After a belated rain-affected start, early leader Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) was too slow in making his stop for intermediate tyres, allowing Perez – who started third – to get ahead.
The second Ferrari of Carlos Sainz went straight from wets to slicks but still rejoined behind Perez, whose bold tyre strategy paid off.
Leclerc could only finish fourth, after a panicked second pitstop for slicks, behind the second Red Bull of Max Verstappen.
2022 Monaco Grand Prix race results
| Cla | Driver | Laps | Time | Interval | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sergio Perez |  | 64 | - | 25 | |
| 2 |  Carlos Sainz |  | 64 | 1.154 | 1.154 | 18 |
| 3 |  Max Verstappen |  | 64 | 1.491 | 0.337 | 15 |
| 4 |  Charles Leclerc |  | 64 | 2.922 | 1.431 | 12 |
| 5 |  George Russell |  | 64 | 11.968 | 9.046 | 10 |
| 6 | Lando Norris |  | 64 | 12.231 | 0.263 | 9 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso |  | 64 | 46.358 | 34.127 | 6 |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton |  | 64 | 50.388 | 4.030 | 4 |
| 9 |  Valtteri Bottas |  | 64 | 52.525 | 2.137 | 2 |
| 10 |  Sebastian Vettel |  | 64 | 53.536 | 1.011 | 1 |
| 11 |  Pierre Gasly |  | 64 | 54.289 | 0.753 | |
| 12 | Esteban Ocon | | 64 | 55.644 | 1.355 | |
| 13 |  Daniel Ricciardo |  | 64 | 57.635 | 1.991 | |
| 14 |  Lance Stroll |  | 64 | 1'00.802 | 3.167 | |
| 15 | Nicholas Latifi |  | 63 | 1 lap | ||
| 16 |  Zhou Guanyu | | 63 | 1 lap | ||
| 17 |  Yuki Tsunoda |  | 63 | 1 lap | ||
 Alex Albon |  | 48 | ||||
| Mick Schumacher |  | 24 | ||||
 Kevin Magnussen |  | 19 | ||||
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How the Monaco Grand Prix unfolded
The race start was delayed due to a rain shower that soaked the famed streets, with formation laps taken behind the safety car on full wet tyres. But the rain intensified and a red flag was shown before the race had even started.
Almost an hour later, Leclerc held his pole advantage at the rolling start on Lap 3 ahead of Sainz, the two Ferraris ahead of the chasing Red Bulls of Perez and Verstappen.
With no more rain falling, the track was drying. AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly was an early adopter on intermediates and set the fastest lap of the race on Lap 6 as he set about moving his way up the order.
Perez pitted for inters on Lap 17, rejoining in fifth but lapping quickly in clear air. Leclerc and Verstappen pitted on Lap 19, the erstwhile leader Leclerc rejoining behind Perez – who now led the inter runners. Sainz stayed out up front, aiming to run his wets until he could change for slick tyres.
Esteban Ocon (Alpine) and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) banged wheels over eighth place at Sainte Devote on Lap 18, Hamilton picking up some wing endplate damage. Ocon was given a 5s penalty for the clash.
Sainz pitted on Lap 22 for slicks and was followed in by his teammate Leclerc, making his second stop in an apparent panic on the Ferrari pitwall, allowing Perez and Verstappen to briefly run 1-2 on inters. The Red Bulls, wary of being stranded on the wrong tyres, stopped a lap later.
Perez rejoined in the lead, ahead of Sainz, with Verstappen (who had a huge moment as he left the pits) just in front of Leclerc. Sainz then had a huge slide on the start/finish straight, when he drove on to the wet line to challenge Perez, allowing the Mexican to escape out front and Verstappen to close in.
The race was then neutralised with a safety car when Mick Schumacher crashed his Haas at the Swimming Pool, splitting his car in half. His teammate Kevin Magnussen had also just retired from the race.
After multiple laps behind the safety car, the race was red flagged to fix the barriers. A lengthy delay ensued, with the Red Bulls switching to fresh hards and the Ferraris going for used hards.
The race restarted on Lap 33 with Perez leading Sainz, Verstappen, Leclerc, George Russell (Mercedes) and Lando Norris (McLaren).
This portion of the race was a procession, compared to what went before. Perez initially pulled out a handy gap over Sainz (who had a scare when he straightlined the Nouvelle Chicane with 20 minutes to go), who in turn was clear of Verstappen and Leclerc.
But Perez suffered front tyre graining as the race went into its final 10 minutes, allowing Sainz to close up onto his tail and the top four ran nose-to-tail in an exciting climax but no further position places took place.
2022 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix fastest laps
| Cla | Driver | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | km/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 55 | 1'14.693 | 160.834 | ||
| 2 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 61 | 1'15.334 | 0.641 | 0.641 | 159.465 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 50 | 1'15.882 | 1.189 | 0.548 | 158.314 |
| 4 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 46 | 1'16.028 | 1.335 | 0.146 | 158.010 |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 47 | 1'16.052 | 1.359 | 0.024 | 157.960 |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 46 | 1'16.249 | 1.556 | 0.197 | 157.552 |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 47 | 1'16.421 | 1.728 | 0.172 | 157.197 |
| 8 | George Russell | Mercedes | 42 | 1'16.830 | 2.137 | 0.409 | 156.360 |
| 9 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 51 | 1'17.203 | 2.510 | 0.373 | 155.605 |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 61 | 1'17.344 | 2.651 | 0.141 | 155.321 |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 59 | 1'17.532 | 2.839 | 0.188 | 154.945 |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 54 | 1'17.558 | 2.865 | 0.026 | 154.893 |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 50 | 1'17.571 | 2.878 | 0.013 | 154.867 |
| 14 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 57 | 1'17.600 | 2.907 | 0.029 | 154.809 |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 56 | 1'17.672 | 2.979 | 0.072 | 154.665 |
| 16 | Alex Albon | Williams | 40 | 1'18.023 | 3.330 | 0.351 | 153.969 |
| 17 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | 52 | 1'18.200 | 3.507 | 0.177 | 153.621 |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 43 | 1'18.579 | 3.886 | 0.379 | 152.880 |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 24 | 1'24.778 | 10.085 | 6.199 | 141.701 |
| 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 18 | 1'33.754 | 19.061 | 8.976 | 128.135 |
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2022 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix pitstops
| Cla | Driver | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | W | 16 | I | 6 | H | 8 | M | 34 | ||
| 2 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | W | 21 | H | 9 | H | 43 | ||||
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | W | 18 | I | 4 | H | 8 | M | 34 | ||
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | W | 18 | I | 3 | H | 9 | H | 43 | ||
| 5 | George Russell | Mercedes | W | 21 | H | 9 | M | 34 | ||||
| 6 | Lando Norris | McLaren | W | 17 | I | 5 | H | 8 | H | 29 | M | 13 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | W | 21 | H | 9 | M | 34 | ||||
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | W | 15 | I | 7 | H | 8 | M | 34 | ||
| 9 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | W | 20 | H | 10 | H | 44 | ||||
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | W | 6 | I | 17 | H | 8 | H | 42 | ||
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | I | 2 | I | 20 | H | 8 | H | 42 | ||
| 12 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | W | 21 | H | 9 | M | 34 | ||||
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | W | 19 | H | 11 | H | 45 | ||||
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | W | 1 | W | 2 | I | 22 | H | 6 | H | 41 |
| 15 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | W | 1 | I | 17 | H | 10 | M | 34 | ||
| 16 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | W | 19 | H | 10 | M | 34 | ||||
| 17 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | W | 6 | I | 15 | H | 8 | M | 27 | S | 7 |
| Alex Albon | Williams | W | 18 | H | 4 | M | 7 | M | 26 | |||
| Mick Schumacher | Haas | W | 4 | I | 13 | H | 7 | |||||
| Kevin Magnussen | Haas | W | 19 | |||||||||
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