You’d have been forgiven for watching the first 60 or so laps of the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix and thinking this edition was going to be little different to most of Formula 1’s recent races on the streets of Monte Carlo.But what happened next was Monaco at its brilliant best.So among the crashes and confusion, and the penalties and post-race fallout, who were the winners and losers?Loser: George Russell (13th)On Saturday after qualifying only sixth, four tenths of a second off his polesitting young team-mate and title rival, Russell wondered aloud whether the 2026 Mercedes was just moving away from his driving style – a worrying admission for a driver trying to win the championship in it.There was less of that talk on Sunday. Then it was all about the …
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Author: Matt Beer
