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2026 FIA Formula One World Championship
2026 Monaco Grand Prix
Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Sunday, 7 June 2026
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli will be looking to continue to remarkable start to the season when F1 heads to Europe for the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, June 7.
The Italian is setting all sorts of records after finishing on the podium in each of the first five races of 2026 and he's the surprise leader in the Drivers' standings.
Antonelli started the year with a P2 at the Australian Grand Prix before winning the Chinese Grand Prix, the Japanese Grand Prix, the Miami Grand Prix and the Canadian Grand Prix.
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The 19-year-old qualified second on the grid in Montreal and took the lead when McLaren's Lando Norris pitted on lap 2 to change from intermediate tyres to slicks, only for George Russell to overtake his team-mate on lap 7.
Antonelli finally passed Russell for good on lap 30 after the Brit went off the track and retired due to a battery issue and the teenager stayed in front to win by 10.768 seconds ahead of Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton.
The Bologna native has opened up a 43-point lead over Russell, with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc a further 13 points back in third place.
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Antonelli is confident in his abilities, but he doesn't want to put undue pressure on himself by thinking about winning the title just yet.
"I know I can win. But I don't want to think about it and lose my head," he told Sky Italia.
"Drive races while thinking about the championship. The season is still so long. I'll continue driving as if I have nothing to lose. Because I can't lose anything I haven't achieved yet."
2026 Canadian Grand Prix results:
Winner: Kimi Antonelli - Mercedes
Second Place: Lewis Hamilton - Ferrari
Third Place: Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing
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