F1 results 2017: Sebastian Vettel wins Monaco Grand Prix, plus full finishing order

Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari won the Monaco Grand Prix, going from second place in qualifying to yet another win on the season. Vettel finished ahead of pole-sitter and teammate Kimi Raikkonen, who took second place in the race, giving Ferrari a one-two for the first time this season.

Vettel and Raikkonen exchanged places when the latter took his pit stop early. After doing so, Vettel set the fastest lap of the race and got all he could out of his tires. Vettel eventually pit and came out in first.

Valtteri Bottas took his pit stop on Lap 34, shortly after making it past Jenson Button, a backmarker. Bottas didn’t struggle getting past Button, while both the Ferrari drivers ahead of him did. But at that point, Bottas was competing more with Max Verstappen of Red Bull.

Verstappen went in for his pit stop to try and undercut Bottas, but he was unsuccessful. Bottas came out just ahead of Verstappen, comfortably covering the undercut.

At that point, Raikkonen came in for a pit stop and rejoined the race in third position. Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo had yet to pit, and at that point, Vettel actually set a fastest lap of the race.

Staying out for just a little bit longer ended up being a huge decision for Ricciardo. The Red Bull came in on Lap 39 and out ahead of both Verstappen and Bottas. On the next lap, Vettel came in for a pit and came out ahead of Raikkonen to be leading the race.

Verstappen came over his team radio asking whether or not Ricciardo had taken a pit stop. His engineer informed him that Ricciardo passed him and Verstappen came back over the radio swearing and calling it a disaster.

Things slowed down until not long after Lap 60, when a safety car caused the grid to bunch up again. Ricciardo was nearly passed by Bottas after the restart when Ricciardo slipped up and nearly lost control of his car. The Mercedes and Red Bulls were scrapping while the Ferrari cars were safely in the top two spots.

Hamilton started from 13th on the grid thanks to a Stoffel Vandoorne crash in the second qualifying session. That crash threw up yellow flags and caused Hamilton to abort his final flying lap of the session. His bid to close the six-point gap between Vettel and himself in the Drivers’ Championship took a major hit when Vandoorne’s McLaren went into the barriers.

Hamilton slowly worked his way up into the points, making it past Vandoorne on Lap 19 to move into 10th place. By Lap 48, he took a pit stop and came out in seventh position, steadily moving up the points. That’s where he wound up finishing the race.

Fernando Alonso did not participate in the race, skipping it with McLaren’s blessing so he could fulfill a goal of his — racing in the Indianapolis 500. That race also takes place on Sunday, and the recently retired Jenson Button filled in for him in Monaco.

Button had a solid qualifying session, making it into the third session and going ninth-fastest overall. Unfortunately, Button was also given a massive grid penalty for engine changes made by the team, and he started from the back of the grid.

Alonso came over the team radio just before the race started and wished Button, his former teammate, well. He also told Button to take care of his car, and the response he received was “OK, I’ll pee in your seat!” Alonso, of course, laughed and begged Button not to joke about such things.

Pascal Wehrlein of Sauber was the first to crash out of the race, with his car going vertical on its side up against the barriers, trapping him inside of it until it could be moved. He came over team radio and said that he was OK.

Wehrlein’s car went over the front left wheel of Button, who was trying to cut around the inside of what is quite a narrow track. Button also suffered terminal damage to his car and had to stop. A safety car was deployed.

Below is the full finishing order for Sunday’s race: