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Formula 1: Provisional starting grid for 2019 Monaco Grand Prix

By Asher Fair

MONTE-CARLO, MONACO - MAY 25: Top three qualifiers Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP, Valtteri Bottas of Finland and Mercedes GP and Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing celebrate in parc ferme during qualifying for the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco at Circuit de Monaco on May 25, 2019 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Will Taylor-Medhurst/Getty Images)
MONTE-CARLO, MONACO - MAY 25: Top three qualifiers Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP, Valtteri Bottas of Finland and Mercedes GP and Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing celebrate in parc ferme during qualifying for the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco at Circuit de Monaco on May 25, 2019 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Will Taylor-Medhurst/Getty Images) /
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Following post-qualifying grid penalties, here is the provisional starting grid for the crown jewel on the Formula 1 schedule, the Monaco Grand Prix, at Circuit de Monaco.

After the qualifying session for the sixth race on the 21-race 2019 Formula 1 schedule, the Monaco Grand Prix, at Circuit de Monaco, two drivers were issued grid penalties, which affected the starting positions of eight of the 20 drivers in this race.

Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’s Pierre Gasly, who originally qualified for this race in fifth place, and Alfa Romeo Racing rookie Antonio Giovinazzi, who originally qualified in 15th, were both issued three-position grid penalties after the qualifying session for this race.

Gasly was issued his three-position grid penalty for impeding the progress of Rich Energy Haas’ Romain Grosjean in the second of three rounds of qualifying for this race while Giovinazzi was issued his three-position grid penalty for impeding the progress of Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg in the same round.

Grosjean and Hulkenberg both failed to advance to the third and final round of qualifying for this race as a result of the fact that they had their progress impeded by Gasly and Giovinazzi, respectively.

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Six drivers ended up moving up by one position on the starting grid as a result of the three-position grid penalties that were issued to Gasly and Giovinazzi, although Grosjean and Hulkenberg were not two of them. The teammates of both drivers, however, were.

Haas’ Kevin Magnussen, Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo and Scuderia Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat originally qualified for this race in sixth, seventh and eighth place, respectively. As a result of the three-position grid penalty that was issued to Gasly, they are now set to start in fifth, sixth and seventh ahead of Gasly in eighth.

Scuderia Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and SportPesa Racing Point teammates Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll originally qualified for this race in 16th, 17th and 18th place, respectively. But as a result of the three-position grid penalty that was issued to Giovinazzi, they are now set to start in 15th, 16th and 17th ahead of Giovinazzi in 18th.

As a result, here is the provisional starting grid for the 2019 edition of the 78-lap Monaco Grand Prix around the 19-turn, 2.074-mile (3.338-kilometer) Circuit de Monaco temporary street circuit in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

NOTE: Drivers listed in italics had their starting positions changed as a result of these two three-position grid penalties.

Starting Grid
1st – Lewis Hamilton
2nd – Valtteri Bottas
3rd – Max Verstappen
4th – Sebastian Vettel
5th – Kevin Magnussen
6th – Daniel Ricciardo
7th – Daniil Kvyat
8th – Pierre Gasly
9th – Carlos Sainz Jr.
10th – Alexander Albon
11th – Nico Hulkenberg
12th – Lando Norris
13th – Romain Grosjean
14th – Kimi Raikkonen
15th – Charles Leclerc
16th – Sergio Perez
17th – Lance Stroll
18th – Antonio Giovinazzi
19th – George Russell
20th – Robert Kubica

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Be sure to tune in to ESPN tomorrow morning at 9:10 a.m. ET for the live broadcast of the 2019 Formula 1 season’s sixth race, the Monaco Grand Prix, from Circuit de Monaco.

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