Race 2018 F1 Monaco Grand Prix Full Race Replay
Race 2018 F1 Monaco Grand Prix Full Race Replay
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Race Info
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)
Formula One Monaco Grand Prix 2018 What to Watch
When Formula 1 travels to Monte Carlo for the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend, Lewis Hamilton will be looking to win his third consecutive race.
Before the sixth round of the 2018 season, the defending world champion leads Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari by 17 points.
Although the street circuit is one of the most difficult courses to pass, accidents and damage are frequently caused by the principality's winding roads.
Prior to the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix, Kimi Raikkonen earned his first pole position in nine years, however on race day, his teammate took the top spot.
Even though he brushed a wall late in the race, Daniel Ricciardo finished third. Vettel managed to remain out longer than the Finn before entering the pits, making the overcut work to grab the lead.
After taking a break at the end of the 2016 season, Jenson Button returned to the paddock for the race. When Fernando Alonso skipped the race to compete in the Indianapolis 500, the 2009 champion was covering for him at McLaren. Button's race ended early as he collided with Sauber's Pascal Wehrlein, landing the German's car on its side against the wall and resulting in a safety car. Button had started from the pitlane after receiving a significant grid penalty for new engine parts.
Additionally, Sergio Perez and Daniil Kvyat collided, causing Perez to fall to the rear of the field and Kvyat to exit the race. The two eventually made touch at Rascasse, despite the Mexican's attempts to pass the Toro Rosso driver on new tires.
After having a rough qualifying session on Saturday, Hamilton started the race in 13th place but gained six spots when Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean both finished in the top 10, giving Haas their first-ever F1 double points finish.
Being a street track, the track de Monaco hasn't seen many changes throughout the years, and the 2018 layout is unchanged. The race will last 78 laps, just like it did the year before.
Tyres are the main change from the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix. Since the new hypersoft compound has more wear and greater grip than any of its previous alternatives, Pirelli has determined that this is the race to introduce it. The teams are venturing into the unknown by using the pink tires on the streets of Monte Carlo, as they have only been tested in Abu Dhabi and Barcelona.
The Monaco race starts later than in 2017 compared to the majority of the European events this year. F1's executives chose to reschedule the race from its previous start time of 2 p.m. local time to 3.10 p.m. Due to the shift, track temperatures may drop toward the end of the race, which could have an effect on tires that are already worn out.
As previously said, this race marks the first time we will witness the softest of Pirelli's 2018 compounds in action. Mercedes, Haas, and McLaren are being more cautious and only have nine sets of hypersofts available for the weekend, while the majority of drivers have chosen to have ten or eleven sets available.
This weekend is the first race this year that the soft tires have not been available, as teams will also be allowed to use the ultrasoft and supersoft tires.
Magnussen and Felipe Massa both made up positions by figuring out a twp-stop strategy that worked, but the majority of drivers who finished in the points last year just required one pit stop to finish the race. Compared to the ultrasoft that most drivers began the race on last year, the hypersoft should have more wear, which might result in faster pit stops and possibly more cars entering the pits twice.
Although rain is common in Monaco, it doesn't appear like wet or intermediate tires will be required this year.
At Monaco, practice begins one day earlier from usual, with mostly sunny weather predicted.
Saturday's qualifying is expected to be hot and bright, with Sunday's temperature hovering around 24°C. Although there is a risk of rain following the race, which could result in a dip in temperature in the last laps, race day is predicted to be overcast and rather milder than qualifying.
Toto Wolff, the manager of Mercedes, has downplayed his team's chances this weekend, stating that he believes Ferrari and Red Bull will compete for the race victory.
Lewis Hamilton, who has only won once in the principality since 2009, took home one of Mercedes's four triumphs in the last five Monte Carlo races. Valtteri Bottas, Hamilton's teammate, has only finished with one point at Monaco and has never placed on the podium.
In Monaco, Red Bull is usually strong, while Mercedes is predicted to have trouble. At least one Red Bull driver has finished on the podium in seven of the last eight Monte Carlo races, and the team's first podium came in 2006.
Max Verstappen has only found one podium in three races at Monaco, while Ricciardo has three podiums from his four prior appearances there with Red Bull.
Since there aren't many chances to pass at Monaco, qualifying is crucial. But neither of the last two pole sitters, Raikkonen last year and Ricciardo in 2016, were able to turn pole into a race win, and neither has held the position ever since.
As Charles Leclerc gets ready for his maiden Formula One race in his native country, the locals will have a Monegasque driver to support for the first time since 1994.
As the only driver from Monaco to have scored points in several F1 races and the first to do so at a race outside of the principality, the current F2 champion enters the event fresh off consecutive points finishes with Alfa Romeo Sauber.
The only drivers who have not yet scored this season are Sergey Sirotkin and Romain Grosjean. Due to the frequent retirements at Monaco, a driver from one of the lesser teams may have an opportunity to score some points at this event, despite the fact that both drivers have struggled in the last few races.
After starting 21st in the 2014 race, where only 14 cars made it to the finish line, Jules Bianchi was able to secure an improbable ninth place for Marussia. Just 13 drivers completed the entire race distance last year. A three-place grid penalty for instigating a collision at the start of the Spanish Grand Prix puts Grosjean at a disadvantage going into the weekend.