Verstappen, Red Bull, Monaco, 2024, generic — Photo: © IMAGO

F1 News

Star Red Bull junior triggers dramatic Monaco pile-up

Isack Hadjar caused a massive collision around the streets of the Principality

Sheona Mountford F1 Journalist

Motorsport journalist working in F1 since 2024.

Sunday 26 May 2024 17:00 Updated: 18:57

A Red Bull star caused a dramatic incident on the opening lap of the Monaco Grand Prix.

The tight and twisty corners of the principality mean racing drivers’ are no strangers to incidents around the track.

Article continues under video

Regardless of a driver's skill, no one is immune to mistakes in Monaco, with the tiniest error having a costly impact on a drivers' weekend.

For example, at the Monaco Grand Prix in 2018, Max Verstappen crashed out in FP3, writing him out of qualifying and starting the race at the back of the grid.

The Monaco Grand Prix is one of the toughest circuits on the F1 calendar

Max Verstappen learnt his lesson around Monaco at the beginning of his career

F1 support series provides dramatic collision

Ritomo Miyata slowed down on track, whilst Hadjar came hurtling into the tunnel at full speed, fortunately managing to snap the car to the side to prevent a collision.

The Formula 3 sprint race also saw a dramatic incident on the opening lap around Monaco.

As the cars flew up into Casino Square, Red Bull junior driver, Arvid Lindblad, went to take the normal racing line unaware Christian Mansell was behind him.

Lindblad swung into Mansell causing a pile-up with Joshua Dufek, Alex Dunne and Cian Shields also getting swept up in the mess, with all five retiring from the session.