Starting grid for F1 2025 Monaco GP: How the race will start after penalties
The starting grid for the 2025 F1 Monaco Grand Prix.
Lando Norris will start the 2025 F1 Monaco Grand Prix from pole position.
| 2025 F1 Monaco Grand Prix - Starting grid | |||
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team |
| 1 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari HP |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 5 | Isack Hadjar | FRA | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| *7 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Scuderia Ferrari HP |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | NZL | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team |
| 10 | Alex Albon | THA | Atlassian Williams Racing |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Atlassian Williams Racing |
| 12 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| 14 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 15 | Kimi Antonelli | ITA | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 16 | Gabriel Bortoleto | BRA | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| 17 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 18 | Franco Colapinto | ARG | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| **19 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| ***20 | Oliver Bearman | GBR | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
Norris starts from the very front of the F1 grid for the first time since the season-opening Australian Grand Prix after sealing a crucial pole position at Monaco.
The McLaren driver will be joined on the front row by home hero Charles Leclerc, who had topped every session going into qualifying in his Ferrari.
F1 championship leader Oscar Piastri starts third, with Max Verstappen joining him on the second row.
Racing Bulls rookie Isack Hadjar starts fifth, with Fernando Alonso sixth for Aston Martin.
*Lewis Hamilton qualified fourth but a three-place grid penalty for impeding Verstappen drops him to P7.
Esteban Ocon's Haas joins the seven-time world champion on row four.
Liam Lawson and Alex Albon round out the top-10 starters for Racing Bulls and Williams.
After a disastrous qualifying, Mercedes will line up only 14th and 15th.
George Russell goes from P14 after his car broke down at the start of Q2, while rookie teammate Kimi Antonelli crashed out of Q1, leaving him P15.
** Despite being hit with two separate grid penalties totalling four positions, Lance Stroll will still start 19th as Oliver Bearman picked up an even bigger 10-place grid drop for overtaking under a red flag during practice.
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