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A theater where legends have been forged. And yesterday, a special lap by a special driver. Kimmy Antonelli with his fourth pole of 2026.
Extended highlights of the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix featuring Kimmy Antonelli's pole and race action with multiple retirements and penalties.
Key Takeaways
- Kimmy Antonelli dominated qualifying and race pace, reinforcing his championship lead.
- Power unit reliability was a major issue, causing retirements for top drivers including Verstappen and Norris.
- Track conditions at Monaco were deteriorating, affecting tire performance and driver safety.
- Race control decisions on penalties and safety cars significantly influenced race outcomes.
- The Monaco Grand Prix remains a challenging and unpredictable circuit with high stakes for drivers.
Summary
- Kimmy Antonelli secured his fourth pole position of 2026 and led the Monaco Grand Prix from the start.
- Max Verstappen stalled on the grid and was forced to retire early due to power unit issues.
- George Russell faced multiple challenges including a 5-second penalty and power unit failures but managed to fight through the field.
- Lando Norris, last year's winner, retired due to battery and power unit problems mid-race.
- Several incidents occurred at the final corner, including crashes by Anthony and Charlotte Clair, leading to safety car deployments and a red flag.
- The track surface was reported to be breaking up, causing difficulties for drivers and contributing to incidents.
- Penalties were issued for false starts, chicane cutting, and pit lane infractions, impacting race strategies.
- Arvid Limblad and Alex Albon made notable overtakes and defensive moves during the race.
- The race featured multiple safety cars and a red flag due to crashes and track conditions.
- Kimmy Antonelli maintained a strong lead and was on course for his first Monaco Grand Prix victory.
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He's taken the championship by the scruff of the neck, and he's looking to make it five in a row. How about this for an entourage? Uh, this is just a couple of moments ago. The Kardashians are in, and every man and his dog are
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following them. Uh, that is St. Elro Olympic snowboarding champion. That's Matt Hmels with the World Cup getting underway. The 2014 winner for Germany is here to Formula 1 fans because they are themselves. Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. 78 laps to come.
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Who's going to lead the opening lap? Who's going to win? It's lights out and away we go. And he gets away with all the targets. The Clair gets away brilliantly. Max has stalled on the grid. It's Antonelli who leads from Lewis
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Hamilton and Charlotte Clair and Isaac and George Russell and pedestrian Norris going to wheel. Pedestrian ahead of Norris, who got compromised, and Pierre Gasly is now trying to make the overtake going up through Bo Reage, and I think he manages to do it on Norris.
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What's the ideal? To has made a pit stop at the end of the first lap too to get rid of his soft tires. Max Verstappen, we can see now they are not ready to change the tires. They are not looking to change the tires. And
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I think Max Verstappen is out of the Monaco Grand Prix. George Russell did look like he was a little bit too far forward.
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Yeah. Forward on there. Problem. So into Sandot we go. And Max Verstappen is already out of the picture, and Antonelli just streaking away there, and there we can see the move. Gasly on Norris. Yeah, Norris is around the
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outside of Pestri but had to get out of it because he was too close to the barrier.
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George was angling his car as well, and Max just getting bogged, bogged down. I tell you what, they did incredibly well not to smash into the back of him.
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Oh, nice completely. What the—oh, that must be the worst, worst feeling. No further investigation.
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George Russell for a false start and being out of position. He did look a little bit far forward. He was certainly angled a bit, but the stewards have said that's absolutely fine. So, no penalty coming his way.
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They've obviously seen there was some kind of contact patch of his front tire. This is going to be scary for Norris outside his grid box.
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Oh, Lando certainly thought that it was a problem, and then oh, there's Max not going.
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So Lando very good on the brakes around the outside, but now he's going to get pinched up against the barrier by Oscar Pestri, teammate. And this is where Gasly steams past on the right-hand side. And oh my God, the engine braking is a
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joke. What's happening? We're investigating. So yeah, something wrong. Something wrong. First GMI is not usable.
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Mode six. Mode six. We're looking into it, mate. We're looking into it. Also, the pilot is down.
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Yeah, they look faster. I think I'll come to you as soon as I have a solution. I'll come to you.
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Something's going to explode. The energy is not healthy right now. Okay, we can see the issue. We're working on a fix. We can see it. We're working on a fix, guys. Currently, there's no fix. We are still working on
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a solution. Currently, there's no fix. Head down. We'll see if they can help him with his problems. And Hile's gone straight over onto the runoff area. Now, George Russell is going to close up. George Russell looking for a way through on the inside.
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And what will follow, I'm sure, in a couple of moments, is a radio message from George Russell saying he cut the chicane, he gained an advantage.
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That's a last advantage. He can't keep it on the track. He needs to get the position up.
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He certainly breaking himself. So, he's got no tires. Undercut to get out on fresh tires and finally getting past Isaac Hajar. But where will he feed out into the traffic?
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Well, he will feed out behind Lando Norris moment. Isaac Hajar is in to make his pit stop. George Russell, here he comes making his way down the straight. George Russell gets ahead of Isaac Hajar. The undercut on the Red
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Bull has been completed, and finally Russell is free. He's got no power now. No power, no battery, got nothing.
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The default again, white default 7 again. We're seeing a lot of power unit issues up. George Russell is given a 5-second time penalty for speeding. No further investigation. George Russell for crossing the line at the pit exit.
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Good. He was on the line, wasn't he? And but not over. Not. They've decided they've microscopically looked at it. Good lad. We want to do the holding strategy on Russell. We want to build up the seconds over the next couple of laps.
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Please. How long he holds him up for. Here comes George Russell. Sorry, Martin. Just for one moment, I thought that he was going to try and get alongside. He almost did get alongside, but Norris had just enough.
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Oh, as Lando Norris cuts the—just we're going to box this lap and retire the car. We're going to box the lap and retire the car.
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Oh, and that power unit issue that Zak Brown was telling us about is going to cause Lando Norris, last year's winner, last year's world champion, to retire from the Monaco Grand Prix. George Russell, I think, have got past Lando
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Norris there, who was already slowing down through the tunnel. Something's wrong. I got nothing. No battery.
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That's why they retired the car when they did, because the battery. And it's the battery again for Lando Norris.
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And there goes it, Arvid Limblad. Brilliant from Arvid Limblad. Opportunist move from him. Hulkenberg can't quite get past, but Alex Albon putting on the handbrake and the anchor for his teammate has been passed.
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His position was at risk, and it's been replaced. Lance Stroll on the final corner has stopped. But Anthony knows she's gone into the barriers. That's why we've got a yellow flag, and Kimmyelli is just coming up to the swimming pool chicane.
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I wonder if we're going to need at least a safety car here. We are getting a safety car.
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Let's have a look. Final corner. Anthony knows. Got the marbles, didn't he? Yeah. Just off the racing line. Got off the marbles. Crashed at about 47 mph.
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Front wishbones broken as well. So, you need to serve the penalty the next time you come into the pit stop. So, he has not served that 5-second penalty for me. And therefore that is another penalty for not serving the 5-second
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handle because Martin you're gaining a sporting advantage on the replay now. There we go. Let's just watch this. So he cruises in and the jack touches everything. Yeah, they just go for it.
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So he has not. Bernie's absolutely spot on. He has not served his penalty. Staying out. Staying out.
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the pit lane. Get tires ready to swap. What am I doing? Safety car has gone. No one can overtake until the start-finish line. But the car's alive, isn't it?
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Yeah, those tires are cold on both cars, I think. Yeah, Hamilton down the straight we go with Antonyelli the car in front to try and chase into Sand Devot looks all a little bit cautious.
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Shlair is out. Shlair has gone into the barriers, and that happened at the final corner. Said the tires were cold. Did he get on the marbles? Did that cost Shlair there? But he's definitely out of his home race. We're
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going to get another safety car, and it's all gone wrong for Shlair. Lewis Hamilton locked up ahead of him. Where's that left front tire? There's a bit of resurfaced tarmac on the left-hand side. Martin, I'd like to see that on board again.
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Honestly, I'm not even going to take the blame. Did this break?
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Look at the, look at the tarmac he gets on, which looks like it's breaking up a little bit, to be fair.
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Very similar to Stroll. Almost a carbon copy of Stroll. So, have we got something going on on that piece of tarmac if you're a little bit wider? Oh, we're going to red flag this race.
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They're going to red flag this race. And I wonder if this is to do with the final corner.
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What's going on in the last corner? L breaking up.
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I mean, that's very um this circuit is pretty dangerous. Our exit [snorts] of turn one. Look at this area now. The track all broken up.
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There's there's a hole there. Look at the amount again that the tire picks up.
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So, it's he's probably thinking and cursing the brakes. I think it might actually be more the marbles than what's caught stroll out has caught out in exactly the same way. I thought it was too much of a coincidence and it
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absolutely was. So, hence the red flag. They've got to repair. They've got to do something before they get this race going again.
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George Russell has some very bad news. It does a drive-thru penalty for George Russell for failing to serve his initial 5-second pen penalty correctly. They didn't wait long enough, Bernie. It's a drive-thru penalty.
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Agile's still an investigation for a safety car infringement that can soon be a drive-thru as well.
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Now, this is potentially what happened here. Is that backing up too far? A St. Carl way more than tech.
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Yeah, he's he's trying to make himself some space. You can't do that. Dear, not again.
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Keep pushing. Keep pushing. A lot of power is coming back. Right. Our second start of the afternoon. We're racing to lap [music] 78.
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It's lights OUT AND AWAY WE GO. HAMILTON REACTS QUICKER. ANTONYELLI IS AWAY WELL THOUGH. AND THERE GOES KELLY ANTENEELLI INTO THE LEAD. LEWIS HAMILTON SECOND, GEORGE RUSSELL'S THIRD. PIERRE GASSY'S AHEAD OF ISAAC HAJAR. SLOW START FROM HIM. HE'S LOST TWO PLACES. HE'S NOW GOT
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OSCAR PASTRY SWARMING ALL OVER HIM. YEAH, they've really stacked up behind Russell who's trying to buy himself a little bit of space. He knows he's got a 20 second loss coming. And look at this.
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Side by side BY SIDE. BRILLIANT MOVE FROM HULENBERG, BUT HE TAGS CARLOS SIGN. SO THE WILLIAMS IS OUT AND HIS 100% POINT SCORING RECORD HERE COMES TO AN END IN THE RESTART.
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HULENBERG DOWN THE INSIDE WAS MAKING UP PLACES AND THEN SCIENCE WAS IN HIS WAY JUST WHEN HE DIDN'T NEED IT. ANOTHER RETIREMENT HERE AS ANTELLI LEADS BY A SECOND AND A HALF AND WELL ARE WE GOING TO GET WILLIAMS OUT OF THE WAY? YES, I
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THINK WE ARE. BUT WHAT HAPPENED at the hairpin and WATCH HERE DOWN the inside?
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Hulenberg spies a gap. Yeah. And then Science is then right in his way. Contact on Science [music] happens later on down at Portier. Here's down the inside here.
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That's original contact [music] for for Carlos Science. Yeah. So, Hulkberg was avoiding an accident initially. Here we go again.
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Now, watch Colinto. And there's two taps. That's why Carlos Science was facing the other way. And he has been the fastest man on the track. HE'S BUILT HIS WAY up slowly but surely, but there's been nothing slow about him.
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When the lights went out today, Kimmy Antonelli got his foot TO THE FLOOR. HE SURVIVED THE RESTARTS. HE SURVIVED THE SAFETY CARS. HE COMES HOME TO WIN IN MONACO. KIMMY ANTONELLI MAKES IT FIVE GRAND PRIX VICTORIES IN A ROW. Lewis
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Hamilton second place FOR FERRARI FOR THE SECOND SUCCESSIVE RACE. ANTONYELLI HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST IN MONACO. PIERRE GAZZLEY ON THE ROAD NOW CROSSES THE LINE TO TAKE THIRD PLACE IN THE RACE WITH PENALTIES TO SERVE. ISAAC
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HAJAR MOVES AHEAD OF HIM TO TAKE THAT THIRD PLACE WITH A STEWARD'S INVESTIGATION TO COME.
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Nice work there, Pal. That was a master class, mate. First Monaco win. Oh my god.
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Yeah, a bit tense at the end there, mate. Bit tense at the end, but uh yeah, what a great job.
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Thank you so much, Kai. Car was a beast today. My goodness, thank you so much.
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What a Monaco Grand Prix full of incident from start to finish. It's been won from pole by Kimmy Antonelli who marches [music] on and on at the top of the championship.
Topics:Monaco Grand PrixF1 2026Kimmy AntonelliMax VerstappenGeorge RussellLando NorrisFormula 1 highlightsF1 penaltiespower unit issuesMonaco race incidents
