2023 Monaco Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix at Circuit de Monaco on 28 May 2023 for Red Bull, from pole position; Fernando Alonso was second and Esteban Ocon third. Pole position: Max Verstappen.

Verstappen led every one of the 78 laps. Verstappen stopped once, on lap 55 (55 laps on medium, then 23 laps on intermediate); 9 of 18 finishers made 2 stops, and the median first stop was lap 46. The fastest lap was Lewis Hamilton's, 1:15.650 on lap 33. 18 of 20 starters were classified; 2 retired or were not classified. After the race Max Verstappen led the championship with 144 points, 39 ahead of Sergio Pérez, with 16 rounds left.

Date

28 May 2023

Circuit

Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo, Monaco

Round

6 of 22

Winner

Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

Tyre compounds

C3 hard C4 medium C5 soft source

Pole position

Max Verstappen (1:11.365)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 4 drivers: Charles Leclerc qualified 3rd, started 6th; Esteban Ocon qualified 4th, started 3rd; Carlos Sainz qualified 5th, started 4th; Lewis Hamilton qualified 6th, started 5th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Max Verstappen: 1 stop (lap 55), stints of 55 medium, 23 intermediate laps

2nd

Fernando Alonso: 2 stops (laps 54, 55), stints of 54 medium, 1, 23 intermediate laps

3rd

Esteban Ocon: 2 stops (laps 32, 54), stints of 32 medium, 22 hard, 24 intermediate laps

Finishers

1 stop: 6 · 2 stops: 9 · 3 or more: 3

First stops

median lap 46 of 78

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Bar colours are the tyre compound of each stint: hard medium soft intermediate wet not known (the records disagree). Compounds from Pirelli's post-race pit-stop graphic (press.pirelli.com).

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2023 standings