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Lewis Hamilton extended his lead at the top of the Formula 1 drivers' championship after fending off Red Bull's Max Verstappen to win Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix for Mercedes.

2019 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix – Race Results

Mercedes may have been the team to beat so far this year, sweeping to five straight one-two finishes, but for many, neither Lewis Hamilton nor Valtteri Bottas has been the stand-out driver so far this season.

Sebastian Vettel has called on Ferrari to turnaround its 2019 Formula 1 campaign after the all-important qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix ended with teammate Charles Leclerc out in Q1 while the German driver could only reach fourth place.

Pierre Gasly has been given a three-place grid penalty for the Monaco Grand Prix after impeding Romain Grosjean during Q2 of qualifying.

Charles Leclerc has dodged a grid penalty for his home race at the Monaco Grand Prix but has been given his first reprimand of the season for an infringement under the Virtual Safety Car in FP3.

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says the impact this season’s Formula 1 technical regulation changes have had on racing were “rather predictable” due to the domination by Mercedes, but he holds hope for a bigger shake-up with the 2021 rules.

Carlos Sainz expects a costly engine issue in FP1 is “going to hurt further into the weekend” at the Monaco Grand Prix after being put behind his rivals early on.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has repeated his calls for the reigning Formula 1 world champions to remain modest with a long campaign ahead and fears his squad could struggle at Monaco given its recent form at the iconic street circuit.

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says the Formula 1 world must not "swing between depression and exuberance" over the quality of its races following widespread criticism of Sunday's processional Monaco Grand Prix.

Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix may have been highlighted by a stunning drive from Daniel Ricciardo at the front en route to victory, but there were a number of impressive outings up and down the Formula 1 field. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - 8 

Haas is eager to move on from its disappointment at the Monaco Grand Prix having been anchored to the back of the Formula 1 field struggling for performance at the street circuit.

Toto Wolff feels the way in which two Mercedes staff members were publicly specified by the FIA as triggering the scrutiny into Ferrari’s energy recovery system was “disturbing”, agreeing that the team was “thrown under the bus”.

Lewis Hamilton says Daniel Ricciardo’s victory at the Monaco Grand Prix has opened up the Formula 1 world title race to a three-way battle.

FIA race director Charlie Whiting has confirmed “additional monitoring for Canada” following the controversy surrounding Ferrari’s energy recovery system (ERS).

Valtteri Bottas feels his superior pace to Kimi Raikkonen was restrained stuck behind the Ferrari driver due to the limited overtaking opportunities at Monaco.

Pierre Gasly says his long first stint on Pirelli’s Hypersoft tyres paved the way to his first points finish since Bahrain with an impressive seventh place for Toro Rosso Honda in Monaco.

Lewis Hamilton says after the opening lap battles he had already accepted third place behind Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel as he was "literally cruising, it wasn’t really racing" in Monaco.

Red Bull has revealed Daniel Ricciardo lost 25 percent of his Formula 1 Renault engine after less than 20 laps en route to winning the Monaco Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo received the bulk of the plaudits for his stunning Monaco Grand Prix victory but there were starring roles up and down the grid at the iconic F1 street race.

Daniel Ricciardo held on for a hard-earned Formula 1 victory in Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, managing an irreperable issue on his Renault power unit to keep Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel at bay and record his second win of the 2018 season.

Full race results for the Monaco Grand Prix, the sixth round of the 2018 F1 season at the Circuit de Monaco, Monaco. Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix – Full race classification 1. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 78 laps, 1hr 42m 54.807s

Lewis Hamilton is predicting the majority of teams to be able to pull off one-stop strategies in Monaco which he fears will make it “a boring race” and limit his opportunities to attack for victory.

Sebastian Vettel says a front row start alongside pole-sitter Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull is “as close as we could be” for Ferrari after missing out by two-tenths of a second in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix.