Isack Hadjar was the only FIA Formula 2 graduate to score points at the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix, finishing sixth in his Racing Bulls car.

Five 2024 graduates from F2 competed in their first Monaco Grand Prix, with 2018 F2 runner-up Lando Norris scoring the win for McLaren.

Ex-PREMA duo Oliver Bearman and Andrea Kimi Antonelli finished 12th and 18th respectively, as Gabriel Bortoleto, the reigning F2 Champion recovered from damaging his car on the opening lap to finish 14th.

Former MP Motorsport driver, Franco Colapinto, finished 13th in his second race with Alpine.

‘This is a small victory’, says Hadjar

Frenchman Hadjar owed his sixth place to both his team mate, Liam Lawson, and his qualifying heroics on Saturday.

Hadjar, 20, reached Q3 and qualified in sixth place, but started the race from fifth after seven-times World Champion Lewis Hamilton was penalised for impeding Red Bull’s Max Verstappen during qualifying.

However, the Ferrari driver managed to move ahead of Hadjar during the first round of pit-stops, with all drivers mandated to complete two in this years event in an effort to make the race more interesting.

But Hadjar still said it had been a perfect day after Lawson, who ran ninth, held up everyone behind him by driving seconds per lap slower, creating a huge gap for the former Campos driver to drop into after completing his two required pit stops.

Hadjar said: “I’m really happy, and honestly, there was nothing more I could have done today in the race, so I consider it kind of a small victory. We had a plan and we executed it perfectly.

“It was a big team effort, and a double-points finish is a nice reward for all of us. I found it quite interesting having to do two stops; there was much more to think about before the race, and we made it work today with our strategy. ”

Lawson finished in eighth after Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso suffered a technical failure, forcing the Spaniard to retire.

Bearman achieves ‘the maximum’ after heavy grid drop

Oliver Bearman recovered to 12th in his Haas after starting last on Sunday.

The British driver was hit with a 10-place grid drop after overtaking Williams driver Carlos Sainz whilst the red flags were out during practice.

But after stopping on Lap 1 and completing his second stop soon after, Bearman made the most of others getting caught in traffic, although it failed to result in a points finish.

“I think we did the maximum we could today as there were no points on the table with the way that the race panned out. The car was fantastic though, especially on Saturday, it was a good strategy today but with a 10-place grid penalty there were no points on offer today,” the 20-year-old said.

Antonelli ‘unsurprised’ by difficult day

Kimi Antonelli was the last finisher in Monaco, after getting caught up in the ‘gaming’ of the new-for-2025 rule of two pit stops.

It followed the teenager crashing out of qualifying at the end of Q1, clipping the barrier at the chicane after the tunnel and eliminating himself from the session.

From P15 on Sunday, there was very little he could do to improve his chances, which were further compounded as first Lawson, then the Williams pair of Sainz and Alex Albon, strategically held up the cars behind to allow their team mates to pit.

“I am disappointed with today’s result but that was ultimately not a surprise having qualified P15 yesterday. It was not the most exciting race we’ve ever done, and the strategy didn’t work out in our favour,” Antonelli said.

South American duo recover positions, but points never on offer

Argentine driver Colapinto said it was a “hard ask” to reach the points from his start position of 18th.

He said 13th was the most he could achieve considering the traffic and tactical games being played.

“It was just a tough race to round off a difficult weekend here in Monaco. We struggled with low-speed balance and we just could not make the car work as we wanted here,” he said.

Brazil’s Bortoleto battled Antonelli on the opening lap, even passing the Mercedes at the Grand Hotel Hairpin, before the Italian forced his way back past at Portier.

That move led to the Sauber driver going nose first into the barriers, which required a Virtual Safety Car (VSC) to be deployed by race officials.

After repairs, Bortoleto would eventually finish in 14th.

“It’s frustrating because I felt that, without the incident, we could have been in a position to try playing the team game as well and maybe make some gains.”

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