Norris slashes Piastri's lead with dream victory

Lando Norris celebrated a dream Monaco Grand Prix win from pole position on Sunday and slashed McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri's Formula One lead to three points in a race without overtaking and more strategy than speed.

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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finished runner-up in the home race he won last year, with Piastri third and Red Bull's Max Verstappen fourth — all four finishing in the order they started.

"This is what I dreamed of when I was a kid, so I achieved one of my dreams," said Norris of his first win in the principality.

The afternoon featured two mandatory pitstops for the first time but the experiment, while creating some tension as drivers hoped for a safety car or red flag that never came, failed to break the usual procession around the harbourside circuit.

Drivers played a waiting game, with Verstappen holding off his final stop until giving up the lead on the penultimate lap and those behind biding their time while keeping out of trouble.

"Very exciting. I was on the edge of my seat every lap. It was fantastic," said Verstappen, his words dripping with heavy sarcasm.

"Maybe next year four stops. I could have done four stops today and still finished P4."