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05 June 2026
07 June 2026
JAMES and ALEX
JAMES: Alex, it was a tough afternoon. To walk away with P8 is a good result. Well done to you.
JAMES: I know it’s tough out there with all the battery issues and the car. We’ll look into that.
JAMES: But well done. P8. Really good points. We’ll keep moving forward.
ALEX: Yeah, thanks James. It’ll be interesting to know how much of it is pace and how much is straight-line speed.
07 June 2026
Monaco GP ✅
07 June 2026
PIT and ALEX
PIT: Chequered flag. Chequered flag. P8, P8. That was a tough one.
ALEX: Yes! We are… I don’t know. Maybe check for damage or something.
07 June 2026
P8! 🚀
Alex does it! That’s a P8 finish!
07 June 2026
FINAL LAP 🚨
Alex is holding off HUL but setting personal best laps over and over.
One tour to go.
07 June 2026
ALEX to PIT
I'm more worried about the guy behind me.
07 June 2026
PIT to ALEX
Two laps to go. Gap to GAS 11.6.
07 June 2026
LAP 75/78
HUL is right on the tail of Alex, with the Audi pushing him hard.
Alex is trying to stay close to GAS, who has a 10-second penalty, for another position. It’ll be tight.
07 June 2026
LAP 73/78
HUL lets Alex back through.
Meanwhile, RUS has stopped, and now Alex is up to P8.
07 June 2026
LAP 72/78
HUL pushes by Alex at the Nouvelle Chicane but cuts the corner.
07 June 2026
LAP 71/78
Alex keeps in P9, although he was ahead of LIN off the line.
07 June 2026
STANDING START 🇲🇨
We will restart from the grid spots for these final laps.
07 June 2026
LAP 69/78
All the cars are following the Safety Car around the track.
07 June 2026
Unlapping 🔄
Alex and the other lapped cars take a trip around the circuit to unlap themselves.
07 June 2026
PIT to ALEX
At least one lap behind the safety car.
There is no information yet on whether it's standing or rolling.
07 June 2026
Race Resumption ⏰
“RACE WILL RESUME AT 17:12” is the message from the FIA.
That’s in eight minutes.
07 June 2026
Still Stopped 🛑
This second Safety Car has stopped proceedings for a long time.
FIA officials are at the final corner to see if they can resolve the problem.
07 June 2026
Red Flag Reason 🧹
It seems the track surface at Anthony Noghes, the location of STR and LEC crashed, is the reason for the red flag.
Sweepers are out on track to clean up the marbles now, but is the track too broken up to race on?
07 June 2026
RED FLAG 🔴
The race will stop with 11 laps to go.
LIN will get a free pit stop and will keep the P8 position he’s advanced to.
07 June 2026
LAP 68/78
This second half of the race has given so much drama.
Alex is now P9 after LEC’s retirement.
07 June 2026
SAFETY CAR 🟡
LEC is in the wall at the same location as STR.
We have another Safety Car.
07 June 2026
SAFETY CAR ENDING ⚠️
We’re about to go racing with 13 laps left.
07 June 2026
LAP 64/78
Still under Safety Car conditions now with Alex in P10.
LIN has not pitted still, with the Racing Bulls drivers running next to each other, as LAW is P8.
The team could be set to hold Alex up to assist LIN…
07 June 2026
Softs in Action 📸
07 June 2026
RACE CONTROL MESSAGE 🗣️
All cars through the pit lane.
07 June 2026
SAFETY CAR 🟡
STR has hit the wall. It’s a Safety Car.
07 June 2026
LAP 59/78
SAI lets Alex go by at the exit of the Nouvelle Chicane and he’s back to P10.
We just await LIN, now 4s ahead, to pit, and Alex will inherit P9.
07 June 2026
F1's Tightest Corner 📸
07 June 2026
LAP 55/78
SAI pits and just comes out ahead of Alex on his out lap.
LIN now is ahead of the pair, and will be going as long into the race as possible before stopping.
07 June 2026
LAP 53/78
Okay, so this race is getting increasingly complex.
Multiple drivers are being penalised for speeding in the pit lane - HAM, RUS, GAS, and COL are all sitting with five-second penalties now.
Alex is in P11 after trying to help SAI get a free pit stop, but unfortunately has had LIN pass.
All is not lost, though, with Alex sitting P11 and waiting for LIN to pit to get back to the points.
07 June 2026
ALEX to PIT
So what do you want me to do now? Because we’ve f****d this.
07 June 2026
LAP 50/78
Alex loses a position to LIN exiting Anthony Noghes, and is now P11.
07 June 2026
LAP 47/78
Alex lets SAI through to go ahead after NOR retires from the race.
He gained P9, and has now let SAI get that position in the aim to get a gap for SAI to get a free pit stop.
07 June 2026
Box, box 🅿️
Alex comes in and gets Softs on his FW48 for the remaining 34 laps.
07 June 2026
PIT and ALEX
Change of plan, it’ll be Soft tyre. Box this lap.
07 June 2026
LAP 43/78
The pit stop is coming up for Alex soon it seems.
Alex is 22s ahead of SAI now.
07 June 2026
LAP 39/78
Half distance now. Alex looks like he’ll be on for a points position if his teammate SAI can keep up his slowing laps to the chasing pack.
07 June 2026
LAP 37/78
SAI looks to be playing the team game right now as the gap extends behind Alex to 10s.
Will a pit stop be coming for Alex in the upcoming laps?
07 June 2026
Managing the Pace 📸
07 June 2026
LAP 34/78
Alex has a huge lock up at La Rascasse, but doesn’t hit the barriers and slowly makes his way around the right-hander.
07 June 2026
LAP 31/78
ANT will be approaching Alex in the coming laps to put a lap on Alex.
The Italian is 2s behind Albono at the moment.
07 June 2026
LAP 30/78
Thirty laps down, and Alex has fallen back from LAW now.
A three-second gap to the Racing Bulls car now for Alex, who remains in P10.
07 June 2026
ALEX to PIT
We’re losing most of our lap time to deployments.
07 June 2026
LAP 25/78
Alex remains P10 with the race approaching 1/3rd distance.
He, as with all the other drivers in the top 13, is yet to stop.
07 June 2026
ALEX to PIT
It’s just the dirty air. I’m just stuck here.
07 June 2026
LAP 17/78
The gaps are broadly the same here, with the laps ticking on by.
Radio messages back and forth with the pit wall talk about Alex seeking to tackle the rear-limited drivability of the car.
07 June 2026
LAP 14/78
HUL pitted from P12. Could that early stop from Audi pressure others to stop, too?
Alex also runs deep at the Nouvelle Chicane, and skips past the corners.
07 June 2026
LAP 12/78
That’s a 1.3s gap to LAW in P9 for Alex now.
He’s extending a gap – or SAI is helping create one – of 4.4s to his teammate behind.
07 June 2026
PIT to ALEX
Rear brakes are on the colder side, it may affect efficiency.
07 June 2026
Monaco Views 📸
07 June 2026
LAP 6/78
Alex is running P10 and is in a little gap at the moment. He’s 1.5s away from LAW, with a 2.2s gap to SAI in P11.
07 June 2026
LAP 3/78
Alex is chasing LAW for P9, with SAI behind in P11.
07 June 2026
LAP 1/78
A free position for Alex, who is straight to P10 after VER stalls on the grid.
07 June 2026
PIT to ALEX
Two burnouts, Alex. Two burnouts.
07 June 2026
Formation Lap 🟢
Alex heads off for his first trip around the track.
07 June 2026
Starting Tyres 🛞
Alex, plus all the top 15, will start this race on Mediums.
Only BOR, PER, and BOT will start on the Softs.
07 June 2026
In the Car 💪
Alex awaits the go ahead for the race start under the Monaco sun.
07 June 2026
🚨 TEN MINUTE WARNING 🚨
Finish up whatever it is you’re doing as we are just 10 minutes from the Monaco GP.
We have the formation lap and 78 further tours of the Monte Carlo streets coming up. Get ready.
07 June 2026
National Anthem 🎶
Alex joins the other drivers at the start-finish line for the Monaco national anthem.
07 June 2026
On the Grid 🚦
Alex joins the other drivers – minus BOR, who has stalled at pit exit – on the starting grid for the pre-race procedures.
07 June 2026
Heading Out 👉
Alex has headed out of the garage on his first recon lap of the day as the green light illuminates at the end of the pit lane.
07 June 2026
Albono Rewind ⏪
Alex is chasing a third-consecutive points finish here.
He has taken P9 in the previous two Monaco Grands Prix, with his personal best finish coming in 2019, where he took P8 for Toro Rosso.
07 June 2026
Welcome to the Jewel in the Crown 🇲🇨
Formula 1’s most prized race, the Monaco Grand Prix is coming up.
Alex qualified in P11, just on the edge of the point-scoring positions, yesterday.
Can he fight forwards to the all-important top-10 places in the race?
Join us as we find out, with lights out in just under an hour.
07 June 2026
Sunday Arrival 📸
06 June 2026
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06 June 2026
Qualifying ✅
06 June 2026
JAMES and ALEX
JAMES: Well done, Alex. Really, really solid lap. Nice to see. That last lap was very, very good.
JAMES: I know at the end, it was not quite where it needed to be, but we've got to make the car quicker first. Well done.
ALEX: Thank you, James.
06 June 2026
Faster, but not enough 😖
That’s a better lap for Alex, with a 1:13.787.
He’s in P11 and only 0.025s from a Q3 appearance.
That’s all for today, with Alex and his teammate set to start the Monaco GP from the sixth row tomorrow.
06 June 2026
Pitting in <> Pitting out 🔄
Alex comes in for a new set of tyres and a refuel in the garage.
He returns to the circuit with four minutes left on the clock to get a lap or two in.
06 June 2026
Quicker again 👏
That’s a 1:14.136 now, and that’s good enough for P12 for the moment.
Two tenths of a second from safety.
06 June 2026
Low 1:14s 📉
That’s a 1:14.287 for Alex as his first effort.
06 June 2026
Push Lap 👉
A double cool for Alex before starting his first Q2 push.
06 June 2026
Q2 Begins Now 🟢
Alex is go for the second part of Quali.
06 June 2026
Through to Q2 👌
That’s a P9 finish in Q1 for Alex, and he’s going to be taking more tours of Monaco’s streets today.
06 June 2026
Green light 🟢
Only two minutes to go with this session restart…
06 June 2026
Message from Race Control 📣
Q1 will resume at 16:22 local time.
06 June 2026
Red flag 🔴
BOR has clipped his front-left wheel and broken his suspension.
The red flag waves, and there are only two minutes left to go…
06 June 2026
Strong lap 👏
That’s a 1:14.321 for Alex with a much faster effort, and he’s now P9.
06 June 2026
In / Out 🔀
That’s a quick stop from the team for Alex for a fresh set of Soft Pirelli rubber as we go into the final six minutes.
06 June 2026
Faster for Alex 📈
That’s a quicker time for Alex on his third fast lap - a 1:15.612.
He sits P15 now.
06 June 2026
No improvement 😖
That second lap did not go better for Alex, who has slipped down to P18 with that time.
06 June 2026
ALEX to PIT
I’ve got no tyres.
06 June 2026
P4, for now 📊
That’s a 1:16.332 for Albono.
He goes again for a second lap on these Softs.
06 June 2026
Double push 🫸
Ales sets does a double out lap in preparation for a double push…
His first hot lap is underway.
06 June 2026
Green light 🟢
The session begins. Alex sits behind a Racing Bulls care as he waits to leave the pit lane.
06 June 2026
PIT to ALEX
Two minutes.
06 June 2026
Ready to go 💪
Alex is already in the queue to get out on track in Q1.
06 June 2026
Eyes forward, Alex 📸
06 June 2026
Next Up: Q1 👉
Qualifying is 20 minutes away, and it’s the most important race against the clock of the season.
Join us then for all the updates from Alex’s POV right here.
06 June 2026
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06 June 2026
FP3 ✅
06 June 2026
Sainte Devote Stop 🛑
Alex goes deep into Sainte Devote once more just as he was preparing to do one final push.
There’ll be no improvement possible for him, but he avoids the barriers and reverses back onto track.
06 June 2026
PIT to ALEX
Try to get the tyre temperatures up.
06 June 2026
Session Restart 🟢
The 21 cars will get one final shot to get a lap in before FP3 will end.
06 June 2026
Queuing Up 🚥
Alex joins the line awaiting to get back to track with the session set to resume with just four minutes left in FP3.
06 June 2026
Barrier Inspections 🧐
The marshals are checking if the crash has damaged the barriers at all with seven minutes remaining on the clock.
Safety, as ever, comes first here in F1.
06 June 2026
Red Flag 🔴
The BEA crash has triggered a red flag stoppage.
No injuries for anyone. The young Briton walks out of the car.
06 June 2026
Crash at Massenet 💥
That’s a yellow flag and Alex does well to avoid a slowing RUS who was avoiding BEA, who has hit the barriers it seems on the run up to Massenet.
06 June 2026
Back to Business 👉
Alex is out again on a new set of red-ringed Soft tyres.
06 June 2026
Alex in the sun 📸
06 June 2026
PIT to ALEX
Okay, box this lap.
06 June 2026
Running Deep 😖
Alex goes into the escape road a Saint Devote.
No damage to his car, and he reverses out without incident.
Time to get off those 15-lap old Pirelli Softs.
06 June 2026
Abandoned Lap 🙅♂️
Alex sets a green opening sector, but stops his push as he reached the tunnel.
There’s definitely more time in the car…
06 June 2026
Changing Modes 🎛️
Team radio messages ask Alex to make changes to the engine mode by trying laps with HPP on and HPP off.
Alex now has 11 laps on this set of tyres as he keeps looking for time.
06 June 2026
ALEX to PIT
Yeah, I’ve got no rears. It’s like the track temperature is too hot for my rear tyres.
06 June 2026
Into the 1:14s 💪
Alex gets to P14 with a 1:14.801 lap as he continues working with the pit wall to make in-car tweaks to help find time.
06 June 2026
ALEX and PIT
ALEX: I'm floating out on the rear quite a lot.
PIT: In Turn 3?
ALEX: Everywhere, really.
06 June 2026
Improvement 📈
That’s a small improvement for Alex, with a 1:15.245.
06 June 2026
First Lap Set ✅
That’s a 1:15.493 to start the day for Alex, who is P16 with that effort.
06 June 2026
Hitting the Track 👉
Alex makes his first appearance on the Monaco streets of the day.
06 June 2026
PIT to ALEX
Go straight out.
06 June 2026
Still in the Garage 🤫
Ten minutes down but Alex remains inside the team garage for the moment.
It’s a typical FP3, so far, with the conditions of this session not going to prove too relevant for the race or qualifying, keeping many drivers with limited early running.
06 June 2026
FP3 Begins 🟢
The final 60 minutes of practice begin.
06 June 2026
Smiling for the fans 📸
06 June 2026
Quali Day in The Principality 🇲🇨
Welcome to one of the most anticipated Saturdays of the season.
22 F1 cars going around the tightest circuit on the calendar at the fastest possible speeds… what’s not to like?
Alex will be in one of those 22 cars for Qualifying later today, but first there is one more Free Practice session to tackle, coming up in 15 minutes.
05 June 2026
FP2 ✅
05 June 2026
Chequered Flag 🏁
That’s Friday’s running complete here in Monte Carlo…
05 June 2026
Green light 🟢
Back out to track with two minutes remaining to take the flag and complete practice starts…
05 June 2026
Red Flag 🚩
PER has stopped in Casino Square with a brake fire.
05 June 2026
Back out 👉
Time for a race run as Alex returns onto the medium tyres he began the session on…
05 June 2026
Close call 🫣
Alex not happy to find a Racing Bulls car on the racing line on the way in to Casino Square.
05 June 2026
ALEX to PIT
What is that??? It’s really dangerous.
05 June 2026
Good gain 👏
A 1:14.600 puts Alex P11 on the timing tower…
05 June 2026
1:15.219 ⏱️
It comes alive towards the end of the lap as Albono sets his best time of the day so far…
05 June 2026
ALEX to PIT
No power…. so much front locking. Please tell me what I’m doing wrong.
05 June 2026
Box Box 🅿️
Alex pulls in to fit the softs and immediately starts his Quali simulation runs…
05 June 2026
ALEX to PIT
We can crack on, just half a turn.
05 June 2026
1:15.483 ⏱️
More time found by Alex, who moves up to P11 as a result…
05 June 2026
Green flag 🟢
The McLaren has been cleared and we’re back up to full speed…
05 June 2026
VSC 🟡
NOR has stopped at T11 – VSC deployed.
05 June 2026
1:16.222 ⏱️
New personal best for the session last time around, Alex is P14 for now with all 22 cars now on track…
05 June 2026
Busy track 🚦
Friday rush hour out there right now, with 21 of the 22 cars all on track…
05 June 2026
ALEX to PIT
No deployment.
05 June 2026
Green Light 🟢
FP2 is underway, and Albono is getting straight to business and is out in the pit lane already…
05 June 2026
Data dive pre-FP2 📸
05 June 2026
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05 June 2026
FP1 complete ☑️
Back on track after the debris was cleared with very little time remaining, FP2 gets underway at 4pm BST (5pm local). We’ll see you then! 👋
05 June 2026
05 June 2026
Red flag 🚩
2.5 minutes remaining.
05 June 2026
On track in Monaco 🇲🇨
05 June 2026
Quickest lap time 🙌
Third lap on the medium tyre and AA23 has just set his fastest lap of the day – 1:15:989.
05 June 2026
Alex to PIT
I don’t know what’s going on with my battery but it’s not working.
05 June 2026
Back on track 💪
Just over 15 minutes of FP1 remaining for Alex, returning to the track on mediums.
05 June 2026
Red flag 🚩
Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar has gone into the wall but he is OK. Meanwhile, Alex was still in the garage.
05 June 2026
AA23 back in the garage 🅿️
Twenty laps down on the hard, Alex pits for the first time.
05 June 2026
New fastest lap for Alex ⚡️
He might be having deployment issues but at 1:17:539, Alex has just set his fastest lap of FP1.
05 June 2026
PIT to Alex
We’ll complete one more push on the hard, then we’ll pit.
05 June 2026
PIT to Alex
Sector 2 pace is strong. Focus on Sector 1.
05 June 2026
Some vantage point! 📸
05 June 2026
Alex to PIT
Deployment’s broken, tell me what to do. Some corners I’m arriving quicker, some I’m arriving slower.
05 June 2026
9 Laps down 🛞
Fifteen minutes gone in Monaco, AA23 posting a best lap time of 1:17:644 so far.
05 June 2026
FP1 Underway ✅
And our Thai racer is out on track at Monaco. The weekend is underway!
05 June 2026
Not long now ⏳
Just 15 minutes until FP1 begins and Alex is out on track – the weekend is almost underway!
05 June 2026
Monaco settings 📸
05 June 2026
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