Visa Cash App Racing Bull’s drivers Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad have both had career-best finishes with fifth and sixth placings in the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix.
The double-points scoring for VCARB sees them maintain sixth in the Team Standings, closing the gap to fifth-placed Alpine to two points and extending the gap to Haas in seventh, to 18-points.
“I’m very, very happy with today. It’s a great result for the team ending in P5 and P6, particularly given where we started at the beginning of the weekend,” commented Lawson who started from tenth on the grid.
“Races can feel pretty unpredictable at the moment, with cars being forced to retire, so it’s important that we capitalise on those moments when they happen. I honestly enjoyed the race so much and the team worked incredibly hard to deliver a quick car today, so I’m super grateful to be ending the weekend on a high.”
“I’m extremely happy for everyone involved in this wonderful team of ours,” said VCARB Team Principal Allan Permane. “Firstly, the drivers didn’t put a foot wrong in the race, Arvid played the team game for us and Liam executed everything perfectly.
“Double points and two career-best results is something they can be proud of. We had some issues with the cars with only half an hour to go and the mechanics performed fantastically getting the cars back together again in time.
“The engineers did an awesome job getting the car in the right window and Red Bull Ford Powertrains were incredible; we didn’t have to speak about the power unit this weekend and that’s a compliment to them, it just worked as and when needed it to and we were able to get just get on with the job.
“Finally, all of the people back at our bases in Milton Keynes and Faenza have delivered such an excellent car – without that we don’t have anything, it all starts from there. Everyone in the whole organisation did a stellar job today and we leave Monaco with a result that everyone in the team has earned.”
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli claimed his fifth win of the season, extending his lead in the Driver Standings to 66-points over Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton who finished second. Red Bull Racing’s Isack Hadjar finished third.
Team Standings
1/ Mercedes 244
2/ Ferrari 165
3/ McLaren 118
4/ Red Bull Racing 72
5/ Alpine 41
6/ Racing Bulls 39
7/ Haas F1 Team 21
8/ Williams 11
9/ Audi 2
10/ Aston Martin 1
11/ Cadillac 0
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