The 2025 Monaco Grand Prix took place on June 8 as the sixth round of the Formula One World Championship season [1, 2]. Lando Norris of Britain earned pole position with a lap time of 1:09.954 driving for McLaren and went on to win the race [1, 2]. The race covered 78 laps of the 3.337 km Monaco circuit, totaling 260.286 km [1, 2].
Monaco is the shortest and slowest track on the F1 calendar, with only 34% of each lap spent at full throttle [1, 2]. The race is known for its tight corners, including the slowest corner of the year at turn six, a hairpin taken at just 45 kph [1, 2]. Safety car deployments are highly likely due to the circuit’s narrow nature [1, 2].
Lewis Hamilton holds the record for the fastest lap at Monaco, a 1:12.909 set in 2021 while driving for Mercedes [1, 2]. Hamilton is among six previous Monaco winners in the 2025 race lineup, which also includes Alonso, Verstappen, Perez, Leclerc, and Norris [1, 2]. Hamilton has won 105 career Grands Prix but has yet to win for Ferrari [1, 2].
McLaren is the most successful team at Monaco with 16 wins since 1966, while Ferrari has 11 wins, including one non-championship victory in 1952 [1, 2]. The legendary Ayrton Senna won a record six times at Monaco, including five consecutive wins for McLaren from 1989 to 1993 [1, 2]. Charles Leclerc is the only Monaco-born winner since the championship began in 1950 [1, 2].
Since 1950, only 10 Monaco GP winners have started lower than third on the grid. The lowest starting position to win was Olivier Panis, who took victory from 14th place in 1996 [1, 2]. The last 10 Monaco races have produced eight different winners, with the last three won from pole position [1, 2].
In the 2025 championship, Kimi Antonelli leads George Russell by 43 points and seeks a fifth consecutive win. Russell has won the season opener in Australia, while Antonelli claimed victories in China, Japan, Miami, and Canada [1, 2]. Mercedes leads Ferrari by 72 points in the constructors’ championship standings, with McLaren third, 86 points behind Mercedes [1, 2]. Mercedes has won all five races so far in 2025 but has not won at Monaco since 2019 [1, 2].
The 2025 Monaco GP marked the 72nd time the race has been part of the Formula One World Championship and the 83rd running overall since 1929 [1, 2]. There was no Monaco GP in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic [1, 2].
The next round of the 2025 championship follows after Monaco, with teams looking to close gaps in both driver and constructor standings [1, 2].