Vowles on Albon crash cost cap impact
Williams team principal James Vowles says Alexander Albon’s crash after striking a groundhog during opening practice in Canada was “very expensive” and will compromise the team’s car development under the cost cap. Vowles said: "When you are constrained by a cost cap, you simply can't bring the updates at the rate that you want them to. You can't take the weight off the car, in our case, at the rate that we'd like to as well. These sort of events, especially when they're as significant as what happened at the weekend, really do set you back."
Albon's “very expensive” groundhog strike will compromise Williams development – Vowles
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McLaren to test revised front wing in Monaco
McLaren will run further tests in Monaco on the revised front wing it abandoned during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, after deciding it was not delivering as expected. Technical director Neil Houldey said: “the front wing wasn't quite delivering what we expected” and the team reverted to the previous spec because it “gave the drivers more confidence”. Lando Norris said: “It’s not a guarantee we’re going to run it in Monaco, but we’ll do tests,” while Andrea Stella confirmed: “We will definitely see this wing again in Monaco,” though McLaren may still choose not to race it.
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Hamilton on Ferrari's 2026 power deficit to Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari are "massively down" on power compared with Mercedes in 2026 and hopes the FIA’s Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) scheme can help the team close the gap. Hamilton said: "Even when you get the overtake [mode], you get within a second, they still pull away. So that's how much grunt that they have and we're massively down. But I really hope with this new rule [ADUO] that enables us to try to improve some performance, so we can get back in the fight with them."
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Hamilton on Ferrari's potential strength at Monaco
Lewis Hamilton says Monaco is the one track where “power is not king” and believes Ferrari’s car could be “really strong” there, with the team having often paid the price for a straight-line performance deficit despite strong cornering form this season. Hamilton said: "I mean, that's the one track that power is not king. I think that's definitely car performance, I think our car could be really strong there. I'm really going to focus on making sure I arrive with the same energy as I had this weekend, really study hard with the engineers to make sure we position the car in the right place from Practice 1."
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Russell and Antonelli ask to race
Mercedes deputy team principal Bradley Lord says George Russell and Kimi Antonelli told the team to let them race after a tense Canadian Grand Prix Sprint in Montreal, which prompted a clear-the-air meeting with Toto Wolff. Lord said the drivers’ message was: “Trust us to race each other. That’s what you’ve hired us to do and we can do it,” adding they wanted to ensure their racing stayed “with the interests of Mercedes foremost, not just the individual priorities of each driver.”
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Piastri on proposed 2027 power-unit split change
Oscar Piastri said the proposed 2027 power-unit change to shift the internal combustion/electrical split to 60:40 would be a “step in the right direction”, but warned it would not fully solve the qualifying deployment issues without “changing hardware”, after the FIA announced an agreement in principle that still needs an official vote. Piastri said: "I think it's a step in the right direction, but it's not the fix. No matter what the split is, you're going to have these troubles with opening a qualifying lap, getting the battery in the right level... There's not really a solution to that, apart from changing hardware. So that's really the only full fix, but it is a step in the right direction if we do that."
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Palmer on Colapinto's reset between Japan and Miami
Former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer says the month-long break between the Japanese and Miami Grands Prix was a key factor in Franco Colapinto’s upturn in form because it gave the Alpine driver a chance to reset. Palmer said: "I spoke to him after the race; he came on our show, and he said that the month off between Japan and Miami was great, just to have a bit of a reset. Sometimes just a bit of time off and you come back with a fresh mindset—it does work."
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Vowles on Williams hiring Thynne to improve development process
Williams team principal James Vowles said the team has hired former McLaren chief operating officer Piers Thynne because its current way of getting developments to the track is still “off championship level”. Vowles said: "I don't like reacting to what happens, but what was clear to myself is that the way we are operating is still well and truly off championship [level]; I'm not talking about just the late car to Barcelona and the weight in the car, just the time it takes us to get an idea to track is far too long, and it needs someone that has championship-level understanding of it."
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Hamilton on Ferrari set-up gains with engineer Carlo Santi
Lewis Hamilton praised Ferrari race engineer Carlo Santi and said their work on set-up helped him extract more performance after he finished second at the Canadian Grand Prix. Hamilton said: "I chose a different set-up this weekend, just ciphering through the data, working really well with my engineer – he's absolutely awesome and I'm really loving working with him. My number two did a fantastic job this weekend, helped me really pull more performance out of the car, getting into a much sweeter place, and I was able to attack all the corners finally."
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Rosberg on being more firm against Hamilton in 2016
Nico Rosberg says some of his on-track collisions with Lewis Hamilton during their 2016 Mercedes title fight came from a deliberate decision to stop yielding and be “more firm”. Rosberg said: "Oh, totally, because the real Nico Rosberg is way too nice. I had to push and be tougher sometimes, even though it didn't come naturally to me. We crashed. And that's just me consciously saying I have to be more firm. I have to not yield as I would. Naturally, I would yield like I did so often before that and I had to push myself hard."
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Daniel Valente 🏎️
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Monaco hasn't had a repeat winner over the last 10 GPs 😳
2025: Lando Norris
2024: Charles Leclerc
2023: Max Verstappen
2022: Sergio Perez
2021: Max Verstappen
2020: COVID
2019: Lewis Hamilton
2018: Daniel Ricciardo
2017: Sebastian Vettel
2016: Lewis Hamilton
2015: Nico Rosberg
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Daniel Valente 🏎️
@F1GuyDan
🚨 Podiums in Monaco this decade
Esteban Ocon / Alpine - 1
Fernando Alonso / Aston Martin - 1
Mercedes - 0
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Daniel Valente 🏎️
@F1GuyDan
Carlos Sainz has always scored points in Monaco since his F1 debut 👏
2025: P10 (Williams)
2024: P3 (Ferrari)
2023: P8 (Ferrari)
2022: P2 (Ferrari)
2021: P2 (Ferrari)
2019: P6 (McLaren)
2018: P10 (Renault)
2017: P6 (Toro Rosso)
2016: P8 (Toro Rosso)
2015: P10 (Toro Rosso)
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🚨 Monaco 2018 unlocked Max Verstappen's final form
Verstappen has finished 155 races since his difficult 2018 weekend in Monaco.
• 68 wins (43.9%)
• 116 podiums (74.8%)
• 139 top 5 finishes (89.7%)
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🚨 Kimi Antonelli's career points breakdown:
Points scored in Europe - 3
Points scored elsewhere (includes Baku) - 278
The European stretch of the F1 calendar starts now.
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Komatsu on Monaco overtaking remaining difficult under 2026 cars
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu says fans should accept that Monaco Grand Prix Sundays will remain difficult for overtaking, and he does not expect the 2026 regulation cars to change that. Komatsu said: "So Monaco, I think it will be the same. I don't think it's enough now to see overtaking at Monaco, but we have 22 events on the calendar [this year], I think Monaco is very, very unique. I think rather than trying to make Monaco Sunday work, this is my personal opinion, I think we should just accept Monaco Sunday is that. But Monaco is an amazing location, totally different vibe. It's all about Saturday."
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Vowles on Williams' pathway to championship level by 2030
Williams team principal James Vowles says the team has a pathway to reach a championship-winning level “around about 2030” as it continues a wide-ranging overhaul of how it operates. Vowles said: "We are not championship level yet. And there's a pathway that's in front of us all the way up until around about 2030 in order to achieve that. But what I'm pleased to see is it's a little bit like an engine. Once you get it going, it starts moving faster and faster."
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Leclerc on Ferrari setup not causing his Canada struggles
Charles Leclerc said his struggles compared with team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the Canadian Grand Prix were not down to any setup difference on their Ferraris, after Hamilton chose not to use the simulator before the weekend. Leclerc said: "There's none of the performance we are seeing today down to a setup. A setup is, you can say, there's a tenth in a setup, but at the end of the day, it's not that much. So, no. No, no, no. It's more about my feeling and just the way I drove today. Not having confidence on a day like this, I just didn't push enough."
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Tost on how 2026 rules reduce driver advantage
Former F1 team principal Franz Tost says Formula 1’s 2026 regulations, with a 50/50 split between combustion and electric power, disadvantage the most talented drivers because they can no longer brake at the last moment. Tost said: "With the current regulations you no longer brake at the last moment. If you now take a braking point of 100 meters, which is then the last moment to brake, you now get off the gas 20 to 30 meters earlier and just roll through the corners. Top drivers like Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri or Fernando Alonso get their performance precisely from the braking point and the speed towards the apex of the corner. And now? If you just roll through the corner, they no longer have an advantage there."
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