MONACO (AP) — Ferrari doubled its win tally from all last season and Charles Leclerc ended his barren two-year run in Formula 1 with victory from pole position at Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix. Eight races into this season, Ferrari and McLaren are looking like they might be able to challenge Red Bull. For F1 fans as a whole it offers hope of more competitive racing. “It’s exciting and I hope it will be like this for the rest of the season,” Ferrari team principal Frédéric Vasseur said after Sunday'
MONACO (AP) — Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc won the restarted Monaco Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday for his first Formula 1 victory in nearly two years. Leclerc was on pole for the third time in four years, but had previously never finished on the podium at his home race. His first win since Austria in July 2022 took his career tally to six, all with Ferrari. “Tonight's going to be a big night,” he told his team over the radio. A Monaco victory felt extra special for him, having grown
MONACO (AP) — Red Bull driver Max Verstappen endured a rare bad day in Formula 1 on Saturday, qualifying only sixth for the Monaco Grand Prix on a track notoriously hard to overtake on. A day after saying his car was “jumping like a kangaroo” during practice, the three-time world champion was no happier with how it felt going around Monaco's tight and winding 3.3-kilometer (two-mile) street circuti. “(It) has been very difficult over the curves and bumps so has not been good to drive on this kin