Happy Lewis Hamilton, raging Daniel Ricciardo in Monaco

At the halfway point. Lewis Hamilton’s sheer speed won out in the end after the first round of pit stops, but he was given a lot of trouble by Daniel Ricciardo, who made some terrific overtake attempts but struggled with grip on a still-wet track.

Four stars. He closed impressively on Daniel Ricciardo after the safety cars, both real and virtual, went in, cutting a good half-second off every lap. He was going so quickly, in fact, that Nico Rosberg happily let him past without any radio griping, and that never happens.

After Ricciardo’s first - disastrous - pit stop, Hamilton assumed the lead by default, but the Australian was right behind him all the way. There were some dubious decisions by the reigning champion when it came to some of the chicanes, though, which caused controversy right to the end.

Daniel Ricciardo, sunny soul that he is, was not best pleased by some of Hamilton’s positioning, feeling that he was occasionally overstepping the marks expected by decent defensive driving. He expressed it in deadpan fashion rather than by ranting, and with impressive succinctness.

It's one thing sweeping the track clean of debris when a safety car is in place and yellow flags are waving - it's another thing entirely to chase down a black plastic bag that's threatening to get tangled up in someone's car. Some brave and swift stewarding in Monaco this week.

The most intriguing overtake of the match came just before the end as Nico Hulkenberg crowned a good day for Force India by nipping past Nico Rosberg, meaning the championship leader took only six points from the race.

Tyre strategies were most important in Monaco, with so many laps done in the rain and under the safety car restrictions. Hamilton stayed on wets until the end of the 31st lap, when he switched to ultra softs; even then Ricciardo might have stayed even closer to the Mercedes had his own team had the right tyres ready for his pit stop one lap later. Instead, he spent 36 seconds in the pit lane, allowing Hamilton to take the lead.

Sergio Perez. All the attention will be on Hamilton finally winning, and Ricciardo’s disappointment. Take a look at a quiet, methodical race from Force India’s Perez, happily on the podium.

A weekend to forget for Max Verstappen after his triumph last time out. Not only did he have a terrible qualifying session in which he became more intimately acquainted with the barrier, but half an hour before the lights went out the team were panicking as they couldn’t release one of the wheelnuts.

Still, at least he managed to put on some pace and spent a spell as the fastest driver on track before taking a corner too early, locking up and knocking his right front wheel off.

Dany Kvyat, the man he replaced at Red Bull, did not have a good weekend either, running into Kevin Magnussen and into a barrier at Rascasse, and enraging the Renault driver.

What next for Kyvat?

It’s easy to get hold of celebrities in Monaco. There were plenty about for the whole weekend – even a member of One Direction and Dr McDreamy himself with Red Bull!

There were sportspeople too – Manchester United’s Michael Carrick, and Claudio Ranieri revelling once more in his renewed high profile.

Oh. And there was Justin Bieber. No, seriously. Showbiz or what?