Haas driver Ollie Bearman said his Monaco Grand Prix weekend was a “what could have been” after he retired on lap 30. Bearman said: "It's a weekend of what could have been, and I'm a bit disappointed. But I'm excited to turn the page and go next weekend in Barcelona."



Alex Albon said he wondered if Williams was being “too clever” with its Monaco Grand Prix tactics as he dealt with a deployment issue and questioned the strategy during the race. Albon said: "More just I felt very vulnerable out there. I had a deployment issue the whole race, and we were losing four/five tenths down the straights, and then on top we were trying to do the same game as last year... So, for me, it was [a question of] were we too clever at that at that time in the race? In the end, it worked out."

Pierre Gasly said the pit-lane speeding rule is “not right” after two five-second penalties for exceeding the 60kph limit by 0.1kph and 0.4kph dropped him from third at the Monaco Grand Prix to seventh in the final classification. Gasly said: "I know for a fact that what's in the car is below the 60kph and I know on both occasions I've put it way before the line and that's probably the most simple setting you can put in a Formula 1 car when you have 3 or 4 teams that get caught for speeding. Hopefully it rings a bell to the guys that they need to check exactly what's going on. It's just not right."

Carlos Sainz said “people at the restart just decided to take stupid risks” after he retired from the Monaco Grand Prix following contact with Nico Hulkenberg’s Audi and then Franco Colapinto’s Alpine. Sainz said: "Very well managed race up until that restart. I think we did a very good, solid pace, very good race in general. Was en route to score another couple of points this weekend. But unfortunately, people at the restart just decided to take stupid risks and my race was over."







Sergio Perez said Cadillac “has to be very proud” of its mentality after a post-Monaco Grand Prix penalty dropped him from 10th on the road to 15th and cost the team what would have been its first-ever Formula 1 championship point. Perez said: "I think the team has to be very proud of the race that we achieved. We didn't give up and it's something great to see from everyone in Cadillac. We had one of the worst Monaco races I ever remember. We just had everything [go wrong] and we didn't give up. That's something great to see from the team."

Liam Lawson praised Racing Bulls for getting his car ready “two minutes before the green light” at the Monaco Grand Prix and then running without issues on the way to fifth place, after a pre-race problem left his mechanics in a race against time. Lawson said: "To put a car together literally two minutes before the green light, and have no issues in the race, and have a car that was competitive, was very, very cool."

Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies said Isack Hadjar “kept the car alive” in the Monaco Grand Prix as the team talked him through changes to manage a loss of engine power on the way to a podium finish. Mekies said: "So we understand the emotions. I think he has managed to keep the car alive. The team has managed to communicate back to him a number of changes to keep the car alive. As you can see, it's not a pleasant thing to do around here, keep changing switches to keep your car alive – but nonetheless it worked."

Carlos Sainz said the collisions that ended his Monaco Grand Prix on the restart were “borderline unacceptable”, after contact with Nico Hulkenberg and Franco Colapinto left the Williams driver out of the race. Sainz said: "Unfortunately at the restart, some people decided to risk everything to try and get a point or two and I was the victim of people being very over-optimistic and doing a mistake that honestly is borderline unacceptable. Every year at Monaco, you get to Turn 6 [Loews Hairpin], there is a bunch up, you need to lift."



Toto Wolff says Mercedes made a clear error in how it handled George Russell’s pit stop at the Monaco Grand Prix, after Russell’s five-second penalty for pit-lane speeding was upgraded to a drive-through when it was not served correctly. Wolff said: "Clearly our mistake. We need to look at our communication, whether we actually expected him to come in, because I think what I remember is about staying out and not coming in. But nevertheless, you've got to be on it to hold him, and we didn't."



George Russell said he is in a “very weird state of mind” after another damaging weekend in Monaco left him reflecting on a run of results he feels have been shaped by bad luck. Russell said: "I still very much believe in myself and know what I can do, and we're not even 30 per cent of the way through, but there have been a lot of points down the drain. I am in a very, very weird state of mind because I've had very low moments in my career where maybe I've had a run of two or three bad races on my own personal performance, but I've never had a run of bad luck such as this. I still very much believe in myself and that we're going to be fighting for race wins until the end of the year, but right now, it is tough."

Liam Lawson says his Racing Bull car was "in a million pieces" before the Monaco Grand Prix, which ended with him finishing fifth and team-mate Arvid Lindblad sixth. Lawson said: "Yeah, I was [worried about not even making the start]. I walked up to the garage and saw the car in a million pieces, and I thought I wasn't racing today. So it's been a big turnaround, massive effort from the guys and girls to put it together and get us out on track."


Red Bull has apologised to Max Verstappen after a “terminal” engine problem forced him to retire from the Monaco Grand Prix, and will fit him with a new power unit in Barcelona as already planned. Team boss Laurent Mekies told media including RacingNews365: “It is an engine issue, we have identified what the issue is… It developed on the formation lap and gave us no chance.” He added: “We can only apologise to Max,” while saying it is “probably early days” to discuss the fix.



Isack Hadjar said he feared he would finish outside the points at the Monaco Grand Prix because of driveability problems during the race, after taking third place for his first podium since being promoted to Red Bull. Hadjar said: "I faced so many issues in the car that I really thought it was going to be a weekend outside the points. Very early, from I would say lap 12, something like that, I started having driveability issues and it was just undriveable. In Monaco, especially here, it's not like you can allow yourself to skip using first gear, second gear, and this is where the problem was. I was down on power at some point."










Kimi Antonelli said he was “big time” frustrated by the late red flag and standing restart at the Monaco Grand Prix because Lewis Hamilton was alongside him and he feared the Ferrari could beat him to Ste Devote, despite Antonelli going on to win the race. Antonelli said: "Big time I was frustrated, because Lewis was starting next to me this time. Knowing how good they start, I was like, well, I cannot say, I'm going to say a bad word, but I was like, 'Oh man.' But luckily, the start went okay. Also, he had a lot of wheel spin, so that also made my life a little bit easier into Turn 1. But yeah, it was not easy to refocus after the red flag."
Sergio Perez has been handed an FIA reprimand after the Monaco Grand Prix for making a practice start in the wrong place during pre-race reconnaissance laps, PlanetF1.com reports. The stewards said Perez “admitted that he had made a practice start in the wrong position”, while Perez blamed “a miscommunication” with Cadillac. The reprimand is his first of the 2026 season and follows a separate post-race time penalty that dropped him from 10th on the road to 15th, costing Cadillac its first F1 point.


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