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Lewis Hamilton has addressed his incident with Max Verstappen during Formula 1 qualifying at Monaco Grand Prix, which led to a three-place grid drop for Sunday’s race. The seven-time world champion said his team mistakenly told him that Verstappen was slowing down, which prompted him to move back to the middle of the track – and impede the Red Bull driver.Hamilton, who qualified fourth …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has been slapped with a three-place grid drop for Sunday’s Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix after impeding Max Verstappen in qualifying.In Q1 Verstappen bombed up the hill towards Massenet when he was blocked by Hamilton’s slow moving Ferrari, with Verstappen having to back out of his lap through one of the many blind corners on the circuit.Hamilton was informed by his race …Keep reading

Charles Leclerc feels he has missed a unique opportunity to win in 2025, as Ferrari proved more competitive at the Monaco Grand Prix than elsewhere on the Formula 1 calendar.Leclerc took provisional pole around the historic streets of Monte Carlo after the second barrage of Q3 runs, ahead of both McLarens. But both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri opted to go for an extra flyer on their final …Keep reading

Alex Marquez ended his brother Marc’s perfect record in 2025 MotoGP sprint races by claiming victory on his Gresini Ducati at Silverstone on Saturday.Marc had no answer to Alex after he gave away an early lead with a mistake, and settled for another solid points haul for second place. This ensures he maintains a healthy 19-point lead over Alex in the world championship heading into …Keep reading

Max Verstappen believes Lewis Hamilton will receive a grid penalty for impeding him in qualifying for Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix.In Q1 Verstappen bombed up the hill towards Massenet, when he was blocked by Hamilton in his Ferrari and had to back out of his lap through one of the circuit’s many blind corners.Hamilton was informed by his race engineer that Verstappen was approaching, but …Keep reading

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri admitted to struggling on the streets of Monaco in qualifying for the grand prix, having put his car in third position for tomorrow’s Formula 1 race after appearing to clip the wall at almost every turn on the streets of the Principality.The Australian’s weekend got off to a slow start yesterday when he hit the barriers head on at Sainte Devote in Monaco. Since …Keep reading

Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch has picked up an option in his contract that will keep him at Richard Childress Racing for the 2026 season.Busch is a winner of 63 Cup races — more than any other current full-time driver.  He also has more NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series wins than any driver in history The highly successful driver began his Cup career with Hendrick Motorsports …Keep reading

It’s been common practice for many years that Marcus Ericsson is on track during one of the biggest weekends in racing. Just over a decade ago, he was preparing to take on the streets of Monaco as an F1 driver with Caterham (he’d finish 11th). That changed in 2019, when the Swede took on his first Indianapolis 500. It would take only three more Indy 500s for him to become immortalized with the …Keep reading

McLaren’s Lando Norris beat home favourite Charles Leclerc to Formula 1 pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix as Mercedes suffered a qualifying disaster.Norris looked set to lose out to Leclerc, who had led every practice session, after the second round of laps in Q3. But continuing on his set soft tyres Norris found another tenth and a half to clinch pole with his third flyer, beating last …Keep reading

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team’s qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don’t alter the statistics.When a driver can’t put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.McLarenOscar …Keep reading