think the thing is that max verstappen is now eight seconds behind george russell. he is absolutely, narrowing that gap with every rotation of the wheels. can george russell pick up the pace to try and survive this one? because you need about two seconds a lap, i think. and here of extra pace to try and make an overtake in monaco. and at the moment verstappen might have that. >> it's going to be interesting. it's like a case study isn'ting. it he like a case study for verstappen on those fresh tires as he tries to front pack. sainz was on the radio saying i know i'm losing ground to piastri here, but i'm trying to keep norris behind and slow him down so russell doesn't fall away too much. >> this is lance stroll, the

overtake on guanyu in the tunnel. >> he's on the soft tire as well. with verstappen rapidly catching now with george russell, let's see if he can overtake him. i kind of feel like with the traction advantage, you might be able >> verstappen is sitting on the fastest first sector. >> interesting for the leading two teams, watching all of this speed and grip from a change of tires. who is going to blink first? are they going to blink at all or are they expecting this to get them to the end of the grand prix? >> they want to onyon

options open. zhou guanyu here. >> they've got to fer frari [indiscernible] >> he seems more >> what are mclaren going to do? are they going to take that gamble with piastri? he's got enough gap to russell to get out and get on. >> when you say enough gap, is 21 seconds enough of a gap?

>> he could pull another second. >> mathematically, yes. but if something went wrong in the pit stop -- >> yeah. i didn't really factor that in. you've got to assume everybody is going to do their job properly. >> it's true. it's a place to take a gamble, is monaco. but when you have second place in the monaco grand prix and if something went wrong, that could turn into something worse. >> if piastri gains another second, that should be comfortable. >> i feel like norris has missed his chance. he's now cleared the traffic and the between leclerc and russell is back to 25. >> verstappen wants it fully

loaded when he arrives on the back end of george russell. going back to the front four fight, you feel like notorious has missed his chance there. afte after he's cleared, norris has nowhere to go. >> right. leclerc, piastri, russell, verstappen who is gaining on george russell. >> two seconds a lap. he wants the batteries. i think he means pit wall. technically nobody's watching the battery charge. he came out of the the leaders have now had to kick

the pace up into the 1:16s to cover up any nasty surprises in the closing stages. >> 2018 in monaco, the top six finished in the order they started. it was the first time it had ever happened in the history of the formula 1 championship. today max verstappen is trying to do something about putting a disturbance in the order of that top six. there is george russell. max verstappen is doing it now. >> he's going to have so much better traction in the red bull and be much more grip under braking than george russell, who's obviously been on those tires since the rest >> i think he's going to catch him with drs by the end of the straight.

has he got enough of a chance to put one down the inside at sainte devote. max verstappen is almost pushing george russell through casino square. >> mercedes have gambled on track position advantage here for george russell. when we get across the pavement here, this is where i expect verstappen to have way better traction. gets in the slip stream. will he lunge? george has saved his battery by the tunnel and keeps

advantage. >> lewis hamilton pitted before verstappen, so it was a free pit stop. mercedes, had they put george russell -- >> well, let's find out. is track position more powerful than max verstappen and a red bull on fresh tires? george will need his elbows sharpened and out. >> absolutely. charles leclerc is managing perfectly his race. at the moment, his race will go on to be a winning race in monaco for the first time. >> there are two or three corners where you have to ace it and you need good traction. max is struggling a bit. it's not too long then before

the fresh tires on the red bull start to lose some of their advantage sliding around in the slip stream of another car. in the moment, you'd have to say track position is winning out. >> have mercedes put george russell under pressure, and is that a bit of a mistake? or by lewis hamilton pitting first, did they think they could get lewis >> a bit of traffic coming up. drs is not a lot of good to you. they clear that traffic relatively easy. >> yuki tsunoda just a touch. that was the fight for eighth place. alba has done a terrific job in

protecting those front tires. he's right on the back. hamilton with the fastest record of the race. out in front it's 1.6 seconds between leclerc and piastri. down into the chicane we go once more. ted. >> i'm hearing from mercedes that george has saved his tires enough to resist the threat from max's red bull. we'll see if that turns out to be true. lewis has been saving his tires. just got fastest lap, hal deficit even three to seven closing. looks like mercedes has been saving their tires.

>> had a really close view of the rear of that ferrari of carlos saines for all of this race. for 65 1/2 red flagged. the crash took out magnussen, perez and hulkenberg. >> it's stunning to take the action away from the top four to have a free pit stop as it were

for any games to be played by mclaren there. that's key now. that, i think, is why they're soldiering on with what they've got. russell can't stop. >> he wants to put some distance between himself and alex albon. it's about six tenths of second. can lando norris push carlos sainz? what can piastri do to try to push it's been a drawn-out affair,

but something might happen in the next ten laps or so to change the outcome of this ration. >> they work out where you're faster than them and the moment passes. that's lls russell makes a mistake. couldn't find a moment to bump his way through. now you get a sort of a status quo. hamilton is about to join that party. >> lewis hamilton was talking on thursday about making a special case for monaco to try to do something a little different to improve the overall excitement of the race. he said a few years ago as a mandatory two-stop race.

he has gone for a two-stop strategy here. that has energized the battle for fifth, sixth and for seventh. logan sargeant says he's hit the wall. he's a fourth and a sixth leclerc's record at monaco. he might think about what it's going to be like to shake hands with prince albert at the top of the >> even though we're nearly quarter past 5:00 in the

eastereastern i evening here in monaco, it's still a very warm day. it's a bright sunny day from the moment the lights went out. carlos sainz backs off a little bit himself. lando for norris trying to stan a monaco podium for what would be the second time many in his career. in 2021 he went for fifth to finish third. this is logan sargeant. >> they both hit the wall. >> but doesn't that happen here as well? in singapore, remember with george russell where lan go hit the

the -- >> he might have got it wrong as well. still, alex albon behind tsunoda is told he can push a bit more and pick up the pace. albon is sticking with it. charles leclerc has managed to clear logan sargeant, lap again and again. dropping down to >> mclaren were right not to take a chance with piastri and norris. track position really is everything.

>> try and have a road race and suddenly cars come up and you have to jump out of the way. >> it can take an age to clean your tires up around here as well. >> through mirabeau once more. pias piastri's achilles wheel was his tire management and the way he protected his tires. this is a race that tests your powers of doing that. >> he's made a correction in the last two or three races and found a better way. be interesting to find exactly

what they do there to not scrub. it will be about scrubbing your tires, not lighting up the rears too much on the full throttle and overworking the tire. the property of the surface can change. if you overheat it, it won't come back to you. you've lost that set of tires really. the property of the compound changes a little bit once there's stress like that. that's what he's learning. >> verstappen has backed off from george russell. i think he's been told everything is under control, that he can go for it again. i closer now. >> here comes carlos sainz dropping down the hill.

another car length for and he m have had a chance to get past there. >> i'm watching them on the straight as they come past. this is carlos sainz saying, let's see how you feel with a mirror full of ferrari. i'm coming. the drs doesn't really have an effect today. it's just not long enough to be used. >> they should knock down some apartments. >> it's fine. this race as far as the top four so far goes is so simple, you could explain it to charles leclerc's dog leo and he'd understand. it was simple, leo. it was charles, it was piastri, it was carlos, it was lando. they didn't make any pit stops. they finished so far where they

are. okay. >> sliding about a bit there, oscar piastri. i could imagine carlos sainz with his teeth gritted. i think piastri has a very calm head to cope with this sort of thing. i agree completely with the there. sainz is like, right, if i can put some >> charles leclerc out in front has a cushion of 8.5 seconds. i think for the first time in this race he might start to breathe a little more easily now

because he's got that big gap. what's happening here is not only carlos sainz closing in, all the fingers are crossed at ferrari, but it's also bringing lando norris into this game too. sainz is in the middle of a couple of mclarens. there's only one way he is sort himself out. >> leclerc has checked out at the front. ted, what can you tell us. >> guanyu is last for two fresh tires. >> could be a hat trick

getting laps and going for overtakes was logan sargeant. very opportune moment. that's taking >> he looks like he's got max verstappen covered there >> just bring it home. >> thank you. >> no need for any pace management now, charles. you do what you do and what you can do best. we'll just focus on your teammate because he probably needs home currently. >> he's been starting distance of quite possibly the happiest moment he has ever spent in the

principality of monaco, the place he has always called home, where he was born and where he grew up and where his racing luck has deserted him in the past. that la oscar piastri, meanwhile, he's coping well with sainz behind him, but sainz is always that threat. verstappen within a second of george russell. he got the gap down to .6. hamilton is still a threat for max verstappen for charge there either drive. tsunoda has picked up the pace.

gasly currently in the last points place. >> last four laps including this one from oscar piastri are going to seem a very, very long time, despite it being the shortest on the calendar. he's just got to keep it on the racing line and ace a few of the traction zones and he'll be fine. >> 12 winless starts from pole in a r one away from equaling the record. 13th time lucky in terms of that streak here today on the cards. not confirmed yet. he's still got about four miles left to go for charles

and monamonaco. this counts for a world championship. >> charles leclerc has been the race leader all the way through this race. the last three races have been led from start to finish. this looks to be going the same way. >> oscar piastri said if i would have strung all three of my best qualifyings together, i would have been on pole.

he's in second place currently. >> that's a second place he'll celebrate though. winner of the sprint race last year in qatar. >> he should be all right. he's got enough gap there. as long as you don't snatch a brake. he's got to be frantic now. >> getting frantic through to back for the battle for the podium places as around the final corner and down the main street comes charles leclerc to start his final lap of this monaco grand prix. two miles to go for charles

leclerc before his first victory on his home streets. his teammate carlos sainz willing that ferrari ever faster towards oscar piastri. even with the drs, not good enough to make a move for him. >> sainz used one of his nine lives to get back in when it looked like he would be out for a puncture. >> we are on course with our fourth different winner this season. this is the one they all want. this is the one he really, really wants. it's coming his way and he has looked like a winner ever since he started of friday really. he led fp2 and

this time they rise to acclaim charles leclerc as a winner here in monaco for the first time. the so of a hair dresser is a cut above the rest here in his hometown. charles leclerc wins the monaco grand prix! and that is a fantastic result for team, for family and for formula 1 as well. oscar piastri, a brilliant performance by him in his second ever monaco grand prix to finish second ahead of carlos sainz and lando norris. it's not been a great day for max verstappen. finishes sixth. behind lewis hamilthamilton, wi

with his first point of the season, pierre gasly with his first point of the season. the party can truly start now for charles leclerc. >> a monegasque winning the monaco grand prix, wonderful. this will be as popular in the paddock as lando norris winning miami. >> we won it! finally! [ cheers and applause ] >> yes! yes! yes! >> curse? what curse? had his first win since australia 2022, i think. >> max said to charles got a shoelace undone, and he had.

charles goes, knowing my luck around here, i bet doer t that . today wasn't luck. it was sheer brilliance. >> lots of ferrari fans here. sainz, charles leclerc all around the two-mile circuit as you would expect at his home race. it was never going to be a spectacular 78 laps. it had understand digits. it didn't have much overtaking. >> don't worry. we'll think about that later with some champagne. >> tonight is going to be a big night. >> i think no one's going back home. >> i didn't understand that. >> we all stay here. >> you better stay.

>> i think there's a hefty bar bill coming his way tonight. >> you can hear the ships' horns saluting him as well. maybe tomorrow morning when he wakes up, someone will remind him he won the monaco grand prix. >> yeah. tremendous story. >> driver of the day, race winner. >> he dives into the embrace of his team. that is what a win in monaco means.

you spend 78 laps trying to be a mathematician, a computer analyst and a racing driver. now he can just celebrate that moment. fantastic fantastic. they're trying to get to him to celebrate with him and say well done. his teammate carlos sainz played his part too for ferrari. >> lando finished 1.4 seconds off second place, but gets to enjoy none of this, unfortunately for him. >> prince albert will present the trophies. waiting on top of the podium.

>> he might be a bit lost for words in this moment. >> verstappen and hamilton finishing just 13 seconds off the lead. when they made their pit stops, they were 37 seconds behind. russell finding some grip and some pace to keep them at bay. those three were marching on in the final stages. >> it was about save in the first instance and we'll see what we can spend for the rest of the race in terms of tire performance. from one monaco grand prix winner to another. jenson has the microphone in his hand. he's with charles leclerc.

>> charles, congratulations. you haven't just won the monaco grand prix, you've won your home grand prix. how are you feeling right now? >> no words can explain that. yeah. it's such a difficult race. i think the fact that twice i've been starting on pole position and we couldn't quite make it makes it even better in a way. it means a lot obviously. it's the race that made me dream of becoming a formula 1 driver one day. yes, it was a difficult race emotionally. already 15 laps to the end you're just hoping that nothing happens. already the emotions were coming. i have to say that i was thinking to my dad a lot more than what i thought while driving. obviously he's given everything for me to be here.

yeah. it was a dream of ours for me to race here and to win. so it's unbelievable. >> everyone always talks about monaco as being the jewel in the crown, but they also say saturday it's the most important day. today there's still a lot of work to do out there on the track, 78 laps, the pressure from behind. you have to be a mathematician when it comes to deciding how hard to push. it's tough out there. >> it's really difficult. at first we had quite of lot of margin but we knew there were 78 laps to do on the same tires, which was very, investigator difficult. yeah, we did a great management of the tires. there was a big part of the race where we had to manage the gap with george and then i could push a bit more and the car felt amazing. i want to thank the team for having done such incredible work

over the last few months and giving me the opportunity to win this race. it's, again, a very special feeling. >> the crowd erupted. to see so much support for you here, have you got words for the fans here? >> just a huge thank you. seeing so many of my friends in the balcony, so many people i know in the balcony, it was just very, very special. this one means a lot. the support i've had over the weekend means a huge amount. thank you. thank you so much to everybody. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> oscar. >> he has to be happy with that, a podium in monaco. it's the dream race. how was it out there for you? >> yeah, tricky race. the pace at the beginning was incredibly slow. i had one little half look

before the tunnel, but yeah, didn't have the car to fit into a gap. thanks to the whole team. it's been a great weekend all around. nice to finally put a result on the board. we've been very strong for the last few weekends, but didn't really have the results to show for it. nice to have a podium and what a place. >> your aggression showed there. we thought you were going to have a good go, but it didn't quite some off. it's been a great weekend for you, hasn't it? does it make you think, oh, those little things in qualifying would have made a big difference? >> it does. but to be honest, charles has been quick from the first lap. i think it would have taken something special to outdo him. the opportunity was almost there, but it would have taken probably the best lap of my

life. i'm happy with p2, a good result for the team. very, very happy. >> congrats. enjoy the celebrations. >> cheers. >> carlos, it must be mix ed emotions. it looked like it was game over. you got lucky to start again and come away with a podium. >> yeah. it was a tight one. obviously a very bad feeling in lap one that very quickly turned into a very good feeling after getting p3. from there on, the race pace was good as we expected. it's just impossible to get past in the streets of monaco. i'm extremely happy to see charles win his home grand i think they all deserve it. and it looks like we're getting stronger and stronger every

weekend. >> you were giving the pressure at the end of the race there. >> once i was sure lando wouldn't attack me at the end, i focused on doing some fast laps. i went down to the 1:14s, which was really quick at the time. i said, maybe i have a chance at putting a bit of pressure on and maybe i can get him to do a mistake. yeah, we got him under but it was not enough to pass. >> nice work. >> thank you. >> ferrari have closed the gap to red bull's 24 points. the victory for charles leclerc today closes the gap to 31 points. verstappen will lead the championship, whatever happens in canada going into spain. with ferrari and mclaren closing

in and mercedes promising big updates to come. if red bull is dominant in spain, we know we've got a real championship battle on our hands. >> it looked like a gdone few races mclaren now with twice the points just about of mercedes. >> is he going up onto the podium? carlos sainz and charles leclerc. carlos sainz, it's a walk he knows having finished runner-up here twice in the past.

there's oscar piastri's manager. he congratulates charles leclerc. what a feeling for charles leclerc. >> three podiums in the last four years for carlos sainz here. [indiscernible]

[ applause ] >> oscar was pushing. >> we started to go at the end. i pushed one [indiscernible]

>> apologies for any language that you might have heard that you might not have liked. our three drivers in the cooldown room. charles leclerc having to put the jewelry on. watches, jewelry, get yourself ready for the podium. they're ready for a big night down at the garage, aren't they? >> yeah. >> his childhood dream finally is achieved. it means so much to everyone who calls this place home, born in monaco and a winner on the streets of monaco. >> last two laps he was getting so emotional, he could barely

see. >> 700 people work on this racetrack to keep it fluid and functioning. they did a great job fixing those barriers and cleaning up the track. >> they absolutely did. >> oscar piastri with his best results in formula 1. charles leclerc, i think he's crying too. he equals his best result in formula 1 too. some races are more equal than others. ♪ [ applause ] >> here in monaco, it's time for the italian and the monegasque national anthems. >> they present the trophies first.

>> a tear in his eye, as you pointed out. >> he said i tend to root for the hometown drivers. there was only one hometown driver he was really rooting for today. princess charlene presents the medal from the fia. seems like very much a local

celebration before the world here, the world of motorsport. oscar piastri, the man from down under, another australian winner. the first time an australia won here in formula 1 was 1959. >> carlos sainz finishing third. >> the president of the automobile club of monaco. >> leclerc hasn't finished outside the top four this year. sainz hasn't finished outside the top five. a day of celebrations here, but consistency for ferrari on a race day that we didn't see last year. ♪

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♪ [ applause ] >> let the celebrations begin. they had to come eventually, martin. >> surely it had to come eventually. finally charles leclerc can deliver a formula 1 victory in his hometown. >> he's been supremely confident all weekend, driving beautifully, hasn't run into anything, peaked at the right moment at poll position, controlled the

we were talking about his father who he lost quite young. i'm pretty sure that's why he was welling up as well with a couple of laps to go. >> that is the first bottle of the sparkling stuff for leclerc. these are celebrations that are going to go on for a while. and why not? prince albert is joining in with the spray of the bubbly. fabulous for ferrari. leclerc on top at the monaco grand prix. >> hey there, i'm nie briscoe. thank you for watching espn's presentation of the formula one monaco grand prix.

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thank you for sharing part of your sunday with us. it's may 26th. let's get right to your forecast for memorial day weekend. hi, frances. hi, stephanie. >> good morning everyone. you'll notice that it is feeling very different today. it's a lot drier out there. here's a look at live doppler seven less cloud cover this morning. some clouds along the coast, but a live shot in san jose shows blue skies. san francisco is currently 51. oakland 53, san jose 55. half

moon bay 52 from mount tam. we're also seeing some low clouds there, but also some breaks in the cloud cover and most temperatures in the low to mid 50s. santa rosa 51. fairfield 56. concord. also milder 55. right now here's what you can expect for today. temperatures coming up compared to yesterday. we'll see some upper 70s and some of our warmest spots around the bay. san francisco 62, fremont 71, san jose up to 75 degrees. and then tonight the clouds will roll in once again. we'll wake up to some fog and low clouds. upper 40s to low 50s. but check out the accuweather seven day forecast. so sunny and breezy today. warmer for memorial day except at the beaches. a minor dip, but then turning warmer and even much warmer towards the end of the week. stephanie. >> very nice frances. thank you. well, travel records are already being set this memorial day weekend, with millions of americans on the road and taking to the skies, here's a live look at sfo right now where more than 11,000 flights are delayed. this

morning, the most in the bay area right now. we're also tracking a handful of delays in oakland and san jose. abc news reporter alison kosik tells us why travel in other states could be held back. >> there are still millions of americans traveling to their holiday destinations ahead of memorial day tomorrow. those traveling by air, dealing with packed airports, with people flying again, just like they did well before the pandemic. >> people are more confident in flying and traveling now. >> on friday, tsa says it screened more than 2.9 million travelers, surpassing the previous record set during the thanksgiving holiday weekend last year, four of the busiest travel days ever happening this month, helping to kick off what's expected to be a busy summer travel season, according to aa, more than 38 million people will be driving to destinations this weekend. >> i'm trying to, like, strategize if i want to, like, drive during the day or kind of

after rush hour. so we'll see. >> but severe weather could upend travel plans for many today. multiple rounds of strong storms with damaging winds and hail are possible over parts of mississippi and the ohio river valley. alison kosik, abc news, new york. >> in the north bay, plenty of people are making their way to where it's more warm this memorial day weekend, especially along the russian river. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard went to one of the more popular spots in santa rosa. >> we love the jumpy house on the water and the lagoon. >> melissa schwartz is spending part of her memorial day weekend at santa rosa spring lake regional park, where this lagoon has morphed into a summertime water park for kids. >> so far, it's nice and relaxing. the sun's out, it's warm enough to be in the water, so we're just kind of hanging out with, with our kids here. >> trung lee is watching his

kids on the beach while he thinks about what to grill up for lunch. >> it's a pretty amazing area for the kids and the family to go out to have a good weekend cookout. >> hey guys, just a friendly reminder down there. thanks for staying with your little ones because it does start to drop off. >> lifeguards are now on duty at veterans memorial beach in healdsburg this holiday weekend. the russian river is running fast and high, so it's important to be safe. >> we had an influx of rain this year, so the water levels are a lot higher. so we just ask that people take the necessary precautions. so, either don't swim if you're not comfortable swimming, maybe just dip your feet in the water, if you do decide to go for a swim, just make sure that you're wearing a life vest. or you can come here and swim near a lifeguard. >> sadly, a teenager drown on the russian river near forestville last month. first responders say he wasn't wearing a life vest. that protective gear freed to anyone at this beach to use for the day. every barbecue at this park is spoken for and fired up everyone enjoying good food and sunshine

after a cold, wet winter. >> kind of nice just being close to the water. i think. just getting out and relaxing, getting some sunlight. we haven't had too much chance to really enjoy it. >> so this is our first time. really like soaking it all in, relaxing like, oh, it's the perfect time. >> three day weekend in santa rosa, cornell bernard abc seven news. >> today is the third anniversary of the deadly shooting at a vta rail yard in san jose. nine people were killed by a lone gunman in what is considered the deadliest mass shooting in bay area history. the vta observed a moment of silence at 6:38 a.m. to honor the lives lost. some trains and busses paused briefly at that time. a man who was riding a motorcycle died after being struck, and by a pickup truck overnight. it happened on highway one at murata road, just north of half moon bay. the san mateo county sheriff's office says the crash shut down the northbound and southbound lanes for more than four hours. people who knew the man who died held an impromptu vigil last night.

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