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The debrief (Aston martin)
Fernando Alonso: ‘I’m very happy with (seventh) in qualifying and I think we did the best job possible. It’s such a high adrenaline circuit here and you have to take a huge amount of risk around the lap, but this is what makes it the best Saturday of the year.’
Qualifying complete in Monte-Carlo (Williams)
Alexander Albon: ‘My Q2 lap was half a second quicker than my Q3, so we need to understand why. We were in a really good rhythm from FP1 to FP3 and then in qualifying it seemed that the tyres were not working properly throughout, and they were inconsistent.’
Qualifying recap (Haas)
Ayao Komatsu: ‘On Ollie’s lap, we told him to back off and we discussed it before. It was tricky to manage but we got it spot on, as Ollie ended one tenth behind Esteban in Q1, and that’s what we wanted to do.’
Sprint race: Maini leads lights to flag for Monte-Carlo victory (Formula 2)
‘Into Mirabeau, Lindblad attempted a pass on Jak Crawford for third but contact between the two allowed Browning back past for fourth and ahead of the American. The Campos driver emerged from the tangle in third but was later handed a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision.’
Sprint race: Stenshorne in dominant form to claim Monte Carlo victory (Formula 3)
‘The Safety Car was deployed at the end of the opening lap as James Hedley, Nicola Lacorte, Santiago Ramos, and Ivan Domingues collided at turn eight, with all four drivers’ cars needing to be cleared up.’
IndyCar encouraged by increase in younger fans (Racer)
‘It’s very clear more young people are watching our races. Digitally, we’ve seen more engagement for quite some time, but it’s especially encouraging to see our millennial and Gen Z fan base begin to tune-in with higher frequency.’
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On this day in motorsport
50 years ago today Niki Lauda won the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder for Ferrari
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