🇲🇨 Race Report Monaco GP 2026

Catch up on everything Franco did last weekend in Monte Carlo

Published

09 Jun 2026

Est. reading time

3 min

A tough weekend on the streets of Monte Carlo

Franco finished P15 in a race defined by a chaotic final restart, penalties and a front wing damaged in a collision that ended any remaining hope of points.

Circuit: Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo 4–7 June 2026

Race results:

🥇 P1: Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes — 2:23:31.243 🥈 P2: Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari — 2:23:37.514 🥉 P3: Isack Hadjar, Red Bull Racing — 2:23:54.637 🇫🇷 P7: Pierre Gasly — 4 points (two five-second penalties applied to final time) 🇦🇷 P15: Franco Colapinto

Franco closed the Monaco Grand Prix with a damaged front wing following the chaotic red flag restart

A weekend in which the balance never came together, confidence under braking never arrived, and Monaco took its toll.

A difficult weekend from Friday: Franco reported balance issues and a lack of confidence under braking throughout all practice sessions, never finding his rhythm with the car.

Qualifying: just a few tenths short of Q3. Finished P14, best lap 1:13.995 on soft tyres. The team acknowledged it was a solid result given the difficulties of the weekend.

Race: started P14, three-stop strategy (9M — 8M — 21H). Received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Alpine have already requested a review given that both drivers received the same penalty.

At the standing restart after the red flag, he was pushed wide by one of the Aston Martins and suffered front wing damage. Finished P15.

Post-race on the radio: "Tough one… heads up."

The best photos from last weekend are waiting for you:

Technical data

FP1: P15, Best lap: 1:16.189 (lap 26, mediums)

FP2: P15, Best lap: 1:14.758 (lap 15, softs)

FP3: P19, Best lap: 1:15.179 (lap 19, softs). Spin at the hairpin with light rear contact with the barrier, no major consequences.

Qualifying: P14, Best lap: 1:13.995 (lap 21, softs)

Race

P15, Fastest lap: P10 — 1:16.316 (lap 74, softs)

Strategy: Stop 1: lap 35 (mediums → hards), tyre change under red flag (lap 65, hards → new softs)

Tyres: 9M — 8M — 21H

Penalty: 5 seconds for speeding in the pit lane

Sector 1: P19 — 19.982

Sector 2: P12 — 35.900

Sector 3: P4 — 20.069

Speed trap: P6 — 282 km/h

Quotes from Franco and the team

It was a difficult weekend and Franco did not hide it. After the race he said: "I'm not satisfied with how the weekend has gone as a whole. Coming off the back of some good results and a good feeling in the car in recent races, things really didn't click here and we will work hard with the team between races to understand more why that was." Stuart, his race engineer, told him over the radio at the end of the race: "Tough one. Heads up, now we get ready for Barcelona."

Next race 🇪🇸

Spanish Grand Prix — 12–14 June 2026, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

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