10 June 2026 18:30
Kimi Antonelli set a record as the youngest grand slam winner in Formula 1 history when he dominated the Monaco Grand Prix, and Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies admits that his “serious pace” came as a surprise to many onlookers.
The Mercedes teenager put his Mercedes on pole position in the principality ahead of the Red Bull of Max Verstappen. However, the Dutchman spluttered off the line on ...
10 June 2026 17:14
Formula 1 may have only hosted the Monaco Grand Prix last weekend, but it is already back with Barcelona as part of a double-header to start the 2026 European stretch.
Kimi Antonelli won from pole in the principality to really eke out a championship lead and go for a sixth consecutive victory this weekend, four off the record held by Max Verstappen.
But teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Red ...
10 June 2026 16:00
Aston Martin Formula 1 team ambassador Pedro de la Rosa claims Aston Martin’s 2026 chassis could be the “fifth-fastest” at its most favourable circuits.
Aston has switched from customer Mercedes engines to a works Honda deal for F1’s new technical era, but the Japanese power unit’s lack of power and reliability has hampered the outfit – despite recent progress on the latter and the ...
10 June 2026 14:55
Fifteen former Formula 1 drivers will take to the grid for the Le Mans 24 Hours this weekend. Most drivers with past grand prix experience will be racing in the flagship Hypercar class, which is an indicator of their calibre.
For the longest time, sportscar racing has been an attractive alternative destination for drivers who couldn’t quite make a mark in the pinnacle of motorsport.
While ...
10 June 2026 14:00
McLaren’s double podium finish in Miami appeared, much like it did two years ago, to mark the beginning of an upward trajectory. The team introduced the second part of its Formula 1 upgrade package in Montreal, but the progress since then has not proven to be linear.
Lando Norris retired in both Montreal and Monaco due to power unit and gearbox problems, while outright pace was also lacking ...
10 June 2026 13:37
Alex Albon is set to become the most experienced driver in Williams Formula 1 history and will mark the occasion with a special helmet tribute to Nigel Mansell.
Both drivers are tied on a record 95 grand prix starts for the British outfit, but this weekend’s Barcelona Grand Prix will see Albon surpass Mansell after tying his record in Monaco.
Albon will contest the grand prix with a blue ...
10 June 2026 12:18
During the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, Alex Albon was running in 10th place, with his team-mate Carlos Sainz directly behind him in 11th. However, a problem was brewing: drivers from behind who had pitted early for fresh rubber – opting for an undercut strategy – were closing in at an alarming pace. Chief among them was Nico Hulkenberg.
The Audi driver had already switched from medium to ...
10 June 2026 11:32
Audi will call on Alpine reserve driver Paul Aron for two of its mandatory rookie FP1 outings at the Formula 1 Barcelona and Austria grands prix.
Teams are required to field rookie drivers in two practice sessions per car over the course of the season.
Audi will make the first of these substitutions at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, where Aron will take over Nico Hulkenberg's R26 in ...
10 June 2026 09:00
After George Russell said that Kimi Antonelli’s huge Formula 1 world championship lead means the title is “his to lose”, the Italian responded with his own assessment as he insists he won’t get drawn into mind games.
Russell made the assertion going into the Monaco Grand Prix weekend, with many figuring it to be the first mind game played between the Mercedes team-mates who look set to ...
09 June 2026 20:24
The FIA has confirmed that Alpine's attempt to overturn the penalties that cost Pierre Gasly a podium finish in the Monaco Grand Prix will be heard later this week.
After the race in Monaco, Alpine issued a statement confirming it had requested a Right of Review from the FIA in an attempt to overturn the result of the grand prix, in which Gasly finished third on the road but lost a podium due ...
09 June 2026 18:06
Red Bull Formula 1 team principal Laurent Mekies says Isack Hadjar's radio anger in Monaco was understandable given the number of issues the Frenchman faced on his way to third.
Hadjar's drive to a first Red Bull podium was anything but a leisurely Sunday cruise. If the mental load of 78 laps around Monaco with the 2026 cars wasn't taxing enough, the young Frenchman was subjected to various ...
09 June 2026 16:30
Double Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso fears that the Monaco Grand Prix added to Aston Martin’s list of weaknesses as it fights to recover from a torrid start to the 2026 season.
Aston Martin is facing an uphill battle in 2026 as it attempts to drag itself up from the back of the F1 pack. Its season got off to a bad start when it arrived late to winter testing, and it has since ...
09 June 2026 15:02
Williams Formula 1 reserve driver Luke Browning will make two FP1 outings at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix and Austrian Grand Prix later this month, while F2 champion Leonardo Fornaroli will make his debut for McLaren in Barcelona first practice.
Browning, who is dovetailing his Williams role with a rookie campaign in Super Formula this year, will step into Alex Albon’s FW48 in ...
09 June 2026 14:15
Pierre Gasly says he knew he was going to be stripped of his Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix podium as early as the late-race red flag, but still sarcastically celebrated his third place on the cooldown lap.
Gasly was one of several drivers penalised for pitlane speeding, with the Frenchman copping two time penalties for exceeding Monaco's 60km/h limit twice, once by 0.1km/h and once by ...
09 June 2026 13:30
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff praised Kimi Antonelli’s “unbelievable” performance at the Monaco Grand Prix, which he won from pole and secured his first Formula 1 grand slam after leading every lap of the race and securing the fastest lap.
Mercedes’ dominance has been plain to see this season, with the Silver Arrows winning every grand prix so far in 2026 with drivers Antonelli and George ...
09 June 2026 12:45
How my motorsport journey started
“It started thanks to my dad. He was a driver himself, racing in Sicily with his car in a slalom – hillclimb kind of races. And when I was one, he bought me a go-kart. I didn't drive it, though, until I was two and a half, because I was really scared of the engine noise.
“When I was two and a half, I started driving, and little by little, we just ...
09 June 2026 12:00
Carlos Sainz said his Formula 1 rivals took “stupid risks” in the Monaco Grand Prix, after collisions with Nico Hulkenberg and Franco Colapinto caused his retirement.
Sainz’ race unravelled at the second standing start following the late red flag, which he took from 10th place. The Williams driver had maintained that position by the time he tackled the Loews hairpin on the outside of ...
09 June 2026 10:15
Lewis Hamilton reckons his maiden victory for Ferrari “couldn’t be closer” as the 2026 Formula 1 season has witnessed a rejuvenation from the seven-time world champion.
The 41-year-old endured a torrid debut campaign for the Scuderia in 2025, suffering the first podium-less season of his 18-year career to finish 86 points behind team-mate Charles Leclerc.
Hamilton was dejected ...
08 June 2026 23:41
Sky Sports Formula 1 pundit Naomi Schiff believes Charles Leclerc has adopted a far more instructive approach with Ferrari in 2026 following his frustrated radio messages at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Leclerc's hopes of securing a podium in front of his home crowd were crushed after he crashed into the barriers following a race restart in Monte Carlo. The Monegasque driver claimed issues with his ...
08 June 2026 23:09
Former Formula 1 driver and broadcaster David Coulthard argued George Russell must defeat his Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli at the Spanish Grand Prix in order to keep his 2026 championship dreams alive.
Antonelli made history on Sunday, becoming the youngest-ever winner of the Monaco Grand Prix. The 19-year-old survived a chaotic race start, a late safety car and the race restart to ...
08 June 2026 16:43
We won't bore you with the usual Monaco tropes and cliches, but the time the Monte Carlo streets were big enough for grand prix racing has long passed, both in terms of the on-track product and the ever-increasing hordes of guests making life difficult for staff trying to do their jobs.
There are many practical reasons why Monaco shouldn't work, and many commercial reasons why it does. But ...
08 June 2026 16:32
Lewis Hamilton has briefly lifted the lid on his relationship with Kim Kardashian, following the reality television star's high-profile appearance in the Ferrari garage during the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix weekend.
While the glamour of Monte Carlo often attracts A-list celebrity appearances, Kardashian's presence, specifically as a guest of Hamilton, has intensified long-standing speculation ...
08 June 2026 15:30
While Max Verstappen surprised many by qualifying second on Saturday, his race came to an end almost immediately the following day. The Dutchman already felt some anomalies during the Formula 1 formation lap, then struggled to get the RPMs into the correct window during the pre-start procedure. The final nail in the coffin came when he lost the power unit completely as soon as he released the ...
08 June 2026 14:00
Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff has taken responsibility for the pitstop blunder that led to a drive-through penalty for George Russell at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Russell experienced a dismal weekend in the principality, where he took sixth on the grid after being soundly beaten by team-mate Kimi Antonelli in all three qualifying segments.
The Briton gained a position at the ...
08 June 2026 13:19
After McLaren secured a double podium in Miami and appeared to have turned a corner following its first major upgrade of the year, the race weekends in Montreal and Monaco have not gone according to plan.
In Canada, things partly unravelled due to the decision to start on intermediate tyres, while Lando Norris later retired with a gearbox issue. Monaco brought another DNF for the reigning ...
08 June 2026 12:39
George Russell is confident he can still become Formula 1 world champion in 2026 despite Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli seemingly romping towards his maiden crown.
The 19-year-old has won the past five grands prix to hold a 68-point advantage over Russell, who was the heavy favourite pre-season but has so far only won the Melbourne opener.
Yet with just six rounds done and 16 more to ...
08 June 2026 11:15
Lance Stroll has blamed his race-ending Monaco Grand Prix crash on his Honda Formula 1 engine pushing him into the wall.
Stroll was running 16th on lap 57, 18 seconds away from the points-paying positions, when he went straight on at Antony Noghes corner and hit the Tecpro barrier.
The Aston Martin driver made it clear that he felt like his powertrain was to blame for his loss of ...
08 June 2026 10:52
20 years separate these two moments, but following a disappointing 2026 Monaco Grand Prix for Max Verstappen, the Dutchman has been compared to the legendary Kimi Raikkonen.
In 2006, after his McLaren caught fire due to a heat shield failure at the Monte Carlo race, Raikkonen was watched by hundreds of thousands of people internationally as he waltzed away from the burning carcass of a car ...
08 June 2026 10:00
The Formula 1 paddock arrived in Monaco expecting a three-way fight between Kimi Antonelli, Max Verstappen and Ferrari. It left with a very different story.
While Antonelli's fifth consecutive victory dominated headlines around the world, the way international media interpreted the race varied considerably. In Italy, it was a coronation. In France, attention centred on Isack Hadjar's ...
08 June 2026 09:20
Ferrari supplier Brembo has expressed “great astonishment” after Charles Leclerc blamed his race-ending Monaco Grand Prix crash on his Formula 1 car’s brakes.
Although the Scuderia never was able to challenge supreme race winner Kimi Antonelli on Sunday, Leclerc was set for a solid third-place finish behind team-mate Lewis Hamilton when he crashed at Antony Noghes corner ahead of the ...
08 June 2026 07:34
The last Red Bull Racing Formula 1 podium delivered by someone not called Max Verstappen dated back to 21 April 2024 - when Sergio Perez finished third in Shanghai.
It was the Mexican’s fourth podium in the first five races of that year, which made it look like the Milton Keynes squad had finally got what it needed from its second driver. Checo was consistent, finishing second three times ...
08 June 2026 07:34
There are a few gentlemen who may not have slept particularly well after the 2026 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. George Russell is certainly one of them. Not so much because he endured a disastrous Sunday filled with misfortune, mishaps and missed opportunities, ranging from a millimetre-perfect call for crossing the white line at pit exit to the rather bizarre fact that his mechanics, in the heat ...
08 June 2026 01:01
Sky Sports Formula 1 broadcaster and former driver Martin Brundle has once again gone viral following a clash with celebrity security during his traditional pre-race grid walk at the Monaco Grand Prix.
The Monte Carlo grid is notoriously one of the most congested on the F1 calendar, and the 2026 event was no different. During the build-up to Sunday's race, Brundle was weaving his way through ...
07 June 2026 22:40
Winner: Kimi Antonelli
F1 2026's runaway championship leader Kimi Antonelli keeps on delivering under pressure, belying his teenage years. But the weekend he pieced together in Monte Carlo was something really special indeed.
While George Russell could only qualify sixth, and his weekend would spiral out of control from there, Antonelli delivered an outstanding pole lap to deny Max ...
07 June 2026 21:17
Mercedes Formula 1 driver Kimi Antonelli claimed a sensational victory at the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix before celebrating in the most quintessential Monte Carlo way: a triumphant jump into the harbour.
The 19-year-old Italian delivered a masterclass around the unforgiving streets of the principality, converting his pole position into his first win in Monaco.
As the Mercedes squad gathered ...
07 June 2026 21:05
Red Bull Ford Powertrains has been deemed to have the leading V6 combustion engine in Formula 1, Motorsport.com has been able to confirm, following Lewis Hamilton's revelation that Ferrari is getting upgrade help.
Following the Canadian Grand Prix F1's governing body the FIA measured the performance of all V6 combustion engines to determine both the benchmark power unit as well as the ...
07 June 2026 20:28
Pierre Gasly said he had been “robbed” of a podium in Monaco after finishing third on the road, and his team agrees.
The Alpine team posted a statement which read: “After the result of today’s Monaco Grand Prix, BWT Alpine Formula One Team can confirm it has requested a Right of Review from the FIA following the penalties applied for pit lane speeding.”
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07 June 2026 20:06
Ferrari deputy team principal Jerome D'Ambrosio has defended the Maranello outfit's strategy decisions during the chaotic Monaco Grand Prix, following a frustrating afternoon for home hero Charles Leclerc.
The Monegasque driver was virtually running in second place when taking into account a five-second penalty handed to his team-mate Lewis Hamilton. But Ferrari opted to pit both drivers under ...
07 June 2026 20:00
Cadillac Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez has been given a 10-second penalty in the Monaco Grand Prix results, collapsing from a point-paying 10th position to last of the finishers.
Perez finished 10th on the road in an eventful race in the principality, making the most of the incidents that occurred around him – despite an early drive-through penalty for lining up in Gabriel Bortoleto’s empty ...
07 June 2026 19:55
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 ...
07 June 2026 19:47
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 ...
07 June 2026 19:17
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 ...
07 June 2026 19:11
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 ...
07 June 2026 18:48
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 ...
07 June 2026 18:24
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 ...
07 June 2026 18:09
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 ...
07 June 2026 17:53
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 ...
07 June 2026 17:32
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 ...
07 June 2026 16:47
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 ...
07 June 2026 16:37
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 ...
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