“A WEEKEND I’LL REMEMBER FOREVER” SAID CHARLES LECLERC AFTER HE STORMED TO VICTORY AT THE MONACO GRAND PRIX IN 2:23:15:554, WITH OSCAR PIASTRI COMING SECOND (+7.152s), CARLOS SAINZ THIRD, (7.585s), LANDO NORRIS FOURTH (+8.650s), GEORGE RUSSELL FIFTH (+13.309s), MAX VERSTAPPEN SIXTH (+13.853s), AND LEWIS HAMILTON SEVENTH, (+14.908s) CHARLES LECLERC CERTAINLY HAD A GOOD TIME ON THE PODIUM AFTERWARDS…! EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONACO GRAND PRIX 2024 THE MOMENT CHARLES LECLERC WINS THE MONACO GRAND PRIX 2024 MARTIN BRUNDLE’S MONACO GRID-WALK
LET’S HAVE A LOOK BACK AT THE MONACO GRAND PRIX FROM 2023 WHERE MAX VERSTAPPEN ‘STORMED’ TO VICTORY AFTER EXPERTLY NAVIGATING THE WET WEATHER AND HOLDING OFF FERNANDO ALONSO (WITH WHOM HE WAS IN A DUEL FOR MUCH OF THE RACE) IN 1:48.51.980, FERNANDO ALONSO CAME SECOND IN 1:49.19.901, ESTEBAN OCON WON HIMSELF A PODIUM PLACE ALSO AND CAME THIRD IN 1:49.28.970, AND LEWIS HAMILTON CAME A CLOSE FOURTH IN 1:49.31.042 We Have Pleasure In Presenting Highlights From The Stunning Monaco Grand Prix, Which Was Truly Edge-Of-Your-Seat Stuff! Stay Tuned For More Visuals, Stats And Gossip!! ESTEBAN OCON GIVES POST-RACE INTERVIEW MARTIN BRUNDLE’S MONACO GRIDWALK PART 1 TED KRAVITZ BRINGS US ALL THE MONACO PADDOCK GOSSIP WITH HIS MONACO NOTEBOOK THE DAY BEFORE, MAX HAD ALSO ACHIEVED...
MAX VERSTAPPEN HAS WON THE EMILIA ROMAGNA GRAND PRIX 2025! WATCH HOW HE DID IT HERE – AND STAY TUNED FOR MORE…! LEWIS HAMILTON SPEAKS AFTER THE RACE BY AMANDA WATERS
LET’S CATCH UP WITH ALL THE PADDOCK GOSSIP FROM THE IMOLA QUALIFYING SESSION AT EMILIA ROMAGNA WITH TED KRAVITZ, AND STAY TUNED FOR HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GRAND PRIX RACE ITSELF LATER THIS AFTERNOON – WHICH STARTS AT 14.00 P.M. TODAY!
ANTHONY DAVIDSON AND HARRY BENJAMIN BRING US UP-TO-DATE WITH EVERYTHING WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED DURING FRIDAY PRACTICE AT IMOLA..!
WHAT A DYNAMIC MATCH THIS WAS LAST NIGHT! ARSENAL MADE 365 PASSES WITH A 79% PASS ACCURACY (AND HAD 55% POSSESSION), WITH 19 SHOTS AND 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING NOTEABLE CRACKERS FROM DECLAN RICE, (WHICH JUST WENT WIDE OF THE POST), AND ALSO MARTINELLI, ODEGAARD, AND SAKA’S GREAT ATTEMPTS ON GOAL – BUT UNFORTUNATELY, NOT MUCH WAS GETTING PAST PSG’S 6ft 5″ DONNARUMMA UNTIL BUKAYO SAKA’S 76TH MINUTE BEAUT! PSG MADE 320 PASSES, WITH A 76% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 11 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, BUT WITH DAVID RAYA READY-AND-A-WAITING, SAVING 4 OF THOSE, (INCLUDING A PENALTY FROM VITINHA), THE PSG ‘MOMENTUM’ WAS HELD-AT-BAY! 2 STRONG PSG STRIKES DID HIT THE BACK-OF-THE-NET THOUGH, WITH 1 FROM FABIAN RUIZ AT 27 MINS., AND ANOTHER FROM ACHRAF HAKIMI AT 72 MINS! S...
WELL, WELL, WELL! AFTER DAYS OF EXCITING BUILD-UP, A SPECTACULAR LIGHT-SHOW, AND THE ARSENAL PLAYERS’ STERN FACES OF INTENT WHILST EMERGING FROM THE TUNNEL – (NOT TO MENTION MIKEL ARTETA STRIDING AROUND WITH AN EQUALLY-RESOLUTE LOOK ON HIS FACE, DRESSED ALL IN BLACK, AS ALWAYS, LIKE A MAN ON A MISSION) – ALL THE EXCITEMENT FOR ARSENAL FANS CAME TO A CRASHING HALT WHEN DEMBELE SCORED A SUPERB GOAL INSIDE OF FOUR MINUTES LAST NIGHT. THE DEFLATEMENT FROM THE CROWD SEEMED TANGIBLE AS HEARTS SANK ALL AROUND THE STADIUM, UPON THE REALISATION THAT PSG WERE EXTREMELY WELL-ORGANISED AND GOING TO BE A COMPLETE HANDFUL! PSG MADE 437 PASSES, WITH AN 85% PASS ACCURACY AND HAD 53% POSSESION, SO THE STATS WEREN’T TOO DIFFERENT REALLY WITH ARSENAL MAKING 389 PASSES, WITH AN 89% ACC...
OSCAR PIASTRI WON THE SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1:21:06.758, WITH MAX VERSTAPPEN SECOND (+2.843 s), CHARLES LECLERC THIRD (+8.104 s), LANDO NORRIS FOURTH (+9.196 s), AND GEORGE RUSSELL FIFTH (+27.236 s) THERE WAS MUCH ARGEY-BARGEY BETWEEN MAX VERSTAPPEN AND OSCAR PIASTRI ON THE FIRST CORNER – RESULTING IN A FIVE-SECOND TIME PENALTY FOR MAX…! HERE IS THE INCIDENT IN MORE DETAIL… MARTIN BRUNDLE’S FULL SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX GRID-WALK INTERESTING TEAM RADIO TALK FROM QUALIFYING AT THE SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING SESSION 2025 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE QUALIFYING SESSION AT THE SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2025 SAUDI ARABIAN POST-QUALIFYING INTERVIEWS
WHAT AN EVENTFUL NIGHT IT WAS IN THE MATCH BETWEEN REAL MADRID VS ARSENAL YESTERDAY! THE POOR REF FRANCOIS LETEXIER SEEMED A LITTLE FLUMMOXED AT TIMES WITH HIS OFFICIATING, WITH THE RESULT OF ONE DECISION BEING TO DECIDE TO OVERRULE HIMSELF! HE MADE THE DECISION TO PUNISH DECLAN RICE FOR A PULL ON MBAPPE’S SHIRT, BUT AFTER AROUND 5 MINS., HE EVENTUALLY CONSULTED VAR OVER HIS DECISION, (WHICH OBVIOUSLY STOPPED THE MOMENTUM OF THE GAME) AND CHANGED HIS MIND! THERE WAS MORE ARGEY-BARGEY BETWEEN ALABA AND SAKA, WITH ALABA BEING AWARDED A YELLOW (WHICH SOME THOUGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RED) FOR A PARTICULARLY CLUMSY COMING-TOGETHER WITH SAKA, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE SEEN REAL MADRID DOWN TO 10 MEN. (WHO WOULD WANT TO BE IN HIS POSITION AT THAT MOMENT?😒) BUT HEY, HO, IT WAS A RIVETING MA...
BAYERN MADE 542 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY, (WITH 63% POSSESSION) AND HAD 20 SHOTS WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING STUNNERS FROM HARRY KANE AT 52 MINS., AND ERIC DIER AT 76 MINS., IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST INTER MILAN LAST NIGHT. WITH INTER MAKING 334 PASSES, WITH A 73% PASS ACCURACY, HAVING 15 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM LAUTARO MARTINEZ AT 58 MINS., AND A SUPERB GOAL FROM BENJAMIN PAVARD AT 61 MINS., (THEREBY EQUALISING AGAINST HIS OLD CLUB) AND SENDING INTER THROUGH TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS AS THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 2 – 2 DRAW, WITH INTER MILAN WINNING 4 – 3 ON AGGREGATE! UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : INTER MILAN VS BAYERN MUNICH – 16/04/2025
ASTON VILLA HAD A WHOPPING 17 SHOTS LAST NIGHT IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST PSG, WITH 9 ON TARGET, IN AN AMAZING COMEBACK, INCLUDING THREE STUNNERS FROM YOURI TIELEMANS AT 34 MINS., JOHN MCGINN AT 55 MINS., AND EZRI KONSA AT 57 MINS. PSG HAD 14 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET, INCLUDING TWO CRACKERS FROM ACHRAF HAKIMI AT 11 MINS., AND NUNO MENDES AT 27 MINS., BUT WITH NO FURTHER GOALS, THE GAME CULMINATED IN A 3 – 2 WIN TO ASTON VILLA! (BUT HEARTBREAK, AS THEY WILL NOW HAVE TO EXITE THE COMPETITION AS PSG WON 4 – 5 ON AGGREGATE.) “I’M PROUD OF MY TEAM” SAID UNAI EMERY AFTER THE MATCH
BORUSSIA DORTMUND MUST BE FEELING CHIPPER TODAY, AND ESPECIALLY SERHOU GUIRASSY AFTER NETTING HIS BRILLIANT HAT-TRICK, MAKING HIM THE HIGHEST SCORING AFRICAN PLAYER IN A SINGLE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CAMPAIGN! FIRSTLY, WITH A CLINICAL SHOT FROM A PENALTY AT 11 MINS., AND THEN ANOTHER STUNNER AT 49 MINS., FOLLOWED BY A SUPERB GOAL AT 76 MINS! DORTMUND HAD 18 SHOTS, WITH 11 ON TARGET IN FACT, AND BARCELONA HAD 7 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON TARGET, BUT WITH NOTHING REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET APART FROM AN UNFORTUNATE OWN GOAL FROM RAMY BENSEBAINI AT 54 MINS., THE MATCH ENDED IN A 3 – 1 WIN TO BORUSSIA DORTMUND, WITH DORTMUND FANS STANDING TO APPLAUD THEIR PLAYERS AT THE FINAL WHISTLE AFTER THEIR INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE DURING THE MATCH. BARCELONA WILL NOW GO THROUGH BECAUSE OF THEIR FIRST LEG ADVANTAGE...