India, June 6 -- Just ahead of the Formula 1 2026 Monaco Grand Prix Qualifying race, Ferrari confirmed that Team Principal Fred Vasseur has been hospitalized. The 58-year-old Frenchman was taken ill ahead of the sport's most critical qualifying session of the year and will remain under observation at a local medical facility during the home race of Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc.

Lewis Hamilton believes he can still top the podium for the first time for Ferrari despite missing out on the front row of the grid for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.

The four-time world champion has managed only one podium in the opening five races of the ​season, but a sensational qualifying performance means he will start alongside ​pole setter Kimi Antonelli.