first time in 2019. In 2022, he failed to reach Q3 for the first time since 2016. He was also out in Q2 last year.

Bottas gained three positions over the course of the 2022 race – it was the first time he gained positions from where he started in Monaco since 2015. He gained four places from where he started during the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix.

VALTTERI BOTTAS’ MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇨🇳 ZHOU Guanyu

On his Monaco Grand Prix debut in 2022, Zhou Guanyu finished in 16^th place. He did so having set the slowest time in qualifying and lining up 20^th on the grid. He lined up at the back of the grid again in 2023, having set the second slowest lap time in qualifying. Gaining seven places, Zhou recorded his best Monaco Grand Prix result to date with a 13^th place finish.

Zhou raced at Circuit de Monaco in 2021 in Formula 2, in which he won the first Sprint Race.

ZHOU GUANYU’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇩🇰 Kevin MAGNUSSEN

Kevin Magnussen has scored a total of two points at the Monaco Grand Prix, with tenth place finishes in 2014 and 2017. He recorded his second retirement here in 2022, having last failed to finish in Monaco in 2016 and recorded a second consecutive DNF in 2023.

Magnussen’s best qualifying result here is sixth, which is where he qualified with Haas in 2019. He also reached Q3 with McLaren in 2014. 2017 and 2018 are the only years in which Magnussen has been out-qualified by his team-mate here.

KEVIN MAGNUSSEN’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇩🇪 Nico HULKENBERG

From ten previous appearances at the Monaco Grand Prix, Nico Hulkenberg has scored points on four occasions. His best finish here is fifth place, recorded in 2014. Hulkenberg has failed to reach the chequered flag twice in Monaco, in 2010 and 2017.

2016 is the only season in which Hulkenberg has progressed to Q3 at the Monaco Grand Prix. He qualified fifth that year. 2023 marked the German’s first Q1 elimination here, having exited in Q2 on every other appearance. On six of those eight occasions, Hulkenberg qualified in 11^th place; including in all of his first four visits to the track. He has started from the top ten three times – having moved up to tenth on the final grid due to penalties for other drivers in 2012 and 2017.

NICO HULKENBERG’S MONACO GRAND PRIX HISTORY