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Isack Hadjar has kept his podium finish at the 2026 F1 Monaco GP, after FIA stewards investigated the Red Bull driver post-race for a red flag infringement. Hadjar took part in the podium ceremony alongside race winner Kimi Antonelli and second-placed Lewis Hamilton. However, the result remained under review for a few hours due to…
With Andrea Kimi Antonelli on pole after a scintillating qualifying session, it was the question whether Max Verstappen could pose a challenge for the championship leader at the 2026 F1 Monaco GP. A race not normally known for its tension, would it be different this time around? Versappen out after abysmal start With plenty of…
Dan Towriss plays down reports that Cadillac will sack Valtteri Bottas after F1 2026, as the Finn notes changes hasn’t helped him so far in Monaco GP. Between the races in Canada and Monaco, reports suggested that Cadillac would drop Bottas after F1 2026 and put Colton Herta for the full season. The Finn termed…
Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar wasn’t overall content with his F1 Qualifying result for the Monaco GP, albeit securing a top five start. The Frenchman, in fact, believes that he left too much potential on track in Q3, compared to the previous grid setting segments. Even stronger Q2 performance for Hadjar in Qualifying for the…
Following a couple of very difficult weekends, Pierre Gasly had a strong qualifying for the 2026 F1 Monaco GP, winning the best of the rest fight behind the top four teams. In practice and through qualifying, it did not look that way. Having finished P10 in FP1, he did not appear in the top 10…
Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton finished P3 at the F1 2026 Monaco GP Qualifying with a lap time of 1:12.279, just behind Antonelli and Verstappen. Despite the great result, Hamilton was disappointed after the qualifying session. Both him and Leclerc had dominated the weekend so far. With the exception of FP3, where Antonelli stole first place, the…
Max Verstappen and Red Bull pulled off an incredible turnaround mid-weekend at the 2026 F1 Monaco GP, after struggling to fifth place in FP3 and nearly a second off Kimi Antonelli’s benchmark, to securing a front row start and just narrowly missing out by 43 thousandths of a second on a first pole position of…
Charles Leclerc will be starting the 2026 F1 Monaco GP in the second row beside teammate Lewis Hamilton in P4. After a strong start to his weekend on home ground, where he finished in the top 3 of all three free practice sessions, the Monegasque was a strong contender for pole position in Qualifying. Leclerc…
George Russell qualified P6 at the 2026 F1 Monaco GP, a result that continued a troubling run of form for the Mercedes driver. Speaking after the 2026 F1 Monaco GP qualifying session, Russell was candid about his current struggles, admitting he has few answers for a dip in pace that has emerged over the last…
Kimi Antonelli secured his fourth pole position of the 2026 F1 season with a great lap in qualifying for the Monaco GP, and secured what surely is Mercedes’ best chance of winning around the principality since the 2019 edition, as the young Italian managed to just pip four-time world champion Max Verstappen by 43 thousandths…
