Having started from seventh on the grid on the hard tyres Gasly rose up the order as others pitted, and by lap 44 he was in third place. Up and down the pitlane drivers were being told that rain was expected but rather than have Gasly wait for a possible opportunity to switch straight to […]
After the Emilia Romagna GP was cancelled due to flooding in the region, the Monaco GP welcomed F1 from another mini break with a dramatic race weekend full of talking points. From Max Verstappen’s latest masterclass, to Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez’s nightmare in Monte Carlo, the principality witnessed a huge swing in the title […]
Leclerc was penalised for impeding Lando Norris in the tunnel in Q3 after his team failed to warn him early enough about the fast-approaching McLaren driver. The penalty dropped Leclerc from third on the grid to sixth, making his life much harder for Sunday’s race, in which he eventually finished in the same position. Leclerc, […]
Ocon was fourth fastest in qualifying in the principality, lapping 0.188s shy of polesitter Max Verstappen. He then inherited a place when Charles Leclerc was penalised for blocking Lando Norris. In the race, 2021 Hungarian GP winner Ocon held on against Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton during a rain-hit final stint to score his first podium […]
Lewis Hamilton and George Russell bagged a 4-5 result to mark the debut of the heavily revised W14, which has now gained more conventional sidepods and new front suspension. While the positions were unchanged, Russell was hit with a five-second penalty for rejoining the track in an unsafe manner as he made contact with Red […]
Initial drizzle in the second sector during the race’s second half bloomed into heavier rain, which prompted a series of cars to make the leap onto the intermediate tyre in a bid to anticipate worsening conditions. Valtteri Bottas and Lance Stroll led the switch, with Zhou Guanyu and Alex Albon following suit. Alonso subsequently made […]
Sainz survived early contact with Alpine’s Esteban Ocon at the Nouvelle Chicane with minor front wing damage to keep the podium in sight through the opening half of the race. On lap 33 of 78, Ocon suffered a slow stop as he switched to fresh mediums, with Ferrari opting to pit Sainz on the following […]
Russell looked like benefitting from a slow stop for Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and a late call to intermediates for Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz to climb to third as rain hit the principality in the final third of the race. But after his pitstop for intermediates on lap 55, Russell appeared to get distracted by a yellow […]
In a frantic end to the Q3 shootout, Alonso, Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc all traded provisional pole until Red Bull world champion Max Verstappen clinched his first Monaco pole with a hair-raising final sector. The Dutchman said he “clipped a few barriers” in the process and Alonso also admitted he took […]
As Hamilton’s Mercedes was lifted into the Monaco skyline following his barrier collision at Mirabeau towards the end of FP3, the paddock was treated to a view of the W14’s underfloor, an area of the car that we’re rarely able to see. The timing of the incident was especially frustrating for Mercedes, with team principal […]