Gasly blames Tsunoda for Monaco F1 crash: ‘Not his finest moment’
Pierre Gasly has blamed the collision that took him out of the Monaco Grand Prix on his former Formula 1 team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, claiming the latter moved under braking. Tsunoda and Gasly were running 17th and 18th – after making their first mandatory pitstop as early as lap 1 – when the Alpine driver attacked his […]
Why the Monaco GP pitstop rule didn’t work due to the major problem F1 cannot fix
After last year’s Monaco “procession” – as Red Bull team principal Christian Horner called it – Formula 1 and the FIA felt the need to try ‘something’ for this year’s grand prix. ‘Something’ turned out to be a rule change aimed at adding strategic intrigue to the race. The FIA mandated that each driver must […]
Monaco track changes only way to encourage overtaking in F1
After another Monaco Grand Prix saw little variety between qualifying and race results, with McLaren’s Lando Norris winning from pole position, Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner is calling for drastic changes in the Principality. For this year’s race, F1 brought in a new mandatory two-pitstop rule that required all drivers to use three […]
How «stroke of genius» set up Racing Bulls for season-best result at F1 Monaco GP
Sitting in the Monaco Grand Prix media centre towards the end of Sunday’s Formula 1 race, the press pack were trying to decide just how we each felt about the introduction of the mandatory two-stop rule and if it had worked or not. One of them hit the nail firmly on the head when he […]
Wolff reveals «I’m sorry» text from Vowles as Williams adds to Mercedes’ woes in Monaco
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed a text exchange during the Monaco Grand Prix with Williams counterpart James Vowles who apologised for his drivers backing up George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli. Wolff and Vowles are good friends, with the latter have worked under Wolff at Mercedes before taking the top job at Williams, […]
Did F1’s Monaco GP two-pitstop rule work? Our writers have their say
The mandatory two tyre changes at this year’s Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix was the talking point of the race – but did it work? Our writers give their take on the first use of F1’s rule to force each driver to make two changes of tyre sets, or the two-pitstop rule, which debuted at […]
Hamilton explains Verstappen impeding incident in F1 Monaco GP qualifying
Lewis Hamilton has addressed his incident with Max Verstappen during Formula 1 qualifying at Monaco Grand Prix, which led to a three-place grid drop for Sunday’s race. The Ferrari driver explained that he was mistakenly told by his team that Verstappen was slowing down, which prompted him to move back to the middle of the track […]
How Norris beat Leclerc to pole for F1’s Monaco GP
Deep breath on the way out of the Rascasse; you won’t have another for the next 70 seconds. The spectacle of qualifying at Monaco is underrated. Pure, primal, tooth-clenching commitment meets surgical precision for a flurry of kerb-hopping, wall-scraping daredevilry that juxtaposes against the serenity of the yachts, tousled by the faintest waves in the […]
Leclerc leads Verstappen in FP3 as Hamilton crashes
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has made it a clean sweep of practice sessions at Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix as a tyre enigma sets up an intriguing qualifying session, while team-mate Lewis Hamilton tagged the wall. Having topped Friday’s two practice sessions, Leclerc bested Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to head into qualifying as the slight favourite […]