Verstappen reveals cause of shock Monaco GP retirement

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

Verstappen, Mercedes and Piastri: The key factors in F1’s silly season

The start of summer traditionally marks the moment when attention gradually shifts towards next year’s driver market – the well-known ‘silly season’ in Formula 1.
Ferrari and Charles Leclerc already stole a march on that process ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix by extending their partnership. The exact duration of the contract has not been disclosed, but Ferrari has confirmed that it is …Keep reading

The two worrying trends for Russell against Antonelli in F1 2026

George Russell’s costly Canadian Grand Prix retirement, which knocked him 43 points back, showed he would have a Andrea Kimi Antonelli-sized problem to deal with this year. His fifth qualifying defeat to a high-flying Italian in Monaco further underlined that problem won’t go away any time soon.
Russell had made a strong start to the 2026 Formula 1 season with a lights-to-flag victory in …Keep reading

Why Norris was expecting poor Monaco GP qualifying

Lando Norris’s2026 season is shaping up to be the most disappointing one for a defending champion since Sebastian Vettel’scatastrophic 2014.
But while Vettel’s year was defined by struggles with an uncompetitive and unreliable Renault engine, McLaren’s2026 has been an accumulation of small but telling frustrations: a chassis that’s effective enough for Norris to have won the Miami …Keep reading

Leclerc explains crash that cost shot at Monaco GP pole

Charles Leclerc has given insight into the accident that ended his hopes for a Monaco Grand Prix pole position, after he crashed his Ferrari Formula 1 car in Q3.
The Scuderia’s promising Friday pace, as it locked out the top two positions in both practice sessions, didn’t translate into the same Saturday performance in the principality.
Although Leclerc topped Q1, he was only …Keep reading

Why Verstappen “felt like myself again” in Monaco GP qualifying

Max Verstappen says the nature of Monaco Grand Prix qualifying had allowed him to “feel like myself again” at the wheel of a Formula 1 car, having taken a dim view of the 2026 regulations and their demands thus far.
Of the current drivers, Verstappen has been one of the more vocal opponents of the current brand of F1 powertrain regulations thus far. The 53-47 split in power output between the …Keep reading