Top 3 Highlights You Gotta Know From The 2024 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix

Sergio Alberto Romero, Ed.D.
2 min readJul 23, 2024
Photo by Nick Karvounis on Unsplash

Sometimes the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix is quite the snoozefest if I am being honest, other times it is just a pure train wreck and a spectator galore! Thankfully, we got the latter this time around. Let’s talk about my top 3 highlights from the 2024 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix!

First Lap Incidents

First we have Piastri and Sainz coming together, then Perez, Magnussen and Hulkenberg, then we have the two Alpine drivers Gasley and Ocon getting quite dicey both on the track and on the radio. With Pierre Gasley and Carlos Sainz being able to survive another day after these first lap incidents it was quite crazy to see 4 cars on the grid DNF before lap 2. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt, but there may be some off-track issues that now need to be resolved, which we’ll touch on momentarily.

The Hometown Hero!

Charles Leclerc had been wanting to win the Monaco Grand Prix, his home grand prix since he showed up on the Formula 1 grid way back in his Sauber days. That dream has finally come true! It took a few pole positions to get there but Charles Leclerc made it happen. Now I like to make fun of Charles Leclerc from time to time because when he faulters, he truly faulters. However, this time around, Charles, with his…

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Sergio Alberto Romero, Ed.D.

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