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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 places behind him, and finished outside the points after being hit with a ...Keep reading

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 km/h.
After the eventful race in the principality, the FIA reviewed its own timing lines and ...Keep reading

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that internal "confusion" over strategy was the root cause of the pitstop blunder that cost George Russell a potential podium finish at the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix. 
Russell was firmly in the mix for a top-four finish around the streets of Monte Carlo, before a costly miscommunication on the Mercedes pitwall dramatically unravelled his Sunday ...Keep reading

Pierre Gasly reckons he's been "robbed" of a podium in the Monaco Grand Prix after receiving two pitlane speeding penalties that dropped him from third to seventh in the final classification - with Alpine asking for a right to review the pitlane speeding penalties.
The Alpine driver delivered one of the standout drives of the race, climbing from ninth on the grid to cross the line third after ...Keep reading

MotoGP riders have offered varying views on the Turn 1 melee triggered by Aprilia’s Jorge Martin at the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Martin got out of shape under braking for the opening right-hander and crashed into his team-mate Marco Bezzecchi, with the likes of Fabio di Giannantonio, Raul Fernandez and Fermin Aldeguer all involved in the pile-up.
Both Martin and Bezzecchi ...Keep reading

Isack Hadjar will keep his first Red Bull podium at the Monaco Grand Prix after no further action was taken against his team for the work it conducted during a late race suspension.
Under a late stoppage for the track surface breaking up between Turns 18 and 19, cars were brought back to the pitlane for a long interruption while track workers patched over the asphalt, giving teams the chance ...Keep reading

While Kimi Antonelli was taking in the plaudits as he collected his most impressive Formula 1 victory yet, George Russell was left reeling as a horror Monaco Grand Prix caused him to fall to third in the championship.
This leaves him with what is looking like an insurmountable gap to his Mercedes team-mate. Here's how Russell's weekend unravelled.
Qualifying - P6 after struggling with tyre ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc's Monaco Grand Prix ended in a crash at Antony Noghes corner ahead of the safety car restart. The Monegasque slid into the barriers while running third, immediately letting Ferrari know over the radio that he wasn’t at fault.
"I'm not even going to take the blame," he said to the team - and later confirmed to journalists in Monaco that a severe technical issue had left him ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez says his stunning victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix doesn’t mean he has completed his latest comeback in MotoGP - insisting he is still not performing at his best.
The factory Ducati rider returned to the top step of the podium at the Balaton Park Circuit on Sunday, beating Pedro Acosta in a straight fight to claim his 100th grand prix win.
It followed a week after a ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli overcame the drama of a Monaco Grand Prix that descended into late chaos to claim his fifth successive Formula 1 win, as Charles Leclerc and Lance Stroll's late crashes at Antony Noghes preceded a red flag and a closing eight-lap shootout.
A processional affair was soon blown open in the final quarter when Stroll hit the wall and prompted the emergence of the safety car on lap ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli hypetrain isn't slowing down
Qualifying in Monaco is quite possibly the difficult test of any Formula 1 driver, between the technical challenge, the balance between risk and reward and the sheer pressure involved because of how crucial Saturday is for the race outcome.
With 19-year-old Kimi Antonelli fending off team-mate George Russell, as well as the Briton's pre-weekend ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen's race at the Monaco Grand Prix came to a very early end after experiencing an issue at the start.

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Charles Leclerc has crashed out of the Monaco Grand Prix on lap 65, causing the second safety car of the race around the streets of Monte Carlo.
The hometown hero crashed into the barrier at the final corner as he looked to get a good run onto the straight at the race restart, following Lance Stroll's crash on lap 60. 
The Monegasque driver fumed over the team radio after crashing. "I'm not ...Keep reading

Aston Martin Formula 1 driver Lance Stroll has crashed out of the Monaco Grand Prix on Lap 60.
The Canadian driver crashed into the barrier in the final sector of the street circuit at Antony Noghes (Turn 19), leading to the deployment of the safety car. Stroll confirmed that he was OK over the team radio.
 
The late safety car gave the remaining cars on the circuit the chance to make a ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin has not suffered any visible fractures following his frightening incident at the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix,  but will have to serve a double lap penalty for causing the collision.
The factory Aprilia rider suffered a major moment on his bike under braking and slid out at Turn 1, taking four other riders with him - including team-mate Marco Bezzecchi.
Both Martin and ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen says his Red Bull's engine "just dropped dead" at the start of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix as the Dutchman faced an early retirement.
Verstappen and Red Bull defied expectations by challenging for pole at the Monaco street circuit, with the four-time world champion defeating both Ferrari drivers before being pipped to pole by Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli.
But the Dutchman's ...Keep reading

Sky Sports Formula 1 commentator and former driver Martin Brundle has heaped immense praise on Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli, drawing a parallel between the young Italian and three-time champion Ayrton Senna following an impressive Monaco qualifying session. 
The 19-year-old, who currently leads the drivers' championship by 43 points over his Mercedes team-mate George Russell, claimed pole position ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez beat Pedro Acosta in an epic duel to claim an emphatic MotoGP victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix, while Aprilia duo Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi collided at the start.
After losing the race lead early on, Marquez set a series of fast laps to close the gap back to Acosta, passing the KTM rival just after the midway point to claim a double win at Balaton Park Circuit.
The ...Keep reading