00:00No, no, the gearbox goes.
00:05Not only will Charles Leclerc not start from pole position, he will not start the Monaco Grand Prix
00:09at all. Ferrari confirm that it's a problem with the left drive shaft, which is impossible to fix
00:16in time for the start of the race.
00:21It's lights out and away we go. Bottas got away well, Verstappen comes over to cover him
00:26and does cover off the Mercedes into Sandoval. Bottas locks up, he's in second, Carlos Sainz third,
00:32then comes Lando Norris taking the inside line. There was Esteban Ocon in the Alpine and not
00:37exactly on the track as up through Massonet they go now. It's Max Verstappen that leads. Sergio Perez
00:42having a bit of a tussle there with Esteban Ocon in the Alpine. Perez I think just staying ahead
00:47of Esteban Ocon as down now towards the Lowe's hairpin we come. It's Verstappen from Bottas,
00:54then comes Sainz and then comes Norris. After Norris, Pierre Gasly, then Lewis Hamilton and Lance
01:00Stroll. Let's see the start then. Bottas gets away well and here comes Max to cover him off. Yeah,
01:05Max really had to get aggressive there didn't he? Bottas with the far better start but driving into a
01:11wedge that the Red Bull was creating. Look at the two Haases right at the back getting extremely friendly.
01:18Mick Schumacher decided he wasn't going to stick around behind Nikita Mazepin for this race and that's how he
01:23made up the place on his teammate there. Lewis Hamilton comes into the pits and the nice stop,
01:292.2 seconds. Now he's got to pin it on the out lap if he's going to clear Gasly.
01:35Valtteri Bottas now pits for Mercedes so they brought Hamilton in then a lap later in comes Valtteri Bottas
01:42and it's the hard tie. Right front's not even off yet. They can't get the right front off. The wheel
01:47gun has jammed and this is not the first time this season Valtteri Bottas has had an epically slow
01:54pit stop through no fault of his own and they just can't get that wheel off. Right front's and Mercedes
02:01Benz pit stops do not go well together and look at this then. So Hamilton out behind Gasly. Gasly out
02:17Valtteri Bottas could find himself out of this race. That is it. Over for Valtteri Bottas because of a
02:23wheel nut that just would not budge. As Vettel comes in for a set of hard compound tyres, Verstappen
02:32suddenly pulled the pin. He's in the low 1 minute 15. Vettel reacting then and has that inside line as
02:38they come through Sandovat. Vettel, is he ahead of Gasly? They're going to go wheel to wheel up.
02:43Beau Rivage here. I think Sebastian Vettel ahead of Pierre Gasly. Yes he is. What has just happened guys?
02:49It's lost two places. As our race leader Max Verstappen now comes in to make his stop. Lap 34 and
02:57that's
02:58exactly what what Red Bull practice and what Red Bull hope will be the case every time Max Verstappen
03:04stops a nice two second stop and he's back out into the race once more.
03:08Perez now finally does pit. Where's Lewis Hamilton? Coming round to the swimming pool chicane. 60
03:15kilometres an hour. Sergio Perez making his way down the pit lane and Perez is going to be
03:21comfortably ahead. He has got himself up into fourth place. Okay Jacko, good job. Currently sitting
03:28P4. We've got the jump on Vettel, Gasly and Hamilton. Norris laps Ricciardo. Ooh, that hurt.
03:35That's an ouch moment, isn't it? It hurt for Daniel Ricciardo. I mean, it's, it's, uh, yeah.
03:43Right, Lewis Hamilton has enough of a gap for, to Lance Stroll behind him to make a pit stop here.
03:49They're going for the fastest lap which at the moment is held by Yuki Tsunoda. He won't get a point
03:55for
03:55that because he's not in the top ten. But Mercedes wants an extra point for Lewis Hamilton.
04:00Well, there's the fastest lap then. 1.12.9.09 for Lewis Hamilton. Fastest lap in this race.
04:07Max Verstappen past the point where he's had a couple of crashes in the past, but nothing
04:11has arisen this year to spoil Max Verstappen's party. This is going to be his first podium in Monaco.
04:19It's his first win in Monaco. Max Verstappen leads the world championship and wins the Monaco Grand Prix.
04:28What a day for Red Bull. They can celebrate. Ascus Carlos Sainz, second place for Ferrari.
04:35They didn't get the victory. They thought was possible starting from pole, but second will do nicely
04:41as Lando Norris comes home to take third and another podium in Formula One, his third in the sport.
04:48Max, that is a fabulous drive, mate, and you're a Monaco Grand Prix winner. Fantastic.
04:56Yes. Oh, nice race. Oh, well done. I think we managed that really well, guys. Oh, super happy.
05:04A day when Red Bull were very much the fastest. It was despair for Leclerc. Fastest for Red Bull,
05:13maybe furious for Mercedes. The championship battle continues on as we head to Baku in two weeks' time,
05:19but it's Red Bull after this Monaco victory for Max Verstappen, who now lead the way.
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