Leclerc wins the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix and makes his biggest childhood dream come true
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Charles Leclerc broke the curse and won in Monte Carlo for the first time in his career, making his biggest childhood dream come true.
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For the Monaco F1 Grand Prix, qualifying is the key to success. This year, this was clearly confirmed.
In Saturday's qualifying, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took pole position, closely followed by Oscar Piastri, Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris. The leader of the standings, Max Verstappen, finished sixth.
The start of Sunday's race was marred by a three-driver collision involving Sergio Pérez, Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg. The race was immediately stopped because of this. The situation played into the hands of Sainz, who was in trouble during the first lap - after the red flag, he started from his original position.
The second start was without problems, with no change in the order in the first half of the grid. Leclerc led the way, followed by Piastri, Sainz, Norris, Russell and Verstappen.
As the front-runners changed tyres after the red flag, they didn't have to stop for the rest of the race.
What followed was a very long and not very attractive race, with Leclerc becoming the winner.
The Monegasque Ferrari driver thus took his first victory since 2022.
2024 Monaco Grand Prix results:
| 1 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | |||
| 2 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | +7.152 | ||
| 3 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +7.585 | ||
| 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +8.650 | ||
| 5 | George Russell | Mercedes | +13.309 | ||
| 6 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +13.853 | ||
| 7 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +14.908 | ||
| 8 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | +1 lap | ||
| 9 | Alexander Albon | Williams | +1 lap | ||
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | +1 lap | ||
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | +2 laps | ||
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB | +2 laps | ||
| 13 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber | +2 laps | ||
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +2 laps | ||
| 15 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | +2 laps | ||
| 16 | Guanyu Zhou | Kick Sauber | +2 laps | ||
| Esteban Ocon | Alpine | DNF | |||
| Sergio Perez | Red Bull | DNF | |||
| Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | DNF | |||
| Kevin Magnussen | Haas | DNF |
