Everything was falling into place for Hamilton in the Free Practices of the Monaco Grand Prix with a P1, P2 and P3 for the Brit. Hamilton entered the Qualifying session with a 1.11.528, putting him P3 on the timing sheets for Q1. Half a tenth separating him from the top of the sheets taken by…
It was an impressive show of qualifying for Alexander Albon today at Monaco, finishing P9 with a 1:10.948, with only 0.648 between him and polesitter Charles Leclerc. It is also the first Q3 appearance of the Williams team this season. While they have been dealing with difficulties throughout the development of the FW46 car, it…
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…
