They have comfortably been the slowest of the top four teams and suffered a double Q2 exit at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. A repeat showing in Monaco would be disastrous, given how difficult it is to overtake on the narrow streets of the principality.

Max Verstappen and Red Bull suffered an embarrassing defeat during FP2 at the Monaco Grand Prix, as Isack Hadjar crashed twice in the session. Both Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda finished below the Racing Bulls of Hadjar and Liam Lawson,

On Thursday’s media day ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix, several drivers offered their thoughts on what the rule could mean this weekend. Max Verstappen, speaking during the FIA Press Conference, opined that it could go either way.