FIA declares Red Bull best F1 engine as it makes upgrade call
Red Bull’s Ford-branded Red Bull Powertrains engine has been classified by the FIA as F1’s current benchmark under the Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) system, The Race reports, leaving it ineligible for extra upgrade homologations. Teams were informed on Monaco Grand Prix race day of the first 2026 ruling, with Mercedes judged to be more than 2% behind and therefore allowed one upgrade, while Ferrari and the other manufacturers were deemed over 4% adrift and so get two. The assessment is understood to be based only on the internal combustion engine, with the FIA’s exact metrics not disclosed.
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Norris on McLaren's bad luck after Monaco retirement
Lando Norris says McLaren are “just being unlucky” after he retired from the Monaco Grand Prix with a car problem for his second consecutive DNF. Norris said: "At this point of the year we're not expecting a win or a podium but we need to maximise sixth, seventh, fifth – little points along the way and they all add up. I'm working hard, the team are working hard and we're just not getting rewarded. We're just being unlucky. Some of it's our fault, some of it's failures, some of it's just being unlucky. I don't know, we're doing the best we can and I'm doing the best I can but when you just can't finish a race I don't know what I should really expect."
Norris frustrated by McLaren's ‘unlucky’ run after Monaco DNF
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Hamilton on reminding people who he is after Ferrari podiums
Lewis Hamilton says he is “having to remind people who I am” after taking consecutive Formula 1 podiums in Canada and Monaco in his Ferrari. Hamilton said: "I'm grateful to have moved forward, because we started third, so to get to second is awesome to have two seconds. Especially, I think with a good race in Montreal, and everyone was like, 'Yeah, but he's quick there'. I feel like I'm in a period where I'm having to remind people who I am. My fans last year were telling me to remind me of who I am, and now I'm having to show up each weekend and try to do that."
Lewis Hamilton 'reminding people who I am' with back-to-back F1 podiums
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D'Ambrosio on Ferrari's Monaco double-stack decision
Ferrari deputy team principal Jerome D'Ambrosio said the team had to double-stack Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton under the safety car at the Monaco Grand Prix, even though it was not “100% optimised” for Leclerc. D'Ambrosio said: "There were some discussions during the race on that. I mean, the risk is that if you wait while the safety car is out, you could also find yourself with the safety car right in front of you, and then you've completely lost everything. So perhaps it wasn't 100% optimised for him personally, that last stop. But in hindsight, it's what you have to do as a team."
Ferrari explains Charles Leclerc Monaco GP strategy call
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Gasly on fighting Monaco GP penalty after losing podium
Pierre Gasly says he and Alpine will “fight” his Monaco Grand Prix penalty after he lost a podium finish when two five-second pit-lane speeding penalties dropped him from third on the road to seventh in the final results, with the team lodging a Right of Review with the FIA. Gasly said: "I'm heartbroken right now… no words can describe the pain of losing a podium in Formula 1 and in the streets of Monaco, I'm devastated. We crossed the finish line in 3rd today, and that's all I want to remember. I really hope the right outcome can be made. We will fight for it with my team."
Pierre Gasly issues statement after 'heartbreaking' FIA penalty decision
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Hadjar keeps Monaco third after FIA review
Isack Hadjar has retained his Monaco Grand Prix third place after stewards investigated Red Bull over an alleged red-flag infringement under Article B5.14.4.a, relating to work on the car. The FIA said the team was reported as attempting to change spark plugs/coils but did not proceed, and the car “started in the same condition as it arrived in the pits”, so “no further action is taken”. However, Hadjar’s podium could still be challenged as Alpine has lodged a Right of Review over Pierre Gasly’s twin five-second pitlane speeding penalties.
Isack Hadjar keeps Monaco podium after Red Bull investigation
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Perez penalty costs Cadillac first points
Cadillac has been stripped of what would have been its first Formula 1 points finish after Sergio Perez was given a 10-second post-race penalty for failing to line up correctly in his grid box ahead of the restart. The sanction dropped Perez to 15th in the final classification and promoted Fernando Alonso to 10th, giving Aston Martin its first point of the season.
Cadillac lose first points finish after Perez penalised, Alonso scores for Aston Martin
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Hamilton on Mercedes' dominant car and Antonelli's form
Lewis Hamilton praised his “old family” Mercedes for creating a dominant car after finishing second behind Andrea Kimi Antonelli in the Monaco Grand Prix. Hamilton said: "I have to start by congratulating Kimi and the Mercedes team. My old family, they've done it again. They've created an amazing car and Kimi's doing an incredible job just delivering weekend in, weekend out. It's great to see and I'm really happy for them."
Lewis Hamilton praises ‘old family' Mercedes after record-equalling Monaco F1 podium
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Alpine seeks review of Gasly penalties
Alpine has requested an FIA Right of Review hearing over the pit lane speeding penalties that cost Pierre Gasly third place in the Monaco Grand Prix. In a team statement, Alpine said it had asked for a review “following the penalties applied for pit lane speeding”. Gasly said he was “heartbroken”, adding: “I just can't get my head around what happened. It just doesn't sound fair… they set the right speed in the car… On both occasions, I've put the pit limiter [on] way before the line.”
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Wolff on Mercedes strategy confusion over Russell penalty
Toto Wolff said Mercedes’ “confusion” over strategy meant George Russell’s five-second penalty was not served during his late Safety Car pit stop at the Monaco Grand Prix, leading to a drive-through penalty that ruined Russell’s chance of a top finish. Wolff said: "We were not completely ready to have him in. We had a bit of confusion ourselves on the strategy, then he came in and we didn't hold him for five seconds. We missed out on a P3 or P4, it's a shame."
Toto Wolff explains Monaco GP penalty confusion after George Russell disaster
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Gasly on Monaco pitlane speeding penalties
Pierre Gasly says he has been "robbed" of a Monaco Grand Prix podium after two five-second pitlane speeding penalties dropped the Alpine driver from third 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. When you have three or four teams that get caught for speeding...hopefully it rings a bell to the guys that they need to check exactly what's going on because it's just not right."
Pierre Gasly says he's been "robbed" of F1 Monaco GP podium
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Russell on Monaco penalties after pit-lane software issue
George Russell said he is “struggling to comprehend what is going on” after the Monaco Grand Prix, where an initial pit-lane speeding penalty escalated into a drive-through and left him 13th. Russell said: "I'm flat. I'm beyond frustration. I'm in a state of struggling to comprehend what is going on. The team told me there's nothing I did wrong in the pit lane... I pressed the limiter before the entry, I released it after the exit, but there was a software issue. A five-second penalty, not ideal, not the end of the world, but then with the pit stop, didn't serve it, drive-through penalty... the punishment doesn't fit the crime, and I went from P3 to zero points."
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Ferrari set for ADUO engine tokens
Lewis Hamilton has said Ferrari will receive FIA Additional Upgrade and Development Opportunities under the ADUO engine scheme, ahead of the FIA formally confirming which manufacturers have been granted tokens. Hamilton told Sky Sports F1 Ferrari is behind Red Bull and Mercedes on power, saying: “So now we’ve got these tokens to try and develop and close the gap, but that is like an eight-to-10-month project.” He added Ferrari hopes to bring car components in the short term, but “it is going to be hard”.
Breaking: Lewis Hamilton reveals Ferrari to receive major FIA upgrade lifeline
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Hamilton on Ferrari still trailing Mercedes in Monaco
Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari “can’t quite keep up” with Mercedes yet after finishing second in the Monaco Grand Prix, which was won by Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli, in what he described as the “hardest conditions” out there. Hamilton said: "On our side, I think we've been progressing over the past months and can't quite keep up with them just yet, and it's probably going to take a lot of work for us to get to their level. But to get another second place is such a great feeling, especially in Monaco, under the trickiest conditions. It was the hardest conditions out there."
Hamilton grateful for Monaco podium in ‘hardest conditions'
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Russell on software issue behind Monaco pit-lane speeding penalty
George Russell said a "software issue" was to blame for his pit-lane speeding penalty at the Monaco Grand Prix, which he felt ultimately cost him heavily in the race. Russell said: "The team said there was nothing I did wrong with the speeding in the pit-lane, it was a software issue, and it was not ideal, but not the end of the world, and then obviously the drive-through for not serving it correctly. Probably with the software glitch, I gained one-tenth of a second in the whole pit-lane, and lost 13 positions."
George Russell points blame for major Monaco punishment
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Norris on McLaren needing to understand inconsistent car performance
Lando Norris says McLaren need to understand why its car is strong in some conditions but “clearly not” in others after he retired from the Monaco Grand Prix with an engine problem. Norris said: "It shows that the car works quite specifically in certain scenarios and clearly not in others. So the team need to understand this, we need to understand how we can develop the car more well-rounded, like the Mercedes is proving to be. For now we just have to keep working, that's all we can do."
Lando Norris urges McLaren ‘understanding' after F1 Monaco GP DNF
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Antonelli on maintaining current level after Monaco win
Kimi Antonelli says “the job’s not finished” and that his goal is to keep performing at his current level after winning the Monaco Grand Prix. Antonelli said: "The job's not finished – it's still a long season and we've got to keep pushing, keep raising the bar, and the goal is to keep performing like this."
Antonelli sets out target after ‘incredible' Monaco win
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How George Russell's luckless Monaco GP unravelled as F1 title deficit grows
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