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 […]
Bearman suffers 10-place grid penalty for F1 Monaco GP
Oliver Bearman has been hit with a 10-place grid penalty for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix after overtaking Carlos Sainz under red flag conditions during second practice. The Haas Formula 1 rookie overtook the Williams driver at La Rascasse after the session was red-flagged early on for Oscar Piastri’s crash at Sainte Devote. According to […]
«Too early to feel positive» about F1 Monaco GP despite topping FP1 and FP2
Charles Leclerc believes it’s «too early to feel positive» about a strong result at Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix, despite the Ferrari driver topping both Friday practice sessions. The Monegasque endured an early fright in FP1 when he clipped Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin at the Grand Hotel Hairpin, as the Canadian failed to see the […]
Tsunoda on older Red Bull car spec in Monaco after Imola F1 crash
Yuki Tsunoda has admitted his huge Imola qualifying crash will have lingering effects, as he has to revert to a previous floor design at this weekend’s Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. Tsunoda suffered an enormous accident last Saturday in Q1 as he overstepped the limit of the Red Bull in the fast Tamburello chicane, sending him […]
Ferrari F1 car must ‘surprise us’ to repeat Monaco GP fairytale win
Charles Leclerc says Ferrari’s specific low-speed weakness is going to make it extremely difficult to repeat 2024’s home win at the F1 Monaco Grand Prix. Last year Leclerc finally found redemption around his home streets, taking his first win from pole following several years of heartbreak and near-misses at the Principality. The popular win led […]
Hamilton «nervous» to show other drivers the F1 movie he helped produce
Lewis Hamilton might be considering trading the paddock for the red carpet in the next chapter of his career, but admitted he was “nervous” about the rest of the Formula 1 grid watching the finished F1 film. “I’ve seen it like 20 times already — at least,» Hamilton told reporters on Thursday, following an exclusive F1 drivers […]
Secrets of the street fighters
Racing in the confines of a street track is always special. The wheel-to-wheel action may not always be the best, but the spectacle of top drivers flirting with the barriers make it one of the sport’s greatest challenges. That’s particularly true now that most conventional circuits, particularly in Formula 1, have large run-off areas. And […]
Will Monaco change the F1 order again?
We are in the middle of another triple header, the second of the Formula 1 season so far. Imola provided a more exciting race than anyone expected and Monaco is next with a new rule making two pitstops mandatory. Max Verstappen and Red Bull came roaring back to dominant form at Imola, while Ferrari had […]
Tribal and toxic social media sour F1 fandom, but what can be done?
Dozens of fans were chanting his name as their favourite Formula 1 driver climbed the pitwall after the race to greet them. But this was not a Ferrari driver celebrating, let’s say, a podium on home soil. Instead, it was Alpine’s Franco Colapinto, who had come home in 16th place after a muted first grand […]