F1 | Here are the Sky and TV8 TV times of the Monaco Grand Prix

After Imola, another leap into history, another track with an almost unparalleled pedigree, even if over time it has become an even narrower and more severe barrier to overtaking possibilities also due to the – increasingly generous – dimensions of the single-seaters. We are talking about the Monaco Grand Prix which is held in the heart of Monte-Carlo.

The weekend that is about to arrive is one of a kind. In fact, Saturday represents the potentially most important day for the fate of the final result. Whoever starts on pole has enormous chances of winning the race, even if a driving error – as the walls are very close and escape routes are almost non-existent – in strategy or in the pits is always around the corner.

Over the past years we have witnessed several events of this type, with the poleman unable to win for the most disparate reasons: missing tires at the pit stop, errors in controlling the car involved in an accident the day before or strategies so bizarre that several successes were thrown to the wind in a way that borders on the absurd.

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38

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But that’s another story. Every edition of the Monaco Grand Prix is and this will be no exception. Everyone is chasing the Red Bull, even if, at least in qualifying, over the course of the last few races we have been able to appreciate important changes in performance values.

McLaren and Ferrari turned out to be much closer to the RB20s. Max Verstappen has not yet been beaten and this weekend he will be chasing the absolute record for consecutive pole positions, which now belongs to him but together with Ayrton Senna. Yet the opponents are there and they are scary. Furthermore, the layout of the track could also give something more… to Ferrari. In slow speed the SF-24 has often shown admirable things, so on a twisty track with low top speeds like Monte-Carlo it could have the opportunity to win again.

Many other teams will try to take advantage of the morphology of the track to bring home important points. We are talking in particular about Mercedes and Aston Martin, two of the biggest disappointments of this first part of the 2024 season. But there are also other teams that will try to achieve good results. Among these Racing Bulls, which in recent races seemed to be more than on the rise, and Haas, always dangerous on the flying lap with Nico Hulkenberg in great form.