{"id":723622,"date":"2026-06-08T19:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/723622\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T19:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:41:17","slug":"f1-in-monaco-finally-the-cars-were-flat-out-in-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/723622\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 in Monaco: Finally, the cars were flat-out in qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The track shouldn\u2019t do that<\/p>\n<p>The problem was a new patch of tarmac that apparently wasn\u2019t up to scratch and started deteriorating under the cars\u2019 tires. First, we got a safety car when Lance Stroll\u2019s Aston Martin understeered into the barrier on lap 60, then a red flag\u2014suspending the race\u2014when it happened to Leclerc\u2019s Ferrari on lap 65. Leclerc <a href=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/2026\/06\/08\/-nightmare-brake-issues-the-cause-of-lecler-s-monaco-crash-not-the-track\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blamed the poor brakes<\/a> on his car for his crash, but the fact that his left front wheel was covered in broken bits of tarmac seems a more likely cause of his terminal understeer.<\/p>\n<p>            <a class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" data-pswp-width=\"4065\" data-pswp-height=\"2710\" data-cropped=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2279807328.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-pswp-><br \/>\n              <img width=\"4065\" height=\"2710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2279807328.jpg\" class=\"fullwidth full\" alt=\"The start of the race during the FIA Formula One World Championship F1 Monaco Grand Prix 2026 in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on June 7, 2026. (Photo by Luca Barsali\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>              Since 2004, more than 70 percent of Monaco Grands Prix have been won from pole position.<\/p>\n<p>\n                  Credit:<br \/>\n                                      Luca Barsali\/NurPhoto via Getty Images\n                                  <\/p>\n<p>\n      Since 2004, more than 70 percent of Monaco Grands Prix have been won from pole position.<\/p>\n<p>          Credit:<\/p>\n<p>          Luca Barsali\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Once the race organizers were satisfied that the problem wouldn\u2019t get worse, the race resumed with another standing start. It seems that poor Mercedes starts are a thing of the past; in Canada and now Monaco, Antonelli has repeatedly gotten off the line without losing positions, something that happened too often during the first four Grands Prix of the year. Again, he drove off into clear air, finishing the race 6.2 seconds ahead of Hamilton, who claimed his 10th Monaco podium, equalling Ayrton Senna\u2019s record.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton is now second in the championship, too; George Russell lies third after finishing out the points as a result of a drive-through penalty that saw him finish 12th. Russell was one of a number of drivers (including Hamilton) who earned pit stop penalties for speeding in the pit lane. The problem? Drivers taking a slightly different line into the pit lane to avoid the Cadillac pit box.<\/p>\n<p>While their cars didn\u2019t exceed the 60 km\/h pit lane limit, F1 uses timing loops embedded in the track and transponders in the cars to determine pit speeds, and avoiding the Cadillac box <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/explained-why-so-many-f1-drivers-were-penalised-for-pitlane-speeding-in-monaco\/10828092\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">created a shorter route<\/a> that triggered penalties for multiple drivers, some for as little as 0.1 km\/h over the limit. Alpine\u2019s Pierre Gasly probably felt the most aggrieved\u2014he had succeeded in overtaking Lando Norris\u2019 McLaren early in the race and was lying in third place at the end, before his penalty time demoted him to 7th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The track shouldn\u2019t do that The problem was a new patch of tarmac that apparently wasn\u2019t up to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-723622","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\/723622","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=723622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}