F1 Results Today: Title battle hots up as Verstappen gives up late lead at Monaco Grand Prix

Max Verstappen, Red Bull, Monaco, 2025 — Photo: © IMAGO

Monaco Grand Prix

F1 Results Today: Title battle hots up as Verstappen gives up late lead at Monaco Grand Prix

All the times from the Monaco Grand Prix

Originally written by Chris Deeley. This version is a translation.

Sunday 25 May 2025 17:27

Lando Norris moved to within three points of his team-mate and Formula 1 title rival Oscar Piastri with a processional win at the Monaco Grand Prix.

Norris and Piastri both pulled away from Max Verstappen in the standings as, although the Dutchman led in the closing laps of the race, he still needed to take his second mandated pit stop.

Leclerc closed up on the McLaren driver in the last 15 laps or so, but the infamous Monaco streets were too narrow for him to make a pass.

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The FIA had changed the rules of the grand prix to mandate two pitstops in order to theoretically promote a more competitive race, but...it didn't work. The race was comfortably the worst of the season so far, and hopefully the worst of the year.

Fernando Alonso had been looking reasonable for some points before his Mercedes power unit packed in, on a nightmare weekend for Mercedes. George Russell and Kimi Antonelli finished 11th and 18th respectively, having started 14th and 15th.

F1 Results: Monaco Grand Prix 2025

Position	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	Winner
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+3.131s
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+3.658s
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+20.572s
5	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+51.387s
6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	+1 lap
7	Esteban Ocon	Haas	+1 lap
8	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+1 lap
9	Alex Albon	Williams	+2 laps
10	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+2 laps
11	George Russell	Mercedes	+2 laps
12	Ollie Bearman	Haas	+2 laps
13	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+2 laps
14	Gabriel Bortoleto	Sauber	+2 laps
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+2 laps
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	+2 laps
17	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	+2 laps
18	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+3 laps
19	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	DNF
20	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	DNF

Who is the current F1 world champion?

Max Verstappen is the reigning F1 champion, won his fourth drivers' championship last year.

2025 rule change removes fastest lap point

Fastest lap points have been banished for 2025. Since 2019, drivers have picked up an extra point if they finish in the top 10 and achieve the fastest lap.

However, it did lead to some drivers abandoning their races to pit and fit a set of new tyres at the end in order to claim the fastest lap point, or to stop a rival from getting the extra point.

The most famous example of this in 2024 came during Daniel Ricciardo's final F1 race, when the Australian finished last but claimed the fastest lap on the final lap of the Singapore GP, taking the extra point away from Lando Norris and helping Max Verstappen's title bid.

Max Verstappen Mercedes McLaren Lando Norris Charles Leclerc FIA