The race has been won and run, and the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix results are confirmed, and as ever our thoughts on the race, and the drivers are here with our Great and Grape of the race.
We feature a few of our thoughts of the race and rate it out of 50, plus the all important Good, Bad and Ugly. Where we assign points for those who had a good race, bad race, and also based on a few other mildly important stats.
Plenty to get through, so straight into the 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Results – Good, Bad, Ugly
2019 MONACO GRAND PRIX IN 100 WORDS OR LESS
Lewis Hamilton won after holding off Max Verstappen for over half a race, as Hamilton picked the more conservative tyre at his only pitstop. Talking of pitstops, the Dutchman’s cost him second place as he received a penalty for unsafe release by his team which saw contact between him and Bottas.
Charles Leclerc was making some progress from the back of the grid, one outstanding move into Rascasse couldn’t be repeated, and his clash with the barrier caused a safety car, which stuffed the race of whoever pitted under that, including Daniel Ricciardo.
At the front, it was all about Hamilton doing what he could on ruined tyres, and for a second year in a row, the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix results saw the winner crossing the line first, but not necessarily being the fastest on track.
2019 MONACO GRAND PRIX RESULTS – MOMENT OF THE RACE
The ptilane clash between Verstappen and Bottas. Or the two marshalls nearly being skittled by Sergio Perez.
2019 MONACO GRAND PRIX RESULTS – RACE RATING
Was it a good race? Well here’s our sort of scientific rating out of 50.
SURPRISE – 6/10
Seeing Lewis Hamilton struggle was a welcome relief to the previous dominance of the sport. Although the same person won, it at least happened in a different way.
SUSPENSE – 8/10
You were never quite sure if Hamilton was going to hold on, and the threat of rain throughout added to the tension.
RACING – 2/10
Charles Leclerc got up to some decent racing early, but it was downhill once he went out.
SIGNIFICANT EVENT – 5/10
The pitlane incident was a decent event. Thankfully the marshalls near miss wasn’t a larger significant event.
SEASON DEFINING – 7/10
Mercedes vulnerable. Red Bull right on Mercedes on the right track. Ferrari not quite as hopeless as recently.
TOTAL RACE RATING 28/50
Probably sum it up as great for a Monaco Grand Pix without rain.
2019 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX RESULTS – GREAT or GRAPE
Who was king of the road,? Who was the villain? Who stunk up the place? Who outperformed expectations? Or was just plain unlucky? We split up the best of the best and worst of the worst with Good, Bad and Ugly of the 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix results.
THE GREAT
LEWIS HAMILTON (Best of the Good)
Took pole on the Saturday, and most importantly, converted that off the grid in the most important few hundred metres of the season.
Was in relative control of the race until the first pitstops, during which he was given the more difficult tyre choice to his peers.
That soon became a major disadvantage as the Max Verstappen hounded him for the rest of the race.
He held on somehow to win, dedicated the win to Niki Lauda.
MAX VERSTAPPEN
Once again maxxing out what he can do. Although you could argue he was more than capable of winning. Pushed Lewis Hamilton all the way, and had it have been any other track, probably would have the winner by plenty.
Continued his dominance over his team mate in both race and qualifying. Plonking the Red Bull in third in qualifying is almost as good as gets.
Sadly lost his deserved second place to the 5 second penalty applied after the pitlane issue.
For all of his intra team dominance, he is still 59 points behind Hamilton.
VALTTERI BOTTAS
Under a tenth of Hamilton in qualifying is a decent result.
Was running fourth for most of the Grand Prix, and was affected by the unsafe release of Verstappen.
Still, he is just 17 points shy of Hamilton and a full 38 ahead of Vettel.
SEBASTIAN VETTEL
A better weekend, and for once, without controversy or a major Ferrari stuff up. Was right in the mix up the front too. Staying within enough time to take advantage of the 5 second penalty for Verstappen to claim second.
CARLOS SAINZ
Best of the rest in the race, grabbing himself a few good points for sixth place. The McLaren showing some decent midfield pace, although he was still 53 seconds behind.
Saw off the challenge of his young team mate by making it into Q3, and eventually took advantage when the handful of cars pitted with the early safety car.
DANI KVYAT
Solid weekend for the Toro Rosso driver in 7th, who has found trouble from time to time this season.
GEORGE RUSSELL
Finished a career high 5th last in the race, and once again outqualified his team mate, this time by just 0.3 seconds.
Looked an outside chance of Williams’ first point of the season, but the car isn’t that good yet and/or needs more luck.
THE GRAPE
CHARLES LECLERC (Blurst of the Grape)
My goodness Ferrari are quickly ruining a great prospect in Charles Leclerc.
His weekend was effectively over when Ferrari didn’t make him do an extra run in Saturday’s first Qualifying session – Q1. He sat their helplessly as he was knocked out of Q1 by his struggling teammate.
His race was lively, and saw a brilliant pass into Rascasse, that showed a racing side to his game, not often seen in F1 or junior formula as he was usually too far in front in front to need racing.
Leclerc eventually hit the barrier himself, causing a safety car, and he retired not long after.
DANIEL RICCIARDO
Another Q3 was achieved in qualifying, and got a decent start for a change.
But the Renault is slow – over 2 seconds a lap slower in the early part of the races.
Then was brought in into the pitlane for the first safety car, and it didn’t work out at all. Spent the rest of the day in the midfield pack, but did get a point.
Select as a grape due to relative finish vs what it should have been.
KEVIN MAGNUSSEN
Sensational qualifying ruined by crappy race.
Eventually finished 12th, his race affected by the early pitlane call.
LANCE STROLL
Ordinary qualifying, and finished in 16th, behind a Williams.
His father’s money can buy him a seat at a better team, but it appears it can’t him a better car. Nor does he deserve it anyway.
2019 MONACO GRAND PRIX RESULT – OUR DRIVER POINTS
We have our very own system of awarding point for the above Great and Grape, plus rewarding other stats from the F1 weekend to have our own measure of who is going well in F1 in 2019, not just by scoring points, but performance in relation to car and expectations. The latest Grand Prix’s results are below.
| Driver | Total | GBU | Top 3 | F Lap | Qual | Outqual | Outraced | Incident | Gains | Best Rest |
| Lewis Hamilton | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Valtteri Bottas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Sebastian Vettel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Carlos Sainz Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Kimi Räikkönen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Max Verstappen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| George Russell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Daniil Kvyat | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Sergio Pérez | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Romain Grosjean | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pierre Gasly | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Daniel Ricciardo | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Kevin Magnussen | 0 | -1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | |||||
| Lando Norris | 0 | |||||||||
| Antonio Giovinazzi | 0 | |||||||||
| Alexander Albon | 0 | |||||||||
| Nico Hülkenberg | 0 | |||||||||
| Lance Stroll | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Kubica | 0 | |||||||||
| Charles Leclerc | -2 | -1 | -1 |
2019 SEASON GREAT AND GRAPE – DRIVER POINTS
There’s no point in compiling of all the F1 data we can find, without working out a grand total. So here it is.
| Driver | Total | AUS | BAH | CHI | AZE | SPA | MON |
| Lewis Hamilton | 38 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 33 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Max Verstappen | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| George Russell | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 15.5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 4 |
| Sergio Pérez | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 12 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Kevin Magnussen | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Carlos Sainz Jr. | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Alexander Albon | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lando Norris | 8 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Leclerc | 5 | -1 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Romain Grosjean | 5 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 3 | -3 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 2 | 1 |
| Lance Stroll | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Giovinazzi | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniil Kvyat | 3 | 1 | 0 | -2 | -1 | 2 | 3 |
| Pierre Gasly | -2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 |
| Robert Kubica | -4 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
1 point for featuring in Good, -1 for featuring in Bad or Ugly. A bonus point for the very best and worst.
1 point for Outqualifying team mate.
1 point for Finishing ahead of team mate, although this is subjective if need be. Especially in the case of a DNF.
3 points for a Race win, 2 for Podium, 1 for Fastest Lap.
1 point for most overtakes on the first lap. 0.5 if it is shared, no matter how many drivers share it.
2 points for Pole Position, 1 for a Front Row start.
1 point for Best of the Rest in Qualifying and Race.
-1 point for an avoidable accident or silly incident.
