Sergio Perez pounces to win chaotic Monaco Grand Prix

Sergio Perez won a chaotic and thrilling Monaco Grand Prix as Charles Leclerc's dreams of winning on home soil were shattered by his flat-footed Ferrari team.

Leclerc navigated a rain-hit start - delayed by more than an hour following a deluge of rain just a dozen minutes before the lights were due to go out on Formula One's most famous race - to control the early stages.

But the Monegasque's race fell apart when Ferrari's strategy was exposed by Red Bull. Perez moved from third to first in the switch from wet to slick rubber, with Leclerc's team-mate Carlos Sainz second and world champion Max Verstappen third.

Leclerc crossed the line in fourth, one place ahead of George Russell with Lando Norris sixth.

Lewis Hamilton started eight and finished in the same position, while Mick Schumacher walked away unharmed from a crash which saw his Haas machinery sensationally split in two.

Following a frenetic climax, Perez finished just 1.1 seconds ahead of Sainz with the top four covered by less than three seconds.

Leclerc took pole position under blue skies here on Saturday, but a downpour in the moments before Sunday's race changed the complexion of his afternoon.

The scheduled 3pm getaway was delayed by nine minutes, and then again to 3:16pm.

The race started - albeit behind the safety car - but as the rain continued to pepper the Monte Carlo asphalt, Eduardo Freitas, officiating just his second F1 race, suspended the event after just two laps and four minutes.

A 45-minute wait ensued before Portuguese Freitas was ready to go racing. Leclerc led the field away, tippy-toeing his way around the two-mile course, with Sainz behind and the Red Bull duo of Perez and Verstappen line astern.

A dry line swiftly emerged, but with track position