Lewis Hamilton wins his 2nd Monaco Grand Prix with a super exciting finish and normal Formula 1 tire drama.  Mercedes-AMG made a decision, with the one-stop (pit stop) strategy to Hamilton back out on the medium Pirelli compound while other teams went for a harder compound.  Late in the race that strategy was starting to look like it would come back to haunt Mercedes with Max Verstappen for Red Bull running in 2nd and Hamilton’s front tires were so worn that he virtually had no grip left.  Hamilton did an excellent job taking advantage of Monaco’s iconic narrow track that makes it very, very hard to overtake another car and positioning his car perfectly on the racing line to keep Verstappen from overtaking.  Ironically, Verstappen had been hit with a 5 second penalty earlier in the racing so finishing before Mercedes would have been mostly symbolic for Red Bull.  Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel finished in 2nd, breaking Mercedes’ streak of finishing one, two for most of this season, but Mercedes still had both of their drivers on the podium with Valtteri Bottas coming in 3rd.