Monaco Grand Prix 2016 live: Latest as Lewis Hamilton wins in Monte Carlo after thrilling battle with Daniel Ricciardo

Re-live all the action from Monte Carlo where Lewis Hamilton took his first win of the season

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Lewis hamilton managed to go from third to first to win a thrilling Monaco Grand Prix after passing pole-sitter Daniel Ricciardo due to a brilliant strategic gamble, with Nico Rosberg struggling to an eighth-place finish. Follow the latest here.

• Lewis Hamilton wins the Monaco Grand Prix
• Race starts behind the safety car due to heavy rain
• Ricciardo started on pole but passed by Hamilton when making his first stop
• Rosberg lets Hamilton past after struggling with brake issues
• Four virtual safety car periods as Palmer, Raikkonen, and Verstappen crash out

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Monaco Grand Prix starting grid:

1 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 1min 13.622secs

2 Nico Rosberg(Ger)Mercedes GP 1:13.791

3 Lewis Hamilton(Gbr)Mercedes GP 1:13.942

4 Sebastian Vettel(Ger)Ferrari 1:14.552

5 Nico Hulkenberg(Ger)Force India 1:14.726

6 Kimi Raikkonen(Fin)Ferrari 1:14.732

7 Carlos Sainz(Spa)Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:14.749

8 Sergio Perez(Mex)Force India 1:14.902

9 Daniil Kvyat(Rus)Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:15.273

10 FernandoAlonso(Spa)McLaren 1:15.363

11 Valtteri Bottas(Fin)Williams 1:15.273

12 Esteban Gutierrez(Mex)Haas F1 1:15.293

3 Jenson Button(Gbr)McLaren 1:15.352

14 Felipe Massa(Bra)Williams 1:15.385

15 Romain Grosjean(Fra)Haas F1 1:15.571

16 Kevin Magnussen(Den)Renault 1:16.058

17 Marcus Ericsson(Swe)Sauber-Ferrari 1:16.299

18 Jolyon Palmer(Gbr)Renault 1:16.586

19 Rio Haryanto(Ina)Manor Racing 1:17.295

20 Pascal Wehrlein(Ger)Manor Racing 1:17.452

21 Max Verstappen(Ned) Red Bull 1:22.467

22 Felipe Nasr(Bra) Sauber-Ferrari No Time

Note: Kimi Raikkonen has a five-place grid penalty due to an unscheduled gearbox change and will start 11th.

[29 May 2016 13:29 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 15: Sainz also pits with Alonso coming in for inters too. There's not much difference at the moment between the wet tyre and the inter, so could the front runners be holding out for dry conditions?

[29 May 2016 13:30 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 16: Hamilton passes Rosberg for second! The Briton is released on the run out of turn one and immediately gaps the championship leader. That looked like a team decision that one.

[29 May 2016 13:33 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 17: Vettel is having a go at Massa, but his first attempt fails as he straight lines the chicane. Hulkenberg then nearly runs into the back of Vettel, with Alonso also in close company. Meanwhile Hamilton has started catching Ricciardo.

[29 May 2016 13:35 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 19: So the top six are on wets, with the rest of the field on inters. The gap at the front is just under 13 secons, and Ricciardo is doing well to maintain the lead he built ever so rapidly.

[29 May 2016 13:37 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 20: Bottas tries to pass Wehrlein into the chicane but is going too fast and straight lines the chicane. He passes the Manor unfairly, and it gets worse for Bottas as Verstappen passes Wehrlein. The Williams lets both of them through, but it means he'll avoid a penalty.

[29 May 2016 13:38 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 21: Mercedes are pitting Rosberg for inters. It's a slow stop as the front right was delayed on. It's odd that they're pitting Rosberg first given he was trailing Hamilton, but in the wet the undercut doesn't work as well as normal conditions.

[29 May 2016 13:40 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 22: Magnussen and Kvyat are off! The pair are in the barrier at the Rascasse Hairpin, and wile Magnussen gets going, Kvyat appears to have a lot more damage. Replays show Kvyat stuffed his Toro Rosso up the inside of the Renault where there wasn't a gap, and that one is the Russian's fault. He manages to get going again and is in the pits.

[29 May 2016 13:41 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 22: Sainz pits and comes out just behin Rosberg, with the championship leader heading a pack of Perez, Vettel, Hulkenberg and Sainz - who loses out after shuffling back down the field.

[29 May 2016 14:21 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 49: It's calmed down a but now, but the man still on the move is Perez. Meanwhile, Nasr gets told to let Ericsson through, and he firmly rejects it despite the call "coming from the top". Ericsson jokes "his radio must be broken".

[29 May 2016 14:23 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 50: Disaster for Sauber and it's the third Virtual Safety Car! Ericsson decides to take matters into his own hands and launches his car up the inside of Nasr as Rascasse where there isn't room. He takes the pair of them out and wrecks both their front wings. They get going but there's carbon fibre everywhere. Bottas also pits for new tyres, and the VSC is over after just a lap.