00:01It's lights out and away we go, Bottas got away well, Verstappen comes over to cover him
00:06and does cover off the Mercedes into Sandoval, Bottas locks up, he's in second, Carlos Sainz third,
00:12then comes Lando Norris taking the inside line, there was Esteban Ocon in the Alpine
00:16and not exactly on the track, as up through Massenet they go now, it's Max Verstappen that leads,
00:21Sergio Perez having a bit of a tussle there with Esteban Ocon in the Alpine,
00:26Perez I think just staying ahead of Esteban Ocon, as down now towards the Lowe's hairpin we come,
00:32it's Verstappen from Bottas, then comes Sainz and then comes Norris, after Norris, Pierre Gasly, then Lewis Hamilton and Lance
00:40Stroll.
00:41Let's see the start then, Bottas gets away well and here comes Max to cover him off.
00:44Yeah, Max really had to get aggressive there, didn't he? Bottas with a far better start,
00:49but driving into a wedge that the Red Bull was creating.
00:53Look at the two Haases right at the back, getting extremely friendly.
00:58Mick Schumacher decided he wasn't going to stick around behind Nikita Mazepin for this race,
01:02and that's how he made up the place on his teammate there.
01:06Lewis Hamilton comes into the pits, and the nice stop, 2.2 seconds.
01:11Now he's got to pin it on the out lap if he's going to clear Gasly.
01:15Valtteri Bottas now pits for Mercedes, so they brought Hamilton in, then a lap later, in comes Valtteri Bottas,
01:22and it's the hard tire too, but they can't get the right front off.
01:26The wheel gun has jammed, and this is not the first time this season.
01:31Valtteri Bottas has had an epically slow pit stop through no fold of his own,
01:37and they just can't get that wheel off.
01:39Right fronts and Mercedes-Benz pit stops do not go well together.
01:44And look at this then, so Hamilton...
01:46Out behind Gasly, Gasly out ahead of Hamilton.
01:51How am I still behind him, man? Come on!
01:53Gasly, by a car length and a half, is ahead of Hamilton there.
01:57Valtteri Bottas could find himself out of this race.
01:59That is it. Over for Valtteri Bottas because of a wheel nut that just would not budge.
02:07As Vettel comes in for a set of hard compound tires,
02:12Verstappen suddenly pulled the pin. He's in the low 1 minute 15.
02:15Vettel reacting then, and has that inside line as they come through Sandovat.
02:19Vettel, is he ahead of Gasly? They're going to go wheel-to-wheel up.
02:23Beau Rivarche, I think Sebastian Vettel ahead of Pierre Gasly. Yes, he is.
02:28What has just happened, guys? I've just lost two places.
02:31As our race leader, Max Verstappen, now comes in to make his stop, lap 34.
02:37And that's exactly what Red Bull practice and what Red Bull hope will be the case every time.
02:43Max Verstappen stops a nice two-second stop, and he's back out into the race once more.
02:49Perez now finally does pit. Where is Lewis Hamilton?
02:52Coming around to the swimming pool chicane, 60 kilometres an hour.
02:56Sergio Perez making his way down the pit lane.
03:00And Perez is going to be comfortably ahead.
03:02He has got himself up into fourth place.
03:06OK, Checko, good job. Currently sitting P4.
03:08We've got the jump on Vettel, Gasly and Hamilton.
03:12Norris laps Ricciardo.
03:14Ooh, that hurt. That's an ouch moment, isn't it?
03:17It hurt for Daniel Ricciardo. I mean, it's...
03:21Yeah.
03:23Right, Lewis Hamilton has enough of a gap to Lance Stroll behind him to make a pit stop here.
03:29They're going for the fastest lap, which at the moment is held by Yuki Tsunoda.
03:34He won't get a point for that, because he's not in the top ten.
03:36But Mercedes wants an extra point for Lewis Hamilton.
03:40Oh, there's the fastest lap. Then won 12.909 for Lewis Hamilton.
03:45Fastest lap in this race.
03:47Max Verstappen past the point where he's had a couple of crashes in the past,
03:51but nothing has arisen this year to spoil Max Verstappen's party.
03:57This is going to be his first podium in Monaco.
03:59It's his first win in Monaco.
04:02Max Verstappen leads the World Championship and wins the Monaco Grand Prix.
04:07What a day for Red Bull. They can celebrate. Ascus Carlos Sainz.
04:13Second place for Ferrari. They didn't get the victory.
04:16They thought was possible starting from pole, but second will do nicely as Lando Norris comes home to take third.
04:24And another podium in Formula One. His third in the sports.
04:28Max, that is a fabulous drive, mate. And you're a Monaco Grand Prix winner. Fantastic.
04:35Ha, ha, ha, yes. Oh, nice race. Oh, well done. I think we managed that really well, guys. Oh, simply
04:43happy.
04:44A day when Red Bull were very much the fastest. It was despair for Leclerc.
04:51Fastest for Red Bull. Maybe furious for Mercedes.
04:55The championship battle continues on as we head to Baku in two weeks time.
05:00But it's Red Bull after this Monaco victory for Max Verstappen, who now lead the way.
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