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2025 Formula 1 World Championship
Monaco Grand Prix
Circuit de Monaco, Monaco
Sunday, 25 May 2025
George Russell will hope for a major pace improvement from Mercedes when the eighth round of the 2025 Formula 1 World Championship, the Monaco Grand Prix, is held at the Circuit de Monaco on the afternoon of Sunday 25 May.
Russell recorded his worst result of the season at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix this past weekend. The British driver started in a promising P3 on the grid, but could only manage seventh by the end of the GP.
A disappointing afternoon for Mercedes was compounded by Bologna native Kimi Antonelli being forced to retire from his first home F1 race after encountering a throttle issue.
Hot races have proved to be Mercedes’ Achilles’ heel so far this year and Russell acknowledged the team have a fundamental problem with their W16 that needs addressing to avoid similar struggles down the line.
"We were just dead slow,” Russell bemoaned after the race. "The trends are pretty clear. When it's hot, we're slow. When it's cold, we're quick, That was the same last year.
"We've been doing everything with the setup to try and find solutions, but there's clearly something more fundamental in the car.”
Russell, who had not finished outside of the top five in the 2025 season until this past weekend, is fourth on the Drivers’ Championship standings with 99 points – 47 points off the pace set by leader Oscar Piastri of McLaren-Mercedes.
The 27-year-old Mercedes driver had finished in fifth place in the last three Monaco Grands Prix running, and will hope to shift up at least two places this year and record his fourth podium of the 2025 campaign.
2025 Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship standings (top three)
1. Oscar Piastri (McLaren-Mercedes), 146 points
2. Lando Norris (McLaren-Mercedes, 133
3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing-Honda), 124
2025 Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship standings (top three)
1. McLaren-Mercedes, 279 points
2. Mercedes, 147
3. Red Bull Racing-Honda, 131
Monaco Grand Prix last three winners
2024 – Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
2023 – Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2022 – Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
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