Monaghan after Friday in Monaco: 'Try to finish on the front row'

Published on 05 June 2026 by Niels Hendrix

Paul Monaghan, chief engineering, car engineering of Oracle Red Bull Racing, said after Friday’s practice sessions in Monaco: “We felt pretty encouraged by our performance today. I don’t think we can say that where we ended up in FP2 means that we will finish in P1: we will need to work hard tonight and drivers will, of course need to perform at their best tomorrow. We will work on some improvements on the car that should hopefully make things a little better, but other teams will also be working hard too, so let’s see what happens.”

Monaghan added: “Max has been pretty encouraged with the performance of the car and his feedback has been concise. Tonight, we will work to maximise the best possible outcome ahead of tomorrow. It will be tight and I expect a few teams will be pretty fast, so we will do our best to achieve a good result and try to finish on the front row.”