It was not a thriller but here is how we rated all 20 drivers from the Monaco Grand Prix.
In what was an incredibly processional Monaco Grand Prix, it might have been easier to simply rate all the drivers with a ‘Pass’ or a ‘Fail’ given the lack of action through the field. But let’s try to assign a score to all 20 drivers on the grid, shall we?
Charles Leclerc – 10
There really was little more Leclerc could do this weekend, short of curing world hunger or getting Alexandra Daddario to pay for a ticket to attend a Grand Prix.
The Monegasque driver became the first driver from the principality to win their home race since Louis Chiron in 1931, and he did it in style. Having looking confident and comfortable through practice, Leclerc ramped up his pace exactly when he needed to at the critical moment in qualifying.
Snatching the most critical pole position of the season, he had to see off Oscar Piastri’s attentions through two separate standing starts and, from there, controlled the pace up front.
Under the weight of his entire hometown willing him on, knowing the hard work of getting into a commanding position, Leclerc didn’t make the error even the late Ayrton Senna made when he was dominating in 1988 by mentally relaxing – despite enjoying a bit of radio banter with his race engineer en route to his first race win in almost two years.
It was the kind of performance Leclerc needs to put in on a more regular basis – he’s clearly capable of these types of highs, now it’s just a case of doing it more often.
Oscar Piastri – 9.5
On his second visit to Monte Carlo, Piastri enjoyed the edge over Lando Norris throughout the weekend as he pushed Leclerc all the way.
Having seemingly lost position to Carlos Sainz at the first start, Piastri braved it out around the out...
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