F1 Grand Prix race results: Sergio Perez wins Monaco GP

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.

Mick Schumacher, Haas VF-22 crash (Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images)

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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