Since 2000, twenty-six Monaco Grands Prix have been won from the first two rows of the grid. Nobody has won from further back than third.
That is the plainest measure of what Monaco is. The streets are too narrow to pass on, so the race is usually settled on Saturday afternoon: pole has won sixteen of the twenty-six. What happens on Sunday is mostly strategy, safety cars and walls. In 2024 Charles Leclerc finally won his home race, the first Monegasque winner since 1931, and in 2026 Kimi Antonelli won from pole.
