After this race, the driver rankings are as follows:

1: Hamilton 100

2: Verstappen 90

3: Qin Miao 77

4: Norris 50

5: Perez 44

6: Leclerc 42

7: Sainz 33

8: Ricardo 24

9: O'Kang 11

10: Gasly 11

11: Vettel 8

12: Alonso 6

13: Stroll 7

14: Tsunoda 2

15: Kimi 1

The gap between Hamilton and Verstappen has significantly narrowed, now only ten points apart.

Qin Miao's position remains unchanged, while Leclerc, due to missing the race and earning no points, painfully lost his fourth place on the leaderboard, dropping two positions to sixth.

Norris and Perez both moved up one position on the overall standings.

The team standings and rankings are as follows:

1: Mercedes: 177

2: Red Bull: 134

3: Ferrari: 75

4: McLaren: 74

5: Alpine: 17

6: Aston Martin: 15

7: Toro Rosso: 13

8: Alfa Romeo: 1

In the team standings, Ferrari has moved up one position to third due to Sainz's outstanding performance.

However, the points gap between Ferrari and McLaren, fourth place, is only one point. Ferrari needs to continue exerting effort to widen this gap in future races.

Haas and Williams still have no points on the board.

Additionally, Aston Martin has also moved up one position, surpassing Toro Rosso.

After the race, the commentators naturally showered Qin Miao's performance today with praise.

But to be fair, Qin Miao's performance today was indeed praiseworthy.

On the track, the director immediately focused the cameras on the Mercedes pit.

After all, compared to Red Bull, the performance of the Mercedes team engineers moving from hell to heaven was what the audience was most curious about.

In the current footage, although both drivers brought their cars back with second and eighth placements, the crew members of Qin Miao's team and the senior staff of Mercedes were all smiling, embracing, and celebrating together as they had just returned to the team pit.

Even Toto genuinely applauded Qin Miao's stellar performance today.

After completing his final lap, Qin Miao comfortably parked his car behind the second place sign.

During the cooldown lap, the FIA announced the best driver of today's race as voted by the audience.

Unsurprisingly, Qin Miao swiftly overtook 10 positions in this race, miraculously performing an overtaking showcase on Monaco's track, known for its difficulty in overtaking.

This performance earned Qin Miao the best driver award of the week with a stunning 70% of the vote.

Although today's champion was Red Bull's Verstappen, it was apparent that when Qin Miao emerged from his Mercedes, the cheers and applause from the crowd were louder than when Verstappen emerged.

As Qin Miao had just climbed out of his car and stood on his vehicle, Verstappen had already been celebrating on top of his car for a while.

This scene was indeed interesting; Verstappen stood atop his car, showing a strong gesture, celebrating on the spot, while Qin Miao merely stood atop his car, facing the camera, and patted the Mercedes logo on his chest.

With the camera on Verstappen, coupled with Hamilton's experiences in this race, the audience might feel a sense of new generation replacing the old.

But when looking at Qin Miao, what comes to mind is a rising star with limitless future potential.

However, when you place both in the same frame, you'll notice a certain intangible, yet undeniably existing bond, or perhaps, destiny between them.

As for Sainz, who arrived late and parked behind the third place sign, he seemed somewhat of a backdrop in front of Qin Miao and Verstappen.

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