This is the final starting grid for the Monaco Grand Prix

14:18, 25 May
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The FIA have officially announced the final starting grid for the iconic Monaco Grand Prix.
If there's one race on the F1 calendar where every driver wants to be in first place, it's in the Principality, with overtaking nearly impossible around the narrow streets.
Lando Norris - who took a fantastic pole position on Saturday - will start the race from P1, just edging out hometown hero Charles Leclerc behind in second place.
Oscar Piastri will start in P3, while Max Verstappen will take the fourth spot despite qualifying P5. That is because Lewis Hamilton, who qualified in P4, dropped back three spots after he was adjudged to have impeded the Dutchman during Saturday's session.

Hadjar the surprising name in the top five

As a result of that drop in the grid for the seven-time world champion, it means that Iscakhadjar in the Racing Bull will be able to start P5 on the grid in Monte Carlo, giving the French-Algerian driver a brilliant opportunity to bring home a good haul of points.
Alongside him is the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso in P6, with Hamilton alongside his former teammate in seventh. Rounding out the top ten is Liam Lawson and Alex Albon in P9 and P10, respectively.
For the Mercedes pair of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli, reliability issues for the Brit and a crash at the end of Q1 for the Italian mean they could not set a time in Q2, confining them to P14 and P15 on the grid.
Grid penalties for Lance Stroll and Ollie Bearman mean they bring up the rear for the eighth race of the season.

The final starting grid for the Monaco Grand Prix

This artice was written in collaboration with Ludo van Denderen