A chaotic Monaco Grand Prix weekend taught us plenty about the 2026 Formula 1 field.Here’s what our team learned from Monaco:Antonelli’s first special F1 moment is bad news for Russell Retiring from lead of the Canadian GP was quite obviously a big blow for George Russell’s title bid but, in reality, the Monaco GP weekend was his biggest blow yet. Not because of the double-hit penalty in the race. That was galling and left Russell “struggling to comprehend how on earth this season is panning out in the way it has”. Russell is right to point to some bad luck, making the 68-point gap bigger than it could be.But the bigger concern for Russell will be the margin with which Kimi Antonelli bodied him in qualifying (0.394s). Antonelli has done plenty of great things in his short F1 career so far, but Monaco felt like truly the first ‘special’ weekend from beginning to end. He took the risks needed in qualif …
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Author: Josh Suttill
