Verstappen at the top of the F1 standings after F1 GP victory

The 2021 Monaco GP won’t be remembered as a classic, but it was what the F1 title fight took. Verstappen’s 12th F1 victory, combined with a terrible weekend for Mercedes, brought the 23-year-old into the championship lead for the first time. And Red Bull is now leading the constructors’ competition by one point.

Our Grand Prix editor Alex Kalinauckas not only rates all of the Monaco drivers, but also rates the reasons why the race did not have the fizziness we had hoped for, including the accident that Ferrari star Charles Leclerc suffered at his home race.

Another of the biggest events in motorsport will take place this weekend with the 105th round of the Indianapolis 500. David Malsher-Lopez explains how Scott Dixon took pole position and outlines the battle between the nine former winners and the riders most likely to make the legendary list.

We also talk to Ferrari protégé Callum Ilott about his waiting for an F1 break and report on the good urge of his colleague Elfyn Evans to win the Rally Portugal. The Toyota driver is now only two points behind his team-mate Sebastien Ogier at the top of the World Rally Championship.

Max Mosley has achieved a lot in motorsport in his 81 years and Autosport looks back on an impressive and sometimes controversial career in our four-page obituary. We also hear from the next Briton hoping to become FIA ​​President Graham Stoker.

Last weekend there was a lot of action in British motorsport and our 16-page national section offers you all the news and action, including from the British GT / BRDC F3 kick-off at Brands Hatch, the Silverstone meeting of the Historic Sports Car Club and the Donington Park 750 Motor Club event. We are also looking forward to the start of the British Rally Championship.

Formula Ford Festival winner and LMP2 Le Mans Series champion Michael Vergers is the focus of this week’s “What Could Have Been” article, where he talks about his near miss on a British touring car deal .

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