<P> The 2017 Monaco Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2017) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 May 2017 at the Circuit de Monaco, a street circuit that runs through the Principality of Monaco . It was the sixth round of the 2017 season, the seventy - fifth time that the Monaco Grand Prix has been held, and the sixty - fourth time it has been a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950 . </P> <P> Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the round holding a six - point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship, with Valtteri Bottas being third . In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held an eight - point lead over Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing a further eighty - one points behind in third . </P> <P> Kimi Räikkönen started the race from pole position, his first since the 2008 French Grand Prix . In doing so, he broke Giancarlo Fisichella's record for the most race starts between pole positions, with one hundred and twenty - nine starts since his last pole . Sebastian Vettel won the race, Ferrari's first win in Monaco since 2001 . Räikkönen finished second as this was Ferrari's first 1--2 finish since 2010 German Grand Prix . Daniel Ricciardo finished third . With the result, Vettel extended his Drivers' Championship lead over Lewis Hamilton, while in the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari reclaimed the points lead from Mercedes . </P> <P> McLaren driver Fernando Alonso missed the race in order to participate in the Indianapolis 500 . Alonso became the first active Formula One driver to race at the Indy 500 since Teo Fabi in 1984 . Jenson Button replaced Alonso for the race . </P>

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