Charles Leclerc’s bad luck at his home Grand Prix continued after qualifying on Saturday, with the Monegasque having been demoted to sixth on the grid for Sunday’s race after being judged to have blocked Lando Norris. The Ferrari driver appeared to block Norris in the tunnel during Q3 on Saturday at the Circuit de Monaco,
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Sergio Perez is set for the most disappointing Monaco weekend in his Formula 1 career, with the Mexican starting the race from the back of the grid. Having entered the weekend hoping to repeat last year’s success, Perez was forced out of qualifying only a few runs into the first session when his car collided
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has joked about the post-practice antics that saw the W14 hoisted high above the Monaco circuit. Lewis Hamilton forced Free Practice 3 to come to an early close after the W14 ploughed into the barrier at Mirabeau, requiring marshals to step in and recover the car. Cranes are used around
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Three-time Formula 1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi failed to name Lewis Hamilton as one of the greatest drivers at the Monaco Grand Prix, despite the Mercedes driver having won three times at the Principality. Hamilton is one of the most decorated drivers in the history of the iconic Grand Prix, with the 38-year-old having tasted
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For the second time this weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc almost came together at the Swimming pool section of the Circuit de Monaco, to the frustration of the home hero. Leclerc qualified third on Saturday but was left frustrated with his team-mate towards the end of Q1, who moved
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Formula 1 has been increasingly embracing the US market in recent years, adding two new American races to the calendar in as many years. The sport’s officials have been keen to take advantage of the growing fan base across America, driven, in part, by the rise in popularity of the Netflix show ‘Drive to Survive.’
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Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg raced alongside each other from 2013-2016, with the Brit besting the German in three of their four years together. However, in 2016, Rosberg finally gained the upper hand, becoming the only driver to ever win the Drivers’ title while teammates with Hamilton. The 2016 season saw the relationship between the
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Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen claimed a sensational pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday, whilst Sergio Perez handed a huge advantage to Red Bull’s rivals. Verstappen’s pole lap at the Circuit de Monaco was perhaps the greatest of his Formula 1 career, with the Dutchman having found three-tenths of a second in
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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton will have been frustrated to walk away from FP3 after crashing into the barriers but it might be his team who are more annoyed by the situation. Having brought a new floor to the principality, Mercedes will have wanted to ensure they keep the specific details about their design under wraps.
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Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu has experienced a painful weekend in Monaco, having been handed four pit lane speeding penalties during FP3. The pit lane speed limit was reduced from 80 km/h to 60 km/h after FP1, putting it at the level it should have been from the start of the weekend given the unusual nature
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