The race in Monaco started relatively smoothly. Vettel tried to attack Ricardo in the 1 corner, but the attack distance of the prancing horse driver was not enough. Ricardo held his position and the ranking of the former camp remained unchanged. Vestapan, who started last, surpassed Grosjean and magnuson, ranking third from the bottom, while Grosjean complained to the team through TR that teammate magnuson almost pushed himself off the track. Ricardo, the leader, had a very stable rhythm, constantly made the fastest lap, and quickly opened the gap with Vettel to 1 sec. Raikkonen kept putting pressure on Hamilton in front of him.
On the eighth lap of the race, the championship issued a ticket to Slotkin. The Russian driver was fined 10 second because he didn't install tires before starting. After accepting the punishment, Williams newcomer fell to the last place. However, Williams' bad luck is not over yet. On lap 10, Stoll collided with the front car and caused a flat tire. The car is moving slowly on the runway. Fortunately, the Canadian driver drove his car back to the pit, and the team replaced the front wing and put on the red label ultra-soft tires for him. Later, Slotkin was investigated by the race because of the team's work during the penalty stop. Fortunately, there was no further punishment.
On lap 13, Hamilton stopped and put on purple very soft tires. Hamilton had previously said that his tires were very worn, and after returning to the track, Hamilton fell to sixth place. On lap 17, Vettel also stopped and put on very soft tires. After lap 65438 +0, Ricardo, Raikkonen and Botas also stopped at the same time. After leaving the station, the positions of the top four have not changed. Ricardo continued to lead, Vettel, Hamilton and Raikkonen remained in the second to fourth position, and Botas changed into super soft tires with red labels, which seemed to be different in strategy.
On lap 24, Hartley, who was investigated for speeding in the pit stop, was fined for 5 seconds, and the New Zealand driver seemed to be getting farther and farther away from the points area. On lap 28, Ricardo, the leading red bull driver, reported to the team through TR that his car was losing power. The expression of the staff in the Red Bull Garage is very grim, and Vettel behind him quickly approaches Ricardo. But Vettel didn't have a good chance to overtake because the track was very difficult to overtake. Red Bull told Australian drivers to continue to concentrate on driving and keep their position, and Ricardo's race began to become quite difficult. At the same time, Raikkonen was chased by Botas behind him, but the Mercedes driver was asked by the team to lower the tire temperature before attacking Raikkonen, so Botas had to retreat to 1 sec.
Due to Ricardo's slow speed, Hamilton began to catch up with Ricardo and Vettel in front, but British drivers have been complaining that the tire failure is very serious and the race is not over half. Whether the pit stop strategy of 1 can be completed and Ricardo's car can finish the race smoothly is still unknown. Ricardo, the leading camp, was forced to drive a train because of power system problems, and the five camps were forced to drive a sanitary car together. The fastest lap time is actually the middle camp of Renault's Hockenberg and McLaren's Alonso, who are sixth to eleventh.
On lap 48, Vestapan stopped, Red Bull put on the softest pink tire for him, and the Dutch driver returned to the track and won 1 1. On lap 50, Hogenberg finished the pit stop, so all the drivers on the field finished the pit stop. On lap 53, Alonso TR, who competed fiercely with Jia for the seventh place, reported that his car had a gearbox problem, and then he parked in the buffer zone at corner 1, and the two-time world champion became the first driver to retire. This is just a short-term yellow flag of Alonso's fault race, which has not affected the race.
Vestapan, who put on the softest tire after leaving the station, was very fast and launched a fierce attack to the front. Renault switched Hockenberg and sainz, and handed over the responsibility of defending Vestapan to sainz. On the 58th lap, Vestapan took advantage of the speed after leaving the tunnel to overtake sainz, reaching the ninth place, and began to catch up with Hockenberg quickly.
On the 72nd lap, leclerc couldn't catch up with Hartley after he got out of the tunnel. Suo Beier rookie finished his first home game by retiring. Hartley, who is on the edge of the integral area, has no choice but to quit the game and the virtual safety car is dispatched. Leclerc TR said that he suddenly lost his brakes. On lap 74, the race resumed the green flag and began the sprint of the last four laps, but Vettel could not attack Ricardo more because Van Dorn was sandwiched between him and Ricardo after leaving the station.
At the end of lap 78, Ricardo, who started from pole position, took the lead in crossing the finish line and won the first pole position victory in his career. In the case of the failure of the racing power system, he struggled to win the 250th F 1 Grand Prix for Red Bull, and Vettel and Hamilton were runner-up and runner-up respectively. Raikkonen, Botas, Aokang, Jia, Hockenberg, Vestapan and sainz ranked fourth to tenth respectively and successfully scored points. Eriksson, Perez, magnuson, Van Dorn, Grosjean, Slotkin and Stoll ranked 1 1 to 17, while leclerc, Hartley and Alonso failed to finish the race.