Stella: F1 Monaco GP pole a key step for Norris’ confidence in qualifying

McLaren team boss Andrea Stella believes Lando Norris has made an important step gelling with his car after taking pole for Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix.
On the technical street circuit Norris beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to pole by one tenth, with team-mate Oscar Piastri 0.175s behind. It was the Briton’s second pole of the 2025 season and his first since he won the season-opening …Keep reading

“Genius” required to strategize Monaco’s two-stop rule, says Pirelli

Pirelli motorsport chief Mario Isola is concerned a long safety car period during the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix could lead to issues in the pitlane, suggesting it will take a “genius” rather than a strategist to work out how best to attack the race, now that using at least three tyres sets is mandatory.
F1 will enter the unknown when the lights go out on Sunday afternoon, with the decision to …Keep reading

Newey claims Lance Stroll is “much better than people give him credit for”

Adrian Newey has leapt to the defence of under-fire Aston Martin racer Lance Stroll, claiming the Canadian has a “bad rap” outside of the team.
Stroll has had some high-profile blunders since making his Formula 1 debut in 2017 and has been caught out this weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix – having been forced out of FP1 after pulling into the path of Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari and …Keep reading

How F1’s mandatory pitstop rule works at the Monaco GP

“This has nothing to do with racing,” concluded Max Verstappen after last year’s Monaco Grand Prix. It fits a pattern: Saturdays are spectacular in the Principality, but Sundays tend to offer limited to almost no action. This is obviously due to overtaking with today’s large F1 cars being virtually impossible around the streets of Monte Carlo.
In the 2024 race, an early red flag …Keep reading

Analysis: How Norris beat Leclerc to pole for F1’s Monaco GP

Deep breath on the way out of the Rascasse; you won’t have another for the next 70 seconds.
The spectacle of qualifying at Monaco is underrated. Pure, primal, tooth-clenching commitment meets surgical precision for a flurry of kerb-hopping, wall-scraping daredevilry that juxtaposes against the serenity of the yachts, tousled by the faintest waves in the harbour. Add a legitimate battle for pole …Keep reading

Hamilton explains Verstappen impeding incident in F1 Monaco GP qualifying

Lewis Hamilton has addressed his incident with Max Verstappen during Formula 1 qualifying at Monaco Grand Prix, which led to a three-place grid drop for Sunday’s race.
The Ferrari driver explained that he was mistakenly told by his team that Verstappen was slowing down, which prompted him to move back to the middle of the track and duly impeded the Red Bull driver.
Hamilton, who qualified …Keep reading

Why driving ‘smarter not quicker’ was key to F1 Monaco GP pole for Norris

Lando Norris put his Monaco Grand Prix pole result down to “driving smarter” rather than quicker, believing this was the first time since Formula 1’s 2025 season opener in Australia that he put together a satisfactory Q3 run.
McLaren chose to give Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri two runs on their final set of tyres, which Norris pressed into service to first set a time of 1m10.125s, before …Keep reading

Russell: Monaco GP is “over” for Mercedes after qualifying issue

Mercedes suffered a double qualifying blow at the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix that left George Russell writing off the rest of the weekend.
After Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s “unnecessary” crash – which brought out the red flag at the end of Q1 – left the Italian down in 15th place, Russell then followed suit, having been forced to park his stricken W16 in the tunnel.
Mercedes …Keep reading