We won’t bore you with the usual Monaco tropes and cliches, but the time the Monte Carlo streets were big enough for grand prix racing has long passed, both in terms of the on-track product and the ever-increasing hordes of guests making life difficult for staff trying to do their Read more
Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff has taken responsibility for the pitstop blunder that led to a drive-through penalty for George Russell at the Monaco Grand Prix.Russell experienced a dismal weekend in the principality, where he took sixth on the grid after being soundly beaten by team-mate Kimi Antonelli Read more
After McLaren secured a double podium in Miami and appeared to have turned a corner following its first major upgrade of the year, the race weekends in Montreal and Monaco have not gone according to plan.In Canada, things partly unravelled due to the decision to start on intermediate tyres, while Lando Read more
While Max Verstappen surprised many by qualifying second on Saturday, his race came to an end almost immediately the following day. The Dutchman already felt some anomalies during the Formula 1 formation lap, then struggled to get the RPMs into the correct window during the pre-start procedure. The final nail in Read more
Pierre Gasly said he had been “robbed” of a podium in Monaco after finishing third on the road, and his team agrees.The Alpine team posted a statement which read: “After the result of today’s Monaco Grand Prix, BWT Alpine Formula One Team can confirm it has requested a Right of Review Read more
Red Bull Ford Powertrains has been deemed to have the leading V6 combustion engine in Formula 1, Autosport has been able to confirm, following Lewis Hamilton’s revelation that Ferrari is getting upgrade help.Following the Canadian Grand Prix F1’s governing body the FIA measured the performance of all V6 combustion engines to determine both the Read more
The Monaco Grand Prix produced a series of penalties for speeding in the pitlane. The FIA documents released after the race reveal that in every case the infringement was less than one kilometre per hour. For Oscar Piastri, George Russell, Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly, the excess was just 0.1 Read more
At the beginning of the 2026 Formula 1 season George Russell was the clear favourite to win the drivers’ championship, but he has now slipped to third place in the standings after a torturous Monaco Grand Prix weekend.Russell only finished one timed session ahead of team-mate Kimi Antonelli, qualified five Read more
Cadillac Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez has been given a 10-second penalty in the Monaco Grand Prix results, collapsing from a point-paying 10th position to last of the finishers.Perez finished 10th on the road in an eventful race in the principality, making the most of the incidents that occurred around Read more
George Russell’s costly Canadian Grand Prix retirement, which knocked him 43 points back, showed he would have a Andrea Kimi Antonelli-sized problem to deal with this year. His fifth qualifying defeat to a high-flying Italian in Monaco further underlined that problem won’t go away any time soon.Russell had made a strong start Read more