Verstappen on Barcelona as Red Bull's real progress test
Max Verstappen says Red Bull should not “start celebrating too soon” after its encouraging Monaco Grand Prix qualifying, insisting the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix will be the real test of whether the team has made a proper step forward. Verstappen said: "Completely different tracks. It will be a good test to see if we actually really made a proper step forward or not, because that's all about high speed and aerodynamic performance. So it will be an interesting weekend."
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Sky F1 lead commentator David Croft is set to miss this weekend’s Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, PlanetF1.com reports, with BBC Radio 5 Live’s Harry Benjamin expected to step in. The report says Croft’s planned weekend off has shifted because Imola is no longer on the 2026 schedule.
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Hamilton on Antonelli pushing him to level up
Lewis Hamilton says Kimi Antonelli’s early-season form has pushed him to “level up” and chase the Mercedes driver down in the championship, with the Ferrari driver currently 66 points behind the 19-year-old. Hamilton said: "And then for him in this moment to be delivering on the level that he's delivering at, it's awesome to see. It just encourages me to want to level up and I think encourages everybody wanting to level up. And he's only 19, so just imagine what the future holds for him. But I'm going to do my best to try and chase him down for the rest of the year."
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Hamilton on reminding people who he is at Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton says he feels he is “having to remind people of who I am” as his form has improved in his second season at Ferrari, after finishing second in Monaco having started third. Hamilton said: "To have two second [places], especially I think with the good race in Montreal everyone was kind of like, 'Yeah, but he's quick there', I feel like I'm in a period where I'm having to remind people of who I am. My fans last year were telling me to [remember] who I am, and now I'm having to show up each weekend and try to do that."
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Norris on looming grid penalty after reliability problems
Lando Norris says he is already on his third power unit and faces a grid penalty if he needs any more after reliability problems at the Monaco Grand Prix. Norris said: "The problem for me, I'm on my third power unit already. Any more, I'm taking penalties. Hopefully that's not the case, but I don't know what to expect nowadays. It seems like every weekend we have something."
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Albon on questioning Williams' Monaco tactics amid deployment issue
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."
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Gasly on Monaco pit-lane speeding penalties
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."
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Sainz on Monaco restart risks after retirement
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."
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Hadjar can't believe he made it on to a podium with Hamilton 🤝
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✅ Double points
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The @visacashapprb drivers of Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad secured P5 and P6 in Monaco 🤩🙌
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🚨 Fernando Alonso is the only driver ever with multiple point finishes in Monaco starting from P21 or worse.
2026: P21 ➡️ P10
2010: Pit lane (P24) ➡️ P6
At a track where gaining positions is notoriously difficult.
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Red Bull is the only F1 engine manufacturer NOT to be granted a 2026 engine upgrade after a shock reveal - yep, that’s right, even clear championship leader Mercedes will get an upgrade.
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🏆 Here's another reason why Isack Hadjar's first podium as a Red Bull driver was special.
Sunday's race was the first time since Singapore 2022 that Red Bull had only one driver on the podium & his name wasn't Max Verstappen.
That was 81 races ago 🤯
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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."
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Lawson on Racing Bulls' late Monaco car fix
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."
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Bearman on Monaco as a what-could-have-been weekend
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."
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Mekies on Hadjar managing engine issue to Monaco podium
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."
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Sainz on Monaco restart collisions after Williams retirement
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."
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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."
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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."
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