The start of the Formula 2 feature race went without any major incidents or excessive corner cutting, except for Victor Martins who, again, had a poor getaway and dropped 14 places in the first lap. Jak Crawford gets a little nudge from Kush Maini in the Hotel Hairpin, hits the outside wall and is the…
The Formula 3 feature race rudely awakened the principality of Monaco with it’s 8:00 start, and unlike yesterday the track didn’t fell immediately silent. The start went a lot better than the one from the sprint race. Of course there were a few people cutting St. Devote, and some wheelbanging in occurred in the Hotel…
Pierre Gasly had the best qualifying session for Alpine in 2024. For the first time this season the team made it into Q3 with Gasly’s 1:10.856, finishing a superb 5th in Q2. However the major risks that he took in Q2 didn’t pay off in Q3, only ending up 10th with a 1:11.311 as he…
Although Carlos Sainz described his P3 qualifying finish as an “improvement” after struggling with the car throughout the weekend, he expressed some disappointment with not being able to fight for pole position. He did, however, acknowledge the “outstanding” performance of his teammate, Charles Leclerc, who he said had been able to “extract the most” out…
Looking to set a new record of the most pole positions in a row on Saturday, instead of a ninth consecutive domination in qualifying, Max Verstappen left the paddock knowing he’ll have a tough race starting from P6 tomorrow. Throughout the practice sessions, the three-time world champion struggled with the car and a street circuit…
Lando Norris had a lot of praise for his teammate, Oscar Piastri, who he claimed had been “doing a very good job” throughout the weekend as the Australian qualified on the front row for the Monaco GP. Norris described Piastri’s second-place finish as being “a good sign”, noting that he had been able to split…
The weekend has not been good on Sergio Perez’s side as he was P12, P8 and P5 in the free practice sessions. It got worse during qualifying for the Mexican as he was unable to get out of Q1. A previous race winner on the streets of Monte Carlo, he set his first flying lap…
Haas will start the Monaco Grand Prix from pit lane as Nico Hülkenberg and Kevin Magnussen got disqualified from the qualifying results, losing their P12 and P15 slots on the grid. During scrutineering, FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer discovered something amiss with both cars regarding the DRS flap on the rear wing. “The uppermost rear…
After qualifying a disappointing P13 for the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo admits that he struggled to get the tyres in the right operating window. At the end of Q2, the Australian driver was two and a half tenths away from making it to Q3 as he was comfortably outpaced by Yuki Tsunoda in…
One-and-a-half tenth, that’s how much Oscar Piastry was shy of this first pole position of his Formula 1 career. The young Ozzy was on top of his game the entire session, but he eventually had to acknowlegde that Leclerc had the better of him this time around. The former Formula 2-champ was however critical of…
