Monaco Grand Prix: Curious Statistics

      Several curious statistical insights from the Monaco Grand Prix…

      Qualification

      By winning the qualification in Monaco, Kimi Antonelli secured his fourth pole in his career and this season. His fellow countrymen Giancarlo Fisichella and Jarno Trulli also had four poles throughout their careers.

      Antonelli's pole is the 149th in the history of the Mercedes team and the 254th for Mercedes engines.

      Qualifying second, Max Verstappen matched his best achievement of the season. For the 87th time in his career, Max started from the front row – the same number of front row starts as Ayrton Senna.

      With the third fastest time in qualifying, Lewis Hamilton matched his best result of the season. Lewis leveled the score in the battle with his teammate – only Ferrari drivers have an equal number of qualifications after six Grands Prix – 3:3.

      Charles Leclerc qualified fourth for the fourth time this season.

      George Russell's sixth place is his worst result of the season. In the six past qualifications, he only outperformed Kimi Antonelli twice and lost to him four times.

      Qualifying seventh, Oscar Piastri matched his worst result of the season.

      Lando Norris's eighth place is his worst result of the season.

      Pierre Gasly qualified ninth for the second time this season – this year he has two seventh places, two ninths, and two 14ths.

      Aston Martin drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll occupied the last row of the starting grid for the second time this season.

      Race

      By winning the Monaco Grand Prix, Kimi Antonelli achieved his fifth career victory – his fifth in a row this season. The Italian became the first driver in history to win his first five races consecutively!

      Antonelli is the 15th driver in history to achieve five consecutive victories. Max Verstappen tops this ranking with 10 consecutive wins (Miami-Italy '23).

      Antonelli increased his lead over George Russell in the championship standings to 68 points.

      Starting from pole, leading from start to finish, setting the fastest lap, and winning the race, Antonelli became the 28th holder of the "Grand Slam" in history.

      In his 30th Grand Prix, Antonelli surpassed the milestone of 1000 km led in races and 300 career points.

      Lewis Hamilton finished second, matching his best result during his time with Ferrari. This is the 205th podium in the Brit's career, and with eight podiums in Monaco, he matched Ayrton Senna's achievement.

      Only two drivers remain in the championship who have completed the distance of all six Grands Prix – 370 laps or 1783.8 km – Antonelli and Hamilton.

      Third place brought Isaac Hadjar his first podium of the season and the second of his career.

      Finishing fifth, Liam Lawson achieved his best result of the season and matched his best career result.

      Sixth place is the best result in the career of Arvid Lindblad. For the first time this season, Racing Bulls scored points with two cars.

      Fernando Alonso was classified tenth and brought Aston Martin their first point of the season.

      After six Grands Prix, excluding sprints, the reigning world champion Lando Norris has completed the least laps in races – 249 out of 370 possible.

      Valtteri Bottas retired from the race for the 30th time in his career.

      P.S. Thanks to reader Vladimir Kosenko, who noted after the publication of the material that representatives of nine teams scored points. Statistically, excluding sprints, this happened for the first time since Malaysia '12.