Max Verstappen led all the way in which from pole place to the chequered flag to win the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday and enhance his lead within the Formula One driver standings. Despite brushes with the observe partitions, the Dutch Red Bull driver completed comfortably forward of Spanish veteran Fernando Alonso in an Aston Martin with Frenchman Esteban Ocon third for Alpine. “Clipped the walls a few times,” stated Verstappen. “It was super-difficult out there, but that’s Monaco.

“Super good to win it and tremendous good to win it the way in which we did in the present day with the climate all the things and keep calm and convey it residence.”

Verstappen’s closest challenger in the standings, team-mate Sergio Perez started at the back of the grid after crashing in qualifying and finished outside the points.

In a race enlivened by frequent contact between cars and also a brief rain shower, the Mercedes pair of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, despite a five-second penalty, were fourth and fifth, with Monaco native Charles Leclerc sixth for Ferrari.

“Max drove tremendous properly,” said Alonso, who started on the front row. “We did not have any likelihood.”

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