Monte-Carlo, May 26 -- McLaren's Lando Norris won the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time with a copybook drive, controlling the race from start to finish.

Norris navigated the potential pitfalls of a new rule requiring drivers to use three sets of tyres during the race to lead throughout and beat Ferrari's Charles Leclerc for the Briton's second victory of the season on Sunday.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri took third, well clear of Red Bull's Max Verstappen, with Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton a distant fifth.

Norris' victory cut Piastri's lead at the head of the championship to three points, with Verstappen a further 22 behind in third.

The race began amid uncertainty as to how the new rule imposed to increase jeopardy would play out, and amid...