Fans split over the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix, with penalties at the centre
The principality got its record crowd and the audience gave the race the second lowest score of the season.
Monaco gave the principality a record weekend and gave the audience one of its worst evenings of the year. The round scored 2.68 out of five, second lowest of the season so far, with a happiness reading of 39 out of 100 against a season average of 3.23.
How did the audience score the weekend?
The rating of 2.68 out of five is the second weakest of the season and the happiness reading of 39 out of 100 is the lowest measured across two seasons of collection. The two together describe a race people watched to the end without enjoying, which is a different problem from a race nobody watched.
Viewing itself held up. 82.4% of the audience watched live, in line with the rest of the season, so the score is a verdict on the racing rather than a symptom of a smaller crowd.
Who did the audience name as the best of the day?
Kimi Antonelli took Driver of the Day with 29.7% of the vote, ahead of Lewis Hamilton at 15.3% and Isack Hadjar at 14.4%. A winning share under a third is unusual and matches the way the weekend read, with the audience spreading its credit across several drivers.
The vote for the driver most robbed of a result went the other way, and it went hard. Charles Leclerc took 36% of that vote, ahead of Max Verstappen at 19.4%. Penalties and pit lane calls reordered the closing laps, and the audience recorded exactly who it thought paid for them.
Kimi Antonelli
Lewis Hamilton
Max Verstappen
Where does Monaco stand in the season?
Read against the rest of the calendar, Monaco is the weekend the season would rather forget, and the comparison with the same round a year earlier is close, 2.68 against 2.63. The venue has now produced the two lowest happiness readings recorded, which is a promoter question rather than a regulation one.
Every round of the season keeps its own page with the same three measurements, and the full table is on the race ratings index.
Frequently asked questions
What did fans rate the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix?
2.68 out of five from the BoxBoxd audience, with a happiness reading of 39 out of 100, against a season average of 3.23.
Who was Driver of the Day at Monaco 2026?
Kimi Antonelli, with 29.7% of the vote, ahead of Lewis Hamilton at 15.3%.
Why did fans rate Monaco 2026 so low?
Penalties and pit lane decisions reordered the closing laps. The audience recorded the lowest happiness reading of two seasons while still watching live at the usual rate.
Was Monaco 2026 better than Monaco 2025?
Marginally. The 2026 round scored 2.68 out of five against 2.63 in 2025, so the venue produced two of the weakest weekends measured back to back.
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Source: BoxBoxd, the motorsport social network. Ratings are collected in the hours after the flag, out of five, alongside a happiness score out of 100 and a Driver of the Day vote.