Fernando Alonso second; Esteban Ocon completes podiumVerstappen leads Sergio Pérez by 39 points in driver standings
Max Verstappen won the Monaco Grand Prix, taking a pole-to-flag victory, dominating a race where he was unchallenged at the front of the field. But what had opened with another tiresome procession on the streets of Monte Carlo delivered intense late drama as rain engulfed the principality.
Red Bull’s Verstappen nonetheless comfortably beat the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso into second. Esteban Ocon was third for Alpine. Lewis Hamilton and George Russell in their newly upgraded Mercedes finished in fourth and fifth.
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