Kimi Antonelli survives chaotic Monaco Grand Prix to deliver victory in Monte Carlo, extend F1 Championship lead

Kimi Antonelli has extended his Formula 1 Drivers' Championship pb with triumph successful a chaotic Monaco Grand Prix.

While ample parts of the contention were a precession with Antonelli retired successful front, it was not a Grand Prix lacking successful play and antithetic occurrences.

Max Verstappen stalled and experienced a power-unit contented from 2nd connected the grid and was forced to discontinue astatine the extremity of the opening lap.

There were continuing instances of drivers being handed five-second penalties done speeding successful the pit-lane. At 1 point, six of the 18 drivers remaining successful the contention had been punished.

At the aforesaid clip arsenic the accuracy of the sensors was nary uncertainty being questioned, determination were 2 identical crashes connected the dilatory last country arsenic some Lance Stroll and Charles Leclerc mislaid grip and went into the barrier.

Although it appeared that debris whitethorn person been an issue, portion of the way had breached up to the grade wherever drivers were losing grip should they thrust implicit that peculiar area.

The contention was reddish flagged and determination was sizeable arsenic to whether it would restart, but the F1 stewards allowed the last 10 laps to instrumentality spot from a lasting commencement connected the grid.

Theoretically speaking, that gave Lewis Hamilton a accidental to walk Antonelli into the archetypal corner, but the 19-year-old held his nervus to spot disconnected that menace and cruise done to the end.

Hamilton achieved a 2nd successive runners-up spot to proceed connected an upward trajectory, but penalties were lurking for the adjacent 2 to finish.

Pierre Gasly dropped from 3rd to 7 owed to 2 five-second penalties, portion Isack Hadjar is presently successful 3rd pending the result of his ain imaginable infringements.

Should helium beryllium penalised, Oscar Piastri volition beryllium promoted onto the podium, with Liam Lawson successful enactment to beforehand to a career-best 4th position.

How does the Formula 1 Championship look?

Antonelli present sits a mammoth 66 points up of 2nd place, which is held by Hamilton aft George Russell finished extracurricular of the points successful Monaco aft a fig of penalties.

Leclerc is present 15 points adrift of his Ferrari teammate, portion Piastri is 5th careless of the result of Hadjar's punishment.

Norris is sixth - 98 points down Antonelli - with Verstappen 7 and 113 points down apical spot.