Pole sitter and Monaco native, Charles Leclerc, won his first Grand Prix of Monaco on Sunday, dominating the weekend and leading every lap of the 70th running of the historic Grand Prix. The win was Leclerc's first after three poles at Monaco, his first win of the season and the sixth win of his career.

"I can't really explain how I feel. The race seemed to go on for ever, but maybe that made it even nicer," said Leclerc. "Winning here means so much to me, because it's the race that made me dream of becoming a Formula 1 driver when I was little."

With Leclerc's teammate, Carlos Sainz, finishing third, Ferrari now sits just 24 points behind Red Bull in the 2024 Constructor Standings.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri, after starting outside the pole, finished in the same position. It was the young Australian's first podium appearance this season and the third of his career. Piastri's teammate, Lando Norris, finished fourth.

"It's an important result here in Monaco, with Oscar scoring an impressive podium and Lando right behind on a circuit that we weren't certain would suit our car," said McLaren Team Principal, Andrea Stella. "It's a lot of points - but also evidence that we can be regular contenders for the podium."

Race start saw three different incidents on Lap 1; the most serious between Sergio Perez and Kevin Magnussen. The heavy contact retired both Haas drivers and Perez. The large amount of damage and debris left on the circuit brought out a lengthy red flag.

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz, who started third, had damage, a reported tire puncture, to his SF-24 after contact with Piastri. The red flag period allowed Ferrari to get Sainz back on the track with no time consuming green flag pit stop. Sainz, as all Top Ten drivers, restarted in his original grid position.

Lap 1 also saw contact between both Alpine drivers resulting in Esteban Ocon's A524 being retired from the Grand Prix.

On race restart, the Top 7 broke up into two groups with the top four, who started on mediums and switched to hards, having the obvious advantage over the bottom three who started on hards and had to switch to mediums.

George Russell, who led the second group, put on a career performance, saving his mediums for the remaining 75 laps, while holding off a hard charging Max Verstappen who pitted for hards on Lap 56 and closed with one second of Russell by Lap 62.

"That was the best race of our season so far. We had good pace and were able to show that near the end, despite being on 70-lap old Medium tyres," said Russell.

Lewis Hamilton, the last driver in the second group, was first to pit for hards on Lap 52 but inexplicably did not run his out lap hot which would have led to a successful undercut of Verstappen.

"George and Lewis did a good job to manage them throughout. Lewis didn't need to make a stop, but we were able to box him and secure the point for fastest lap," said Toto Wolff, Mercedes Team Principal and CEO.

RB Visa's Yuki Tsunoda finished eighth, the fifth points finish for Tsunoda this season.

Alex Albon and Pierre Gasly finished P9 and P10, respectively; scoring the first points of the season for their teams, Williams and Alpine.

Monaco Results Summary - Leclerc, Piastri, Sainz, Norris, Russell, Verstappen, Hamilton, Tsunoda, Albon, Gasly, Alonso, Ricciardo, Bottas, Stroll, Sargeant, Zhou, Ocon, Hulkenberg, Perez, Magnussen

Monaco Full Results

Pos	Driver		Team		Time		Gap

1	Leclerc		Ferrari		78	2hr 23:15.554
2	Piastri		McLaren		78	+ 0:07.152
3	Sainz		Ferrari		78	+ 0:07.585
4	Norris		McLaren		78	+ 0:08.650
5	Russell		Mercedes	78	+ 0:13.309
6	Verstappen	Red Bull	78	+ 0:13.853
7	Hamilton	Mercedes	78	+ 0:14.908
8	Tsunoda		RB		77	+ 1 Lap
9	Albon		Williams	77	+ 1 Lap
10	Gasly		Alpine		77	+ 1 Lap
11	Alonso		Aston Martin	76	+ 2 Laps
12	Ricciardo	RB		76	+ 2 Laps
13	Bottas		Stake		76	+ 2 Laps
14	Stroll		Aston Martin	76	+ 2 Laps
15	Sargeant	Williams	76	+ 2 Laps
16	Zhou		Stake		76	+ 2 Laps
	Ocon		Alpine		0	Accident Damage
	Hulkenberg	Haas		0	Accident
	Perez		Red Bull	0	Accident
	Magnussen	Haas		0	Accident

(image provided by Scuderia Ferrari F1 Media)