Daniel Ricciardo overcame huge engine troubles to go from pole to victory in the Monaco Grand Prix. See the results as they happened!

Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull has went from pole to victory at the 2018 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix. He had some power unit issues roughly 30 laps into the 78-lap race, but managed the lack of power beautifully with one of the best drives we’ve ever seen to remain ahead of Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari.

Vettel was chasing Ricciardo the entire race, always about a second back of him, with Ricciardo manging the gap. Vettel might have had a chance at winning if he didn’t have some early lockups that prevented him from making more aggressive moves on Ricciardo.

Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes, the Drivers’ Championship leader, finished in third to round out the podium. After the race, Ricciardo said he only had six gears for most of the race.

Everybody in the top of the field made it through the opening laps unscathed. Ricciardo, tragically, started suffering from a power unit issue just 30 laps into the race. He was building a gap to Vettel, and then his team told him that the power issue was not likely to get better, so it was up to Ricciardo to manage the issue.

Fortunately for him, Vettel may have flat-spotted his left front tire trying to make it up and get the pass on Ricciardo, and that extended the lead for the Australian driver.

Verstappen, who started from the back, made it up to ninth on the grid by the time we got to half race distance, all on his opening set of ultrasoft tires. Verstappen finally went into the pits around Lap 50, and rejoined in a prime position to earn some points. He finished in the points, battling with Nico Hulkenberg of Renault and Pierre Gasly of Toro Rosso to the end, but passing neither of them.

It was a nightmare day for Williams, as Lance Stroll suffered not one but two punctures, and had to have his front wing switched out. Sergey Sirotkin also had to serve a 10-second stop-go penalty near the start of the race due to the three-minute tire rule prior to the start of the race.

There was a late race crash when Charles Leclerc lost his brakes and went into the back of Brendon Hartley, ending the race for both drivers. It prompted a virtual safety car, but it was quickly cleaned up and no positions near the top changed.

Below is the full finishing order for the race, and below that is the live blog as it happened during it!

Lap 78/78 - FINAL

Ricciardo’s team comes over the radio to advise him, and he tells them that he’s got it, no worries with three laps to go. Bottas is trying hard to get past Raikkonen. Ricciardo wins the Monaco Grand Prix! Vettel takes second. Hamilton finishes third, then Raikkonen, then Bottas. Wow! That entire race might have came down to Vettel’s early lockups preventing him from making more aggressive moves on Ricciardo.

Lap 76/78

Wow, Vandoorne went into the pits, and when he came out, he split Ricciardo and Vettel! We’re back racing on Lap 74, and Ricciardo has a short buffer now! This is huge! Hartley’s race is done as well. Vandoorne is in 14th, and not likely to improve despite the new hypersofts. Vettel is 4.5 seconds back of Ricciardo. Hamilton is 8.7 seconds back of Vettel. Bottas is still a second back of Raikkonen.

Lap 73/78

Leclerc tried hard to underbrake and pass Hartley, but instead he crashes into the back of him and his race is done! Wow! There’s a virtual safety car, but it looks like all the front-runners pass by the pit lane. Leclerc looks as if he braked in time, but he lost them and tries his best to avoid Hartley.

Lap 70/78

Ricciardo is just barely keeping himself ahead of Vettel, but he’s getting the job done. Hamilton has fallen back abit, trailing Vettel by 4.8 seconds. Verstappen still chasing Hulkenberg, who is still chasing Gasly. Bottas has fallen back some too, about two seconds back of Raikkonen. Ocon is gaining on Bottas. Vettel now 2 seconds back of Ricciardo. Ricciardo’s tires are performing quite well. Vettel’s are in bad shape.

Lap 66/78

If Hamilton pits soon, he might be behind Ocon, which would be huge. Ricciardo still managing well. Bottas under a second behind Raikkonen, still working on that move. Williams drivers still at the back of the grid. Vettel closer to Ricciardo now, 0.6 seconds back. Verstappen sets a new fastest lap of the race from ninth, and is 1.8 seconds back of Hulkenberg. Verstappen is warned about clean overtaking, as he’s trailing Hulkenberg, who is trailing Gasly in seventh. Ocon is 8.6 seconds back of Bottas.

Lap 58/78

Sainz is holding up his teammate, Hulkenberg, who has Verstappen sticking right behind him. It sounds like Sainz has been told to find the right moment to let Hulkengerg through without letting Verstappen through as well. Wow, Hulkenberg gets past and Verstappen tries to dive, but he doesn’t get it. A couple laps later, Verstappen is still trying to make that move. Sainz seemed to cut the track, and may have to give the place to Verstappen.

Or not. Verstappen makes the move on Sainz — why wait for the stewards? And nearly goes too far wide himself. Verstappen gets the place.

Ricciardo still up on Vettel, less than a second, and at times around 1.3 seconds. Hamilton still 2.7 seconds back.

Lap 54/78

Vettel is back into DRS range of Ricciardo. Sirotkin pits again, and Hulkenberg pits for the first time. Hulkenberg rejoins in 10th, behind Sainz and ahead of Verstappen. Gasly is chasing Alonso for seventh. It looks like we’re losing our first driver — Fernando Alonso suffers what seems to be a gearbox issue. Yellow flags in Sector 1. There shouldn’t be a safety car here, as Alonso did well to get his car out of the way.

Lap 50/78

Gasly is gaining on Verstappen, who is losing pace. He’s going to be pitting very soon. The ultrasofts are supposed to be able to go 50 laps, and he’s got 47 on his. Verstappen comes over the team radio and says there’s nothing left in his rear tires. Ricciardo still up 1.2 seconds on Vettel, who is 1.7 seconds up on Hamilton. Vettel seems to be pushing again, though.

Red Bull comes out of the garage. Verstappen coming in, and it’s a good stop. He fits the hypersoft tires, which should struggle to make it to the end. Verstappen rejoins in 11th. Vettel sneaks to under a second to Ricciardo, but drops back again right after that. Ricciardo has some kind of warning on his dashboard, and his team says they can’t see it. Seven seconds cover the top five.

Lap 45/78

Ricciardo’s team, once again, telling him that he’s doing well. Hamilton is sneaking up back of Vettel, less than two seconds behind now. Bottas is still 1.4 seconds back of Raikkonen. Raikkonen is 3.6 seconds back of Hamilton by Lap 45. Verstappen may be pitting soon.

Lap 41/78

Hamilton’s radio tells him he’s still racing with the top two. Ricciardo is maintaining the gap to Vettel, but it’s close. 1.3 seconds on Lap 37. Stroll has to pit again with another puncture to his front left, and the terrible day for Williams continues. Gasly, running in sixth, finally pits after 35 laps on the hypersofts, and fits the supers, which seem to be out-performing the hypers.

Bottas is 1.2 seconds back of Raikkonen, and he’s going to be looking at making a move soon. Stroll, the man in last place, has hypers fitted and he’s running faster than everyone ... but he’s in last. Hamilton comes over the team radio and tells them his tires won’t make it to the end. Vettel tells his team he had a blackout on his dash — that’s worrying!

Lap 34/78

Ricciardo keeps ahead of Vettel. He’s losing a lot of time in specific parts of the track. Whatever the issue is, he stays ahead. Vettel locks up a bit around the chicane, and may have flat-spotted one of his tires. Ricciardo gets back up to a 1.8-second lead. Ricciardo’s team tells him he’s doing great, but effectively confirms that whatever power issue he’s having is likely to remain for the rest of the race. Wow!

Vettel’s front left has some serious graining. Hamilton is 7.8 seconds hack of Vettel. Bottas is 1.6 seconds down of Raikkonen.

Lap 30/78

Hamilton is struggling with grip on his tires, the front left is graining pretty heavily. Raikkonen is right behind him. Verstappen is having issues with his gears, and he complains to his team. He’s running in 10th. His team comes over and tells him to keep at it.

Ricciardo up 1.7 seconds on Vettel on Lap 28. Hamilton 6.6 seconds back. Raikkonen 1.7 back of Hamilton. Ricciardo comes over the radio and says he’s losing power. That would be disastrous ... Vettel is right behind him. Vettel closes the gap, it’s under a second now.

Lap 25/78

Alonso pits, and that frees up Bottas to get after Ocon. Alonso rejoins ahead of Vandoorne and Verstappen, who is creeping up, slowly. Verstappen is 0.4 seconds back of Vandoorne. Ricciardo on the radio is a bit worried about the tire temperature on his ultrasofts. He’s 2.2 seconds up on Vettel, with Hamilton 5.8 seconds back of Vettel. Stroll comes over the team radio and is clearly frustrated by his team’s poor performance.

Perez has a bad pit stop, with a right rear tire that didn’t want to come off. Raikkonen is right on Hamilton’s tail.

Lap 18/78

Ferrari doesn’t seem worried about Hamilton, and they come over the radio and tell Raikkonen to push. They seem to think staying out is the way to go. Looks like Ocon let Hamilton past for the most part, it wasn’t much of a pass. Sirotkin gets no further penalty, the stewards announce.

Vettel is into the pits on Lap 16, and it’s a good stop. Vettel rejoins ahead of Bottas. Ricciardo is responding with a pit of his own, also fitting the ultras. Raikkonen also pitting. Ricciardo rejoins in first, and Bottas pits for the red-walled supersofts. It’s Ricciardo, Vettel, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Ocon, Alonso and Bottas for the top 7.

Lap 15/78

Stroll has a puncture, and he gets into the pits just as Ricciardo and the rest of the pack is catching up to him. Oh, they’re fitting a new front wing for Stroll as well. He’s fitting the supersoft tires, and Stroll rejoins in last place. Magnussen says there is debris at the hairpin, but I don’t see it. Stroll gets lapped by Alonso and a couple others, so it’s a pretty disastrous start for Williams. Vettel is 1.9 seconds back of Ricciardo. Hamilton is about 4 seconds back of Vettel, with Raikkonen right behind and here comes Hamilton into the pits!

Hamilton needs to get out in front of Ocon, but he doesn’t. He rejoins in sixth!

Sirotkin is under investigation for his team working on his car during his previous penalty. Yeesh! Hartley pits for Toro Rosso. Vettel’s team radio tells him to stay out as long as he’s comfortable with the pace. Hamilton needs to get past Ocon, and it looks like he has. Ricciardo just put in another fastest lap, and is 2.6 seconds clear of Vettel.

Lap 9/78

Hulkenberg comes over team radio and says the race pace is way too slow. Sirotkin under investigation for some kind of incident .... oof, he’s got a 10-second stop-go penalty, so he must have done something bad! Looks like his wheels were not fitted by the three-minute signal on the grid, and that’s the penalty. He pits to serve it, and rejoins in last place.. Verstappen takes Stroll for 16th. He’s on the ultrasoft tires, by the way. Hamilton sets a purple lap on Lap 8.

Lap 5/78

Clean racing for a few laps here. There was a brief yellow flag in sector two, likely from debris off of Hartley’s car. Hartley, notably, did not stop, so the wing damage may not be as significant. Ricciardo’s team radio comes on and tells him “Remember what your job is now. Stay focused.” Vettel back 1.4 seconds of Ricciardo by Lap 5. Verstappen passes Ericsson for 17th.

Lap 1/78

Lights are out, and everyone gets away well! Vettel gets awfully close right off the bat, but Ricciardo starts pulling away. Verstappen makes up a couple spots from the back right away. Hartley seems to have taken some serious front wing damage. None of the top cars have had issues on the first lap, which is remarkable itself! Verstappen jumped both Haas drivers on the start! Grosjean not happy on the team radio, from last.

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Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull Racing has pole position for the 2018 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix. which is set for 9 a.m. ET on Sunday. Ricciardo is joined by Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari on the front row, just edging out Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes, the current points leader.

The race will be broadcast by ESPN in the United States Live online streaming of the race can be had via WatchESPN, the ESPN App or the recently-launched F1 TV Pro.

Along with the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Indianapolis 500 — which is also set for Sunday, about an hours after the F1 race — the Monaco Grand Prix is widely considered to be among the top three races in all of motorsports.

And for good reason. The Circuit de Monaco is one of the most exciting on the calendar, and is certainly the most prestigious. It’s a short road course with few straights, which results in slower but much, much tighter racing. It’s a blast, and well-worth watching.

Anybody new to the sport checking in can see our F1 season preview here, though we’re a few races into the season now.

Max Verstappen put his car into the wall in the final practice session on Saturday morning, and Red Bull were working on the car as the first qualifying session got underway. There was some hope they might be able to get the car out there in time, but they discovered a problem with the gearbox, which is a much longer repair, so he did not set a time in qualifying despite being one of the favorites for pole.

Many felt he either would have taken pole, or could have at least locked out the front row with his teammate, Ricciardo. Instead, he’ll be starting from the back. The Red Bull cars are noted for their exceptional aerodynamics, so on a course like Monaco that is not all about brute force, Ricciardo managed to set a lap record in the third qualifying session by getting down into the 1:10s, something no other driver was able to accomplish.

Romain Grosjean of the American-owned Haas F1 Team will start 18th after a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the Spanish Grand Prix. His teammate, Kevin Magnussen, will start 19th after a poor qualifying sesion.

Hamilton has Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari for company on the second row, with Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes rounding out the Top 5.

Below is all you need to know to watch the action on Sunday, and below that is the full starting grid for the race.

How to watch the 2018 F1 Monaco Grand Prix

Date: Sunday, May 26

Location: Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo

Time: 9 a.m. ET

TV: ESPN

Online Streaming: WatchESPN, ESPN App, F1 TV Pro