{"id":132193,"date":"2026-06-07T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/kimi-antonelli-aims-for-5th-win-in-a-row-at-monaco-grand-prix-to-extend-his-f1-lead\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T10:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:44:22","slug":"kimi-antonelli-wins-delayed-monaco-grand-prix-to-extend-his-victory-streak-and-f1-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/kimi-antonelli-wins-delayed-monaco-grand-prix-to-extend-his-victory-streak-and-f1-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimi Antonelli wins delayed Monaco Grand Prix to extend his victory streak and F1 lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Italy's
Italy's Andrea Kimi Antonelli steers his Mercedes during the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix race at the Monaco racetrack, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo\/Philippe Magoni)<\/span>(AP Photo\/Philippe Magoni)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MONACO (AP) \u2014 Kimi Antonelli’s rise to the top of Formula 1<\/a> continued in bizarre circumstances as the 19-year-old Mercedes driver won a much-delayed Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Antonelli was on course for victory with 10 laps remaining when the race was red-flagged after parts of the asphalt broke away and two cars crashed in quick succession, one of them third-placed Charles Leclerc.<\/p>\n

After the race resumed from a standing start, Antonelli took his fifth Grand Prix win in a row and extended his already vast standings lead. He’s the youngest F1 winner in Monaco.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you so much guys, the car was a beast today,” he told the Mercedes team.<\/p>\n

Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton crossed the line second and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly third. Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar was moved up to third due to a penalty for Gasly.<\/p>\n

Antonelli\u2019s Mercedes teammate George Russell missed the points for the second race running after an engine failure while battling Antonelli for the lead of last month\u2019s Canadian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

The track damage put a decidedly un-glamorous twist on one of F1\u2019s most prestigious races as drivers waited in the pit lane, officials gazed at the damaged asphalt and a road-sweeping machine inched along the circuit clearing away loose stones.<\/p>\n

There was more confusion as numerous drivers received time penalties or were under investigation, meaning the final standings remained uncertain.<\/p>\n

Hadjar was facing an investigation after the race for a potential breach of red-flag rules. That raised the possibility that McLaren\u2019s Oscar Piastri could be promoted from fifth on track to third Sunday evening, ahead of Hadjar and Gasly.<\/p>\n

Russell had been second in the standings before the race but ended the day in 13th after a hefty penalty for failing to serve an earlier penalty properly.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP auto racing: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/auto-racing<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Italy's
Italy's Andrea Kimi Antonelli steers his Mercedes as he leads during the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix race at the Monaco racetrack, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/span>(AP Photo\/Fatima Shbair)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Red
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, reacts at the pit during the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix race at the Monaco racetrack, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)<\/span>(Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mercedes
Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli, of Italy, stands at the pit after the red flag during the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix race at the Monaco racetrack, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)<\/span>(Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Italy's Andrea Kimi Antonelli steers his Mercedes during the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix race at the Monaco racetrack, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo\/Philippe Magoni)(AP Photo\/Philippe Magoni) MONACO (AP) \u2014 Kimi Antonelli’s rise to the top of Formula 1 continued in bizarre circumstances as the 19-year-old Mercedes driver won a much-delayed Monaco Grand Prix […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5734],"tags":[],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-132193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-associated-press"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132202,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132193\/revisions\/132202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132193"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=132193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}