The only post-Qualifying penalty is a €5,000 fine for McLaren for the unsafe release of NOR in Q1. So the grid is: VER, LEC, SAI, HAM, PER, RUS, NOR, SCH,
In case it wasn’t confusing enough after Qualifying, another driver has taken an engine upgrade so here’s how Quali ended: VER, SAI, PER, LEC, OCO, ALO, HAM, RUS, ALB, NOR,
There’s a Mercedes on pole, but probably not the one you’d expect! Provisional grid: RUS, SAI, LEC, NOR, OCO, ALO, HAM, BOT, RIC, VER, PER, ZHO, MAG, STR, SCH, TSU,
Well, this could be interesting – the official FIA timing chart shows 32 rows even though there’s just 20 cars on the grid; hmmm, I hope they’ll fix that before
Yesterday’s Sprint (don’t call it a race) set the grid for today, which started without ALO (DNS due to electronic issue) and with ZHO in the pit lane (engine cut
It’s dry & sunny in Montreal, not like yesterday’s Quali sessions. The track is “green”, i.e. there’s no rubber down after all the rain, and the cars were set up
No live notes from me this weekend – we’re moving house. After Monaco, VER is 9 points ahead of LEC with PER a further 6 points back; Red Bull are
The Monaco GP is usually quite processional (85% of Monaco races have been won by someone in the top 3) but there’s a chance of rain during the race today.
A couple of post-Qualifying updates: Aston Martin were fined €5,000 after an unsafe release for STR in Q1; no penalty for STR himself ALO will start at the back of
I haven’t seen any penalties following the queues in Q1 costing ZHO his quick lap, but the FIA seem more focused on telling the drivers not to wear jewellery even