Checo Pérez loses historic point for Cadillac after Monaco penalty

Mexican driver Checo Pérez finished the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix in tenth place on the track, which would have earned his team Cadillac its first Formula 1 championship point. After the race, FIA stewards applied a ten‑second penalty for a restart infraction, dropping Pérez to fifteenth in the official results and stripping Cadillac of the point.

Pérez described the race as “very complicated” and said the penalty was a “disappointment” after a hard‑fought effort that included an early restart, overtaking many cars and battling vibration issues. The incident marks a missed historic milestone for the American‑backed Cadillac entry in Formula 1.