Lowdon on Monaco challenge for new Cadillac team
Cadillac team principal Graeme Lowdon says the team’s first Monaco Grand Prix will be a “massive challenge” for the brand-new outfit as it prepares for its debut on Formula 1’s most famous street circuit. Lowdon said: "For any team, but especially for a brand-new team, Monaco is a massive challenge. We've made some notable steps forward in Miami and Montreal, but while Monaco presents opportunities with its unpredictability, our objectives will be the introduction of some further upgrades and to get through the weekend cleanly."
Cadillac admits team's first Monaco GP is ‘massive challenge
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Extra day of winter testing approved
Formula 1’s Commission meeting this week concluded without agreement on proposed changes to the power unit regulations that would make the internal combustion engine more prominent, including a suggested 60/40 split. Although the FIA had announced an “agreement in principle” ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix on engine changes for 2027, the Montreal discussions underlined how politically and technically complex any implementation would be, with a supermajority vote required among manufacturers. The Commission did approve an extra day of winter testing for next season, increasing the official test from three to four days, with the venue still to be confirmed. Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) rules have also been changed, with restrictions imposed at tracks that are soon to host a Grand Prix.
No breakthrough on F1 engine rule changes yet, extra day of winter testing in 2027
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Mekies on supporting tighter rules for independent team racing
Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies says the team would support tighter rules to ensure all 11 Formula 1 teams race independently, after McLaren chief executive Zak Brown wrote to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem calling for dual-team ownership to be outlawed. Mekies said: "We all want 11 teams racing independently on track. If any stakeholders, let it be another team or anyone else, feel that more steps are needed to ensure 11 teams race independently, we would support. We are completely supportive of taking any further step to ensure that, regardless of our strategic partnership or regardless of our ownership structure, we race independently on track."
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Piastri on Ferrari's expected Monaco pace
Oscar Piastri says McLaren is expecting Ferrari to be quick at the Monaco Grand Prix because the team’s cars tend to "click" there. Piastri said: "I'm expecting Ferrari to be quick in Monaco. I mean, they click there every year – somehow. I think this year, with the kind of characteristics they have, looking very good in the corners, and maybe struggling a bit more on the straights, I think Monaco is going to be a good track for them."
‘They click there every year' – Piastri flags Ferrari danger in Monaco
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Bortoleto on Senna comparisons early in his F1 career
Gabriel Bortoleto says being compared to Ayrton Senna can be difficult at the start of his Formula 1 career, even though he is proud to be mentioned alongside his fellow Brazilian and wants to build his own legacy. Bortoleto said: "Senna is the greatest of all-time, so to have my name in the same sentence as him is already a big thing. I am Brazilian, he is my idol, I read about him, watched videos about him, and I'm extremely grateful for that, but sometimes it is difficult to be compared to someone that won so much when you are at the beginning of your career. What I can tell you is that I'm going to work every single day to be the best driver I can and create my own history."
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🤯 Longest winning streak by an Italian entity in F1 since 2009
🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli - 4 (2026)
🇮🇹 Ferrari - 3 (2019)
That is genuinely insane.
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🤯 What a different a year makes...
Last year's top three were separated by 12 points at this stage in the season, now those same three drivers are fighting for P5.
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🤯 Only 6 drivers in F1 history have scored points 10 times or more in Monaco: Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello & Carlos Sainz.
But only 1 of them has scored points in all of their first 10 Monaco races.
Carlos Sainz 👏
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Winning on the streets he grew up on 🤩🏆
@Charles_Leclerc was victorious in Monaco two seasons ago, and a special last lap monologue was the perfect backdrop! 👇
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🚨 Active streaks of consecutive top 5 finishes:
Kimi Antonelli - 5
Max Verstappen - 2
END OF LIST.
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Largest pole gaps in Monaco this decade
🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (2021) - 0.230s
🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (2022) - 0.225s
🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc (2024) - 0.154s
🇬🇧 Lando Norris (2025) - 0.109s
🇳🇱 Max Verstappen (2023) - 0.084s
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Antonelli on Ferrari future
Kimi Antonelli didn't rule out a future move to Ferrari, but insisted his focus is on winning with Mercedes as he leads the championship. Speaking at the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy event, Antonelli said: “Ferrari is a huge team with an incredible following and will remain in history forever,” but added: “I am a Mercedes driver, and my goal is to win with Mercedes.” Ahead of Monaco, he also tipped Ferrari as the benchmark, saying: “I think Ferrari's going to be the team to beat in Monaco.”
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Orihara on Honda and Aston Martin Monaco preparation
Honda chief engineer Shintaro Orihara said the manufacturer has carried out “dedicated preparation” with Aston Martin to get its power unit ready for the unique demands of the Monaco Grand Prix, with a focus on energy management and cooling. Orihara said: "Circuit de Monaco is very unique, and our power units require dedicated preparation to adapt to the conditions. We have conducted specific driver-in-loop (DiL) sessions at the AMR Technology Campus to optimise our energy management setting. On the cooling side, Monaco's slow speed sections make this challenging. We need to find a good cooling specification, working closely with Aston Martin Aramco to achieve this for the power unit in clean air and heavy traffic, which is common here."
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Honda upgrade due around summer shutdown
Honda says its first “proper” engine upgrade for Aston Martin is unlikely to arrive until around F1’s summer shutdown, but it expects drivability gains as early as this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix. Trackside general manager Shintaro Orihara said: “Drivability is very critical in Monaco… we found the way to improve our drivability… they will work hard to improve by Monaco - that is our main target.” He added that the next development step should come “around the summer shutdown”.
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Rosberg on Hamilton's title chances with Ferrari
Nico Rosberg says Lewis Hamilton is not yet at the level required to win a record-breaking eighth Formula 1 world championship with Ferrari, and does not think the car is good enough for a title bid. Rosberg said: "Yes, of course, and he would deserve it. It would be great to see him keep progressing as he has into this year. And I think he will win a race at least this year. But to get the championship, the car is not good enough, and his level is not quite there yet, but hopefully he can still improve throughout the season."
Nico Rosberg casts damning verdict about Lewis Hamilton's F1 title chances
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Rosberg on Mercedes discussing a race suspension after 2016 Spain crash
Nico Rosberg says Mercedes discussed suspending both him and Lewis Hamilton for a race after they crashed into each other on the opening lap of the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix. Rosberg said: "It never came to being fired. No, but I know he actually had internal discussions with the big boss, Dieter Zetsche, about taking a step. I don't think it was about being fired; it was probably a suspension or something that would have been a first step - for a race, yeah, something like that. So there was actually that conversation behind closed doors."
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Palmer on Ferrari's Monaco win chance
Jolyon Palmer says Ferrari have a "golden chance" to win this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix because the strengths of their car should suit the circuit, even though their power unit has been a weakness so far this season. Palmer said: "The Ferrari car is not only a brilliant chassis, but it's great off the line, which at the moment they still hold that advantage. However, the power unit on the Ferrari is their weakness, and it's very difficult for a driver to have too much say on that. But, Ferrari has a golden chance to win in Monaco because of the way that their car is."
Ferrari dealt 'golden chance' verdict ahead of crucial F1 test
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Rosberg on Hamilton clashes being mostly his fault
Nico Rosberg says his crashes with former Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton were “probably more my fault than his fault”, because Hamilton’s “genius” made their on-track battles harder to manage. Rosberg said: "It’s all these details that add up, and then in the heat of the moment, that preparation helps to hold your ground and not yield, and unfortunately, then of course it led to quite a few crashes and, unfortunately, because Lewis is such a genius, most of the time it was more my fault than his fault. But it didn't matter, in hindsight, for me, I had to do that because it sent a message to him."
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Mekies on Red Bull confirming Miami upgrade gains
Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies says the team has confirmed the performance step made with its upgrade introduced in Miami and believes it has moved closer to the front, while warning the picture can still be affected by track layout. Mekies said: "Big picture, I see at the very least we have confirmed the Miami steps. I think we've done a bit more on the Miami step in the way that I think we have managed to take another bit of performance away from the top guys. Just looking at the lap time, it was three tenths in quali, but I think [in the race] we were a bit closer than the half a second deficit that we had in Miami."
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Norris on Ferrari as Monaco pole favourites
Lando Norris says Ferrari are the favourites for pole position at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix because their low-speed performance is stronger than their rivals'. Norris said: "Honestly, I think that Ferrari will be on pole next weekend in Monaco. Their low-speed performance is far better than everyone else."
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Williams hires new chief information officer
Williams has hired AI and data specialist Dr James Smith as its new chief information officer in a newly-created senior leadership role. Smith, who has worked at Google and DeepMind and co-founded Human Native AI, said: “I am excited to be joining Atlassian Williams F1 Team at a moment when data and AI are becoming increasingly important to performance both on and off the track.” Team principal James Vowles added: “The latest battleground in F1 is the ability to harness data and AI across all parts of the team.”
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Hot, dry Monaco forecast
RacingNews365 reports Formula 1 is set for a largely trouble-free Monaco Grand Prix weekend on the weather front, with current forecasts (as of 12:30 BST on Tuesday, 2 June) pointing to hot, dry conditions throughout, with temperatures in the mid-to-high 20C range. The outlet adds there is a chance of rain overnight between Thursday and Friday, but it should have cleared before track action begins, while a larger storm system crossing the Atlantic is expected to dissipate over mainland Europe and not affect the grand prix.
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Lindblad on Racing Bulls updates and Monaco hopes
Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad said the team’s updates working well in Montreal gives him hope of being competitive when he heads to Monaco for the first time in an F1 car. Lindblad said: "Obviously it's hard to compare circuits. But for sure in the end, both these tracks are street circuits, both of them have kerbs, have low speed. I think it's always hard to know, but the updates worked really well here, there's similarities to Monaco, so hopefully we should be competitive there as well."
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