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Two mandatory pit stops for each of the driver on the grid, not much of overtaking, another Aston Martin heartbreak, varied driver tactics and on a few occasions, cars not driving to their full potential; the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix was in no way an exhibition of incessant speed but still fetched immense satisfaction for the leading constructor of 2025, McLaren as Norris took his maiden win at the iconic principality whilst teammate Piastri collected a hard-fought third.
But which key occurrences dominated the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix, SportsTiger has it covered for you:
Hard luck for Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso has seen better days in the past, a period of time where he dominated with sheer grit and resilience. But as far as the 2025 season goes, it’s just not been his year at all so far.
Alonso qualified sixth for the Monaco Grand Prix and had been running in the said position before a power unit issue in his engine hampered his race and saw him drop out of the contest at halfway distance.
For someone who’s still not opened his account despite contesting in now eight Grands Prix, a massive heartbreak still feels like an understatement for the Spanish knight of Formula 1.
Given the next race is at Spain, Fernando Alonso territory, his legions of fans and Aston Martin themselves will expect a huge reprieve. But let’s see whether that’s going to happen.
Excellent comeback win by Lando Norris
After taking his first win of the season and that too, at the season opener at Melbourne, Australia McLaren’s Lando Norris registered a strong and timely win at Monaco to take just his second win of the season.
While it may have been a strong win in that Norris finished ahead of Leclerc by a little over 3.1 seconds, the British driver had to wait for six Grands Prix since Australia to take another race win.
In so doing he’s reduced the gap to his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri to just 3 points; Lando currently has 158 points to his name. At the same time, he enjoys a 22 point lead over the next man in contention, Max Verstappen.
What’s important now, however, is to see whether the young British driver can continue his form taking it further to the other European venues that aren’t that far away at this time.
Strong Monaco weekend for Williams
The Monaco Grand Prix of 2025 was yet another occasion where both Williams cars scored points.
What was interesting, however, was that at the conclusion of the Grand Prix, Williams team principal James Vowles extended an apology to Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff for the tactics that his driving duo deployed against George Russell of Mercedes.
While Williams saw Albon in ninth with Sainz finishing in tenth, it came at the behest of the two drivers driving slowly in comparison to their cars’ capabilities; which was in response to RB’s Liam Lawson building a gap to his teammate, Isack Hadjar. This was given the new outline rule at Monaco with drivers having to take two mandatory pit stops.
On the whole, the British constructor collected 3 points from the famous principality.
Spare a thought for Charles Leclerc
This time around last year, precisely 12 months back in time, the grandstands of the famed Monte Carlo stood up to applaud one of their own as Leclerc had then crossed the checkered flag to take a sensational victory for the first time ever at his home race. But this time around, Ferrari’s beloved driver could do as well as a P2.
In collecting a strong and important race result, not only did Leclerc score another podium for himself but in fact ensured that in a contest where the top honours belonged to McLaren with Norris’s resounding win, his red stable had something to cheer about at the end of the day.
It’s not everywhere where a Red Bull isn’t found on an F1 podium but a Ferrari is, isn’t it?
Monaco became Charles’s second podium of the season, an important one perhaps and now sees the Monegasque with 79 points on P5, sixteen more than his legendary teammate, sir Lewis Hamilton.
