Verstappen wins in Monaco in the rain and wins 25 points from Perez in the championship

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen wins the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix.

The leader of the current season won the second victory in his career in Monaco. With seven laps to go, Verstappen hit the wall with his right rear wheel, but that didn’t stop him from getting ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso by nearly half a minute.

Alonso was second, third place was taken by Esteban Ocon (Alpin).

Verstappen’s closest competitor in the championship, Sergio Perez (Red Bull), after starting from last place, finished 16th and scored no points this weekend.

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) became the author of the best circle.

In the second half of the race it began to rain, which continued for several laps, most of the pilots finished on intermediate tires.

Verstappen increased his lead over Perez in the individual standings from 14 to 39 points. The current world champion has 144 points, the Mexican has 105 points left. Alonso, who is in third place, scored 93 points.

World Championship. Seventh stage. Grand Prix of Monaco.

1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – 78 laps

2. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) – +27.921 seconds

3. Esteban Ocon (Alpin) – +36,990

4. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) – +39,062

5. George Russell (Mercedes) – +56.284

6. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – +1.01,890

7. Pierre Gasly (Alpin) – +1.02.362

8. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) – +1.03.391

9. Lando Norris (McLaren) – +1 lap

10. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – +1 lap

11. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) – +1 lap

12. Nick de Vries (Alpha Tauri) – +1 lap

13. Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) – +1 lap

14. Alexander Albon (Williams) – +1 lap

15. Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri) – +2 laps

16. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) – +2 laps

17. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) – +2 laps

18. Logan Sargent (Williams) – +2 laps

19. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) – did not finish

20. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) – Did not finish