Verstappen Expecting Mercedes to Bounce Back Strongly in Azerbaijan after Monaco Troubles
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Max Verstappen has never stood on the podium in Azerbaijan, but he had never done so in Monaco until last week either…
Oscar Piastri and Guanyu Zhou were given a day each behind the wheel of the Renault R.S.18 earlier this week as part of their development plan with the Alpine Academy.
Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher finished at the back of the pack in last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix.
Williams struggled around Monaco, with George Russell and Nicholas Latifi ending fourteenth and fifteenth in last Sunday’s race.
Neither George Russell nor Nicholas Latifi were in with a chance to score points in Monaco, a track that did not suit their FW43B Williams car.
Alfa Romeo finally scored their first point of 2021 in Monaco last weekend, and Team Principal Frédéric Vasseur says it is a reward for the whole team for the work they’ve put in to improve the C41-Ferrari.
Antonio Giovinazzi scored Alfa Romeo’s first point of 2021, with the Italian feeling his tenth place in Monaco will help motivate the team going forward.
Alpine endured a much tougher weekend in Monaco than they expected, but Marcin Budkowski is hopeful the dip in performance around the principality will only be a one-off.
Esteban Ocon was pleased to score points in Monaco on what was a difficult weekend for the Alpine F1 Team.
Mercedes will take lessons from their poor weekend in Monaco that saw them lose the lead in both Championships, according to Toto Wolff.
Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes will learn from the disappointing results they had in Monaco last weekend, with the Briton losing the lead in the Drivers’ Championship to Max Verstappen as a result of finishing seventh.
Jody Egginton was happy with Pierre Gasly’s sixth place finish in Monaco, although he knows it could have been fifth but for Sebastian Vettel jumping the Frenchman during the pit stops.
Pierre Gasly was pleased to finish sixth in Monaco and hold off the race-long challenge of Lewis Hamilton.
It was Double Delight for Aston Martin Cognizant as both Vettel and Stroll finish in the points at the Monaco Grand Prix, the team’s best haul of points so far this season.
Sebastian Vettel put in the drive of a four-time world champion to finish fifth at Monaco; Lance Stroll finished eighth bringing double delight to Aston Martin.
There’s a new king in town with the giants falling at the Monaco Grand Prix. The Checkered Flag assess how the field performed.
For the first time in his career Max Verstappen leads the world championship after winning the Monaco Grand Prix as Red Bull also take charge of the constructors title; Pérez finishes fourth
