A chaotic Monaco Grand Prix saw Kimi Antonelli make it five consecutive Grand Prix wins. Follow all the reactions from the principality with GPblog right here! 78 laps of pure Monaco mania played out in front of a sell-out crowd on Sunday afternoon, but it was Kimi Antonelli who shone once again.
The young Italian made it five consecutive Grand Prix victories by winning in the principality, steering clear of penalties and incidents that were rife in the streets of Monaco.
That win, along with teammate
George Russell missing out on points for the second race in a row, means Antonelli now leads the Drivers' Championship by 66 points ahead of
Lewis Hamilton, who finished in P2.
Red Bull and Ford have built the best engine and are not allowed to update it under the ADUO guidelines, GPblog can confirm.
Ferrari and even
Mercedes are allowed to do so, as the FIA has provisionally informed all teams, while Honda and Audi may also work on their current engine.
If an engine is 2% or more behind the best engine on the grid, the FIA grants Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) to that manufacturer. They can then implement an update in the current season (2026) and in the following season (2027). Manufacturers that are 4% or more behind may bring two updates in each of those two seasons.
Russell was one of the many drivers who were penalised for speeding in the pit lane, but a failure to serve his five-second time penalty correctly led to a drive-through penalty, putting him out of points-scoring position.
Oscar Piastri, Franco Colapinto and
Pierre Gasly were also handed the same penalty, with the latter having two penalties for the same offence, resulting in a ten-second time penalty that saw him fall from P3 to P7.
As a result,
Alpine stated that they would request a Right to Review from the FIA "following the penalties applied for pit lane speeding".
That also led to some very strong words from Gasly in the paddock after missing out on a podium finish in Monaco: "I don't think there is anything that could hurt me more right now.
"Ten years I've been f****** working my ass off for this type of moment, and we did everything right today, so standing on that podium in front of all the fans that turn up, this is the type of moment that, for me, can't be taken away from us by unfair reasons. What's going on right now is not right, and hopefully, they can make the right calls."