{"id":709580,"date":"2026-06-02T07:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/709580\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T07:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:48:20","slug":"fionn-mclaughlin-red-bull-junior-driver-there-to-do-a-job-on-monaco-formula-3-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/709580\/","title":{"rendered":"Fionn McLaughlin: Red Bull Junior driver &#8216;there to do a job&#8217; on Monaco Formula 3 debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It will be a similar approach this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While Monaco is one of  the crown jewels of motorsport, the racing product does not always deliver the most exciting racing due to the tight nature of the circuit, which limits overtaking opportunities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Even Formula 3 cars, smaller in size and with less power than their Formula 1 counterparts, struggle to pass on the narrow, barrier-lined streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That places a large emphasis on qualifying, as drivers push to the limits against the armco barriers to extract the maximum from their cars to secure the best possible grid position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The flip side of that is, with danger lurking at every turn, any mistake will be punished. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;ll be something that I haven&#8217;t experienced much because normally everywhere I race you can overtake, and Monaco&#8217;s just mainly going to be about qualifying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There might be a couple of options to overtake, but it&#8217;s very risky. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;In Monaco, you kind of put your whole weekend around the qualifying and it&#8217;s important to make the most out of the car, try and make the setup perfect for you and put the perfect lap together because, if not, it&#8217;s going to be a very long and hard weekend.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It will be a similar approach this weekend. While Monaco is one of the crown jewels of motorsport,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-709580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}