The 2018 Monaco Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2018) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 27 May 2018 at the Circuit de Monaco, a street circuit that runs through the Principality of Monaco. It was the 6th round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship, the 76th time the Monaco Grand Prix had been held, and the 65th time it had been a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950. It was the last victory for Daniel Ricciardo until the 2021 Italian Grand Prix.
| 2018 Monaco Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 6 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Circuit de Monte Carlo, Monaco | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 27 May 2018 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2018 | ||||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco La Condamine and Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||||
| Course | Street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 3.337 km (2.074 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 78 laps, 260.286 km (161.734 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | ||||
| Time | 1:10.810 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | |||
| Time | 1:14.260 on lap 60 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third | Mercedes | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The race was won by Daniel Ricciardo in Red Bull, with Sebastian Vettel in Ferrari coming second. Lewis Hamilton in Mercedes finished third, maintaining the championship lead over Vettel. Mercedes also led in the Constructors' Championship ahead of Ferrari.[1]
Report
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Background
editTyres
editThe race marked the competitive début of Pirelli's new hypersoft tyre compound.[2]
Chassis updates
editFollowing controversy over the use of winglets above halo-mounted rear view mirrors at the previous round in Spain, the FIA banned the winglets ahead of the race weekend.[3]
Penalties
editRomain Grosjean was handed a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision on the opening lap of the Spanish Grand Prix.[4] Max Verstappen received a 5 place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change, and a 10 place grid penalty for use of a third MGU-K, although this made no difference to his starting position, as he already was at the back of the grid.[5][6]
Practice
editDaniel Ricciardo was fastest across all three practice sessions, improving his time in each successive session.[7] In FP3, Max Verstappen crashed heavily at the Turn 16, meaning his car was damaged beyond repair for qualifying.[8]
Qualifying
editMax Verstappen was unable to compete in qualifying as his mechanics were unable to repair the car in time after a crash in the final practice session.[8] Daniel Ricciardo set a new qualifying lap record to take pole position for the race.[9] Red Bull capped both ends of the grid, Ricciardo starting first and Verstappen starting last. Pierre Gasly made Q3 for the second time, however his teammate, Brendon Hartley, after showing promise with P7 in FP3, qualified in P16 after being held up in traffic as well as being unhappy with the balance in his car.[10]
Race
editRicciardo led going into the first corner with the top 6 staying in the same order. On lap 28, Ricciardo, still leading the race, complained of a loss of power to the team.[11] Ricciardo was left to manage a wounded car for the remaining 50 laps of the race, with what was later revealed to be an MGU-K failure (giving him 25% less horsepower than usual), and with only six out of eight gears functioning.[11][12][13] For the rest of the race he came under pressure from Sebastian Vettel, however due to dirty air and the track being difficult to pass, Vettel was unable to attack Ricciardo. Vettel lost a lot of time after Stoffel Vandoorne, around a lap behind Vettel and Ricciardo, came in between them both after pitting for a second time.
Sergey Sirotkin was given a 10-second stop-go penalty after his tyres were not fitted to the car at the 3 minute signal.[14] On lap 53 Fernando Alonso retired at Sainte-Dévote due to gearbox problems, his first retirement of the 2018 season.[15] A virtual safety car came out on lap 73 when Charles Leclerc's left front brake disc failed just before the Nouvelle Chicane, causing him to crash into the back of Brendon Hartley. Both drivers were forced to retire due to damage.[16][17] This was the first Monaco Grand Prix since 2009 where a (full) safety car did not make an appearance, although there was a brief virtual safety car period.[18] It was Ricciardo's most recent victory in Formula One until the 2021 Italian Grand Prix.[19]
Post race
editAfter the race Hamilton and Alonso both complained that this was "one of the most boring races ever"; drivers were lapping several seconds a lap slower than they could have been to conserve tires and avoid making a second pit-stop.[20] Alonso also pointed to the spread out field, "as there were barely any yellow flags or safety cars."[15]
Classification
editQualifying
edit- Notes
- ^1 – Romain Grosjean received a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous round.[4]
- ^2 – Max Verstappen failed to set a Q1 time within the 107% requirement and was allowed to start the race at the stewards' discretion. He also received a 15-place grid penalty: five places for an unscheduled gearbox change and ten places for use of a third MGU-K.[8]
Race
edit| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 78 | 1:42:54.807 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 |  Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 78 | +7.336 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 44 |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 78 | +17.013 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 78 | +18.127 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 78 | +18.822 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 31 |  Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 78 | +23.667 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 78 | +24.331 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 78 | +24.839 | 11 | 4 |
| 9 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 78 | +25.317 | 20 | 2 |
| 10 | 55 |  Carlos Sainz Jr. | Renault | 78 | +1:09.013 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 78 | +1:09.864 | 16 | |
| 12 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 78 | +1:10.461 | 9 | |
| 13 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 78 | +1:14.823 | 19 | |
| 14 | 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 77 | +1 lap | 12 | |
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 77 | +1 lap | 18 | |
| 16 | 35 |  Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 77 | +1 lap | 13 | |
| 17 | 18 |  Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 76 | +2 laps | 17 | |
| 181 | 16 |  Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 70 | Collision | 14 | |
| 191 | 28 |  Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 70 | Collision damage | 15 | |
| Ret | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 52 | Gearbox | 7 | |
| Source:[22][23] | |||||||
- Notes
- ^1 – Charles Leclerc and Brendon Hartley did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance. Although Hartley completed his 70th lap before Leclerc, Hartley is classified behind Leclerc due to a 5-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Monaco 2018 – Championship". StatsF1. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Cooper, Adam. "Sainz: F1 Monaco GP qualifying will be 'madness' on hypersoft tyres". autosport.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ Cooper, Adam (12 May 2018). "FIA tells Ferrari it can't run halo mirror winglets after Spanish GP". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ a b Coch, Mat (14 May 2018). "Grosjean penalised for Spanish GP shunt". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "F1 2018 Monaco Grand Prix Starting Grid – Penalties Included". www.thisisf1.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Verstappen first driver to exceed power unit limit after Monaco change". Crash. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Results". Formula1.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "Verstappen fails to qualify after Monaco practice shunt". Formula1.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Qualifying: Ricciardo crushes opposition to take Monaco pole". Formula1.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Brendon Hartley disappointed after qualifying 16th for Monaco Grand Prix". Stuff. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ a b Davies, Tom (27 May 2018). "F1: Daniel Ricciardo wins Monaco Grand Prix – as it happened TheGuardian : TheGuardian". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Conclusions from the Monaco Grand Prix | PlanetF1 : PlanetF1". www.planetf1.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Ricciardo: Monaco Grand Prix win is 'redemption' | PlanetF1 : PlanetF1". www.planetf1.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Scott. "Sirotkin convinced Monaco proves Williams has cleared F1 2018 nadir". Autosport.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ a b "What the teams said – race day in Monaco". Formula1.com. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Brake disc failure to blame for Leclerc-Hartley collision". Formula1.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "F1: Daniel Ricciardo wins Monaco Grand Prix – as it happened". Guardian. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "RACE: Ricciardo overcomes engine issues to beat Vettel in Monaco". Formula1.com. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "'Deep down I never lost faith or belief' says Ricciardo after taking first win since 2018". Formula1.com. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Monaco GP: Lewis Hamilton & Fernando Alonso critical of 'most boring race'". BBC Sport. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2018 – Qualifying". Formula1.com. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2018 – Race Result". Formula1.com. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Monaco 2018 - Result". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Monaco 2018 – Championship". StatsF1. Retrieved 6 February 2019.