Overall the race itself was a good race to watch, despite limited overtaking. Kimi Räikkönen was on pole for Sunday's race for his first ever pole position since 2008 French Grand Prix, and lead for the first thirty-three laps when Räikkönen pitted for tyres while Sebastian Vettel took the lead. Vettel ran a few laps longer, pumping in a series of fastest laps, when Vettel pitted for tyres he emerge ahead of Räikkönen.
Vettel then increased his lead over his team-mate over the second half of the race, before the safety car was deployed for an incident involving Pascal Wehrlein and a returning Jenson Button. However, when the safety car went in, Vettel took the advance at the restart and stretch the lead once again, to claim this seasons Monaco Grand Prix for Vettel's third race win of the season. For Ferrari first race win at Monaco since 2001.
While, Kimi Räikkönen finished in second place in the Ferrari to complete a Ferrari one-two finish, Ferrari first one-two finish since the 2010 German Grand Prix; Räikkönen was three seconds behind Vettel at the end.
Meanwhile, Daniel Ricciardo finished in third place in the Red Bull to complete the podium, Ricciardo was four seconds behind Vettel at the end of the seventy-eight lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 6
Lewis Hamilton - 6 (finished seventh)
Valtteri Bottas - 7 (finished fourth)
Red Bull Racing - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 8 (finished third)
Max Verstappen - 7 (finished fifth)
Ferrari - 9
Sebastian Vettel - 10 (race win)
Kimi Räikkönen - 9 (pole, finished second)
Force India - 5
Sergio Pérez - 5 (finished thirteenth, fastest lap)
Esteban Ocon - 5 (finished twelfth)
Williams - 5
Felipe Massa - 6 (finished ninth)
Lance Stroll - 4 (DNF, Brakes)
McLaren - 5
Jenson Button - 6 (DNF, Collision damaged with Wehrlein)
Stoffel Vandoorne - 5 (DNF, Accident)
Toro Rosso - 8
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 10 (finished sixth)
Daniil Kvyat - 7 (DNF, Collision damage with Pérez)
Haas - 7
Romain Grosjean - 7 (finished eighth)
Kevin Magnussen - 7 (finished tenth)
Renault - 6
Nico Hülkenberg - 6 (DNF, Gearbox)
Jolyon Palmer - 6 (finished eleventh)
Sauber - 3
Marcus Ericsson - 3 (DNF, Accident)
Pascal Wehrlein - 4 (DNF, Collision with Button)
Next stop Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix in two weeks time.
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