Race Highlights | 2024 Monaco Grand Prix

The green flag is being waved. That means everyone is in position. The lights at the top are now on. And when they're off, we're off. Very well done. Leclerc, first mission accomplished. Sainz is on the inside. Sainz is on the inside with Piastri. Will he pass the McLaren or will he keep it full? Behind him, of course, it's push and pull. Well done by Piastri. He didn't just let himself eat the cheese of the bread. But in front of Leclerc, behind him, we see problems for Sainz. Contact has been made. The two leaders are well on their way, while Sainz... Yes, you said it already. Touché. And there he is, on the side, exiting the casino. I think it's over for Sainz. Sainz is done, and that's the first one to take the lead. Piastri is closing in on Leclerc. But with the yellow 1 and 2, you know there's more going on. Because Perez is also standing still. Perez also has problems all at once. And there are some cars behind Clem. I think Joe is there too. And one of the H-scorers. But watch out for Piastri. He's looking, and he's coming from far away. You have to be a little lucky that the car in front of you makes a mistake. And we're going to red. Yes, the red flag is going off. There are quite a few men standing still at the height of turn 2 to turn 3. That's uphill. Look, here they are. Yes, there are a number of them. We see a lot of damage to Perez. There's no wheel on it anymore, it seems. A lot of damage, but fortunately undamaged. There's a H-scorer with him. His start was good. He just gives it to Piastri. Against the floor of Piastri. But then this point. Will Perez be hit? Yes. Oh, yes, it's Magnussen who tries to sit next to him. Oh, he's hard. Jamie, no. Yes, Magnussen was in the middle of Perez. But not enough. And Perez never saw him. After that, they went together, right of the hook. And Hülkenberg is already a victim. He tries to go to both men. But is actually taken with him in the fall of Perez. And so the match ends. I think Magnussen may get a ban for the next race here. He already has so many penalty points. Good point. Are you okay, Nico? Ah, damn it. That was unnecessary. Yeah. He'll say he won't leave me any room. He has a point there. But you create a situation on a circuit where you know you can't sit there. But that makes this circuit even more difficult. If you don't try, you can't catch up. So if you get a chance, you have to try to keep going. But he didn't get far enough. What did he do? What did he do? What did he try to attack me? Oh, my gosh. The whole car is damaged now. One for one. Here they come, the thinned out field. We've lost four riders. Magnussen, Hülkenberg, Perez and Ocon. 16 are still there. And the last man on the grid is Zhou Guangyu. He reacted well and got away well. We're going to try it again here in Monaco. Leclerc in front, next to him Piastri. Is he gone again, Leclerc? Piastri is doing very well this time. Norris is also pretty far away. Verstappen is looking, but Leclerc keeps his position. Verstappen is in front. Verstappen is very close behind him. Verstappen is not next to him. No big changes in front. Is everything going well at the moment when there is still no temperature in the tires? Leclerc survives this horde. And Leclerc is 121, Piastri 19, 18. The lap times are almost irrelevant. But it's more of a cat-and-mouse game. Forcing each other into a trap. It's going to get bigger behind Norris with George Russell. He's around nine seconds behind him. Verstappen remains between one and a half to two seconds. Piastri is being talked to again. But Ricciardo almost had the nose next to him at Alonso. It was a real attempt, but it was just too short to get it in. But Aston doesn't look very happy about that. Ricciardo on hard. And Alonso on the mediums. And he's just looking a lot faster. Stroll is the first to come in. We have a rider in the pits. It's Lance Stroll. A joke for Alonso, who has made the hole big enough. That means Stroll is going to come out of Alonso's door. Just for your info, I think you have a round. Do you want to know the margin? No, Charles, we're not interested. We know. You said, all right. No, we are not interested. That's rude. Sorry. And Stroll says, I have a puncture. Here it is. And if it comes off, if the rubber comes off, we have a problem. It doesn't happen. Yes, there. Yes, that's too late. I think he just hit a wall. You can break a tire's rim with that. And then you're screwed. What are they going to do with this? This is how Bottas did it with Sargent. He came out of turn four with more traction. He knew how to put it alongside. He went in, he has the grip. Sargent doesn't. And Bottas grabs someone on the track. Lance Stroll is much faster on soft tires. But here you can't do it normally. He has so much grip. Of course this is possible, but it's also frustration. He just keeps going. But this is exactly what I mean. The difference in tire compound. Much better tires, much more grip. And then you can overtake here in Monaco. Both men get caught there, by the way. Around the pool. Oh, wow. Put that in a video clip. Beautiful. Logan Sargent, who, thanks to fresher tires and traffic... ...passes Joe Gagnon. Well done. Three times the fastest on Saturday. And then you say, normally, then you change it. Then you can actually go to victory. It's often not so obvious. Once before, a Monegasque was the best. Louis Chiron, all those years ago. But today, when he passes this last corner combination... ...it's a hit. Charles, Marc, Hervé, Perse, Valleclerc. You win your home race. Your dream is finally real. A beautiful moment for this Grand Prix. While behind it, Piazzi is second, Sainz third, Norris fourth. They did everything. The mechanics didn't come into action in the top four. We won it. Finally. Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes, yes, yes! Great. And now we're going to see how Leclerc enjoys this. He says enough about that. A picture for eternity. For the second time, a Monegasque wins in Monaco. Look at Prince Albert. It's his day as well. And for Charles himself. His dream is finally coming true. What did he have to wait so long for?