Overall, in an entertaining race where it was a wet to dry race, Daniel Ricciardo took the lead at the start at a wet Monaco Grand Prix with Nico Rosberg behind him, until lap 17 when F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton overtake team-mate Nico Rosberg for second. Lap 23, Ricciardo pitted for intermediates while Hamilton stayed on Wets and went into the lead with a drying track. Then on Lap 30 pitted for ultra-soft dry tyres with Ricciardo retaking the lead.
Then on lap 32, Ricciardo pitted for super-soft dry tyres but Red Bull did not have his Super Soft rubber prepared and he lost a chunk of time and costing him the lead and the win itself, as Hamilton retake the lead. Despite on fresher tyres Ricciardo could not overtake Hamilton. And with Hamilton didn't need to pit again for tyres, Hamilton take the perfect gamble with tyres to conclude with Lewis Hamilton winning this seasons Monaco Grand Prix for his first race win of the season for the Formula 1 World Champion.
While, Daniel Ricciardo finished in second place in the Red Bull, Ricciardo was seven seconds behind Hamilton at the end.
Meanwhile, Sergio Pérez finished in third place in the Force India to complete the podium, Pérez was fourteen seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the seventy-eight lap race.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 7
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (race win and fastest lap)
Nico Rosberg - 6 (finished seventh)
Ferrari - 6
Sebastian Vettel - 7 (finished fourth)
Kimi Räikkönen - 5 (DNF, Accident)
Williams - 5
Valtteri Bottas - 4 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Felipe Massa - 6 (finished tenth, lap down)
Red Bull Racing - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 9 (pole, finished second)
Max Verstappen - 6 (DNF, Accident)
Force India - 9
Nico Hülkenberg - 9 (finished sixth)
Sergio Pérez - 10 (finished third)
Renault - 4
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (DNF, Accident)
Jolyon Palmer - 4 (DNF, Accident)
Toro Rosso - 7
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 8 (finished eighth, lap down)
Daniil Kvyat - 6 (DNF, Steering)
Sauber - 4
Marcus Ericsson - 4 (DNF, Collision with Felipe Nasr)
Felipe Nasr - 4 (DNF, Collision with Marcus Ericsson)
McLaren - 8
Fernando Alonso - 10 (finished fifth)
Jenson Button - 7 (finished ninth, lap down)
Manor - 4
Rio Haryanto - 4 (finished fifteenth, four laps down)
Pascal Wehrlein - 4 (finished fourteenth, two laps down)
Haas - 6
Romain Grosjean - 5 (finished thirteenth, two laps down)
Esteban Gutiérrez - 7 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Next stop Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix in two weeks time.
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