Formula One statistics for the Monaco Grand Prix

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FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy - May 18, 2025 Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton in action during the race REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo

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FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy - May 17, 2025 Ferrari's Charles Leclerc during qualifying REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo

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UPDATED May 21, 2025, 08:15 PM

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Formula One statistics for Sunday's Monaco Formula One Grand Prix, round eight of the 24-race championship:

Lap distance: 3.337km. Total distance: 260.286km (78 laps)

2024 pole position: Charles Leclerc (Monaco) Ferrari one minute 10.270 seconds

2024 winner: Leclerc

Race lap record: Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 1:12.909, 2021

Start time: 1300 GMT (1500 local)

MONACO

Leclerc last year became the first Monegasque to win at home since the championship started in 1950. It was also his first home podium appearance.

Monaco is the shortest and slowest track on the calendar, and the race with most laps. Only 34% of the lap is at full throttle.

The race will have a mandatory two pitstops this year in a bid to liven up the racing.

The 180-degree turn six hairpin is the slowest corner of the year, with cars taking it at 45kph.

This year’s race is the 71st edition in championship history and 82nd since the first grand prix there in 1929.

The late triple world champion Ayrton Senna holds the record for most Monaco wins with six, including five in a row with McLaren between 1989 and 1993.

A safety car deployment is highly likely.

McLaren are the most successful team in Monaco, with 15 wins since their debut in 1966. Ferrari are next on 11.

In 1996, Frenchman Olivier Panis won from 14th on the grid -- the lowest winning start position to date. Since 1950, only 10 times has the race been won by a driver starting lower than third.

Four former Monaco winners will be racing on Sunday: Fernando Alonso (2006, 2007), Hamilton (2008, 2016, 2019), Max Verstappen (2021, 2023) and Leclerc (2024).

Verstappen's wins were races he led from start to finish.

Leclerc has been on pole three times in the last four years -- in 2021, 2022 and 2024. There was no race in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three Australians have won in Monaco: Jack Brabham (1959), Mark Webber (2010, 2012) and Daniel Ricciardo (2018). Six British drivers have won since 1950, more than any other country.

CHAMPIONSHIP

McLaren's Oscar Piastri leads the drivers' championship by 13 points from teammate Lando Norris. Verstappen is nine points behind Norris.

Leaders and champions McLaren are 132 points clear of Mercedes and 148 ahead of Red Bull.

RACE WINS

Piastri has won four out of seven races, Verstappen two and Norris one.

Seven-times world champion Hamilton has a record 105 career victories from 363 starts. Verstappen has won 65 grands prix and is third on the all-time list after Michael Schumacher on 91.

POLE POSITION

Piastri and Verstappen have both been on pole three times this season, Norris once.

Norris has started on the front row in three of seven races.

Hamilton has a record 104 career poles, his most recent in Hungary in 2023.

PODIUM

Both McLaren drivers have finished on the podium six times so far in 2025.

POINTS

Piastri, Norris, Verstappen and Mercedes' George Russell are the only drivers to have scored in every race this season.

Aston Martin's double world champion Alonso has yet to open his account and has finished 11th three times.

MILESTONE

Red Bull celebrated their 400th race last Sunday with Verstappen winning at Imola.

That race was also a 600th for Sauber, who debuted in 1993 and will compete as the Audi works team next season.

Imola was the first time Hamilton beat Leclerc in a regular grand prix as a Ferrari driver. REUTERS

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