F1. Monaco Grand Prix 2024: LIVE commentary of the race – Formula 1

Everything is ready for the start of the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix, the eighth Formula 1 round of the season. Live coverage of the race in the Principality

May 26, 2024

Lto Formula 1 warm up your engines for the eighth round of the season, the most glamorous of the entire calendar, where yachts, VIP guests and champagne are the backdrop to the real challenge, the one that takes place on the track, and obviously we are talking about the Monaco Grand Prix 2024. Only a week ago we were preparing for the start of the first Italian race of the year at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, but now it’s already time to tell another story. This time from pole positionas already happened in 2021 and 2022, will be triggered Charles Leclerca home hero here in the streets of the Principality which saw him grow and become an established driver in the world of motorsport, moving from the preparatory categories to the Scuderia Ferrari.

QThis race is worth more than the others for the Monegasque from the Maranello team, it’s not just his home racebut one race that could change the fate of the Red team’s season that needs answers after the substantial update package brought last week to Imola to the SF-24, which we will see today with the high downforce design regarding the rear wing. Winning in Monte Carlo means writing your name in the history of Formula 1, winning in Monte Carlo for Leclerc means returning to the top step of the podium after almost two years, the last time was in 2022 in Austria, at the Red Bull Ring. Winning in Monaco means something to Leclerc break the “curse“ which haunts him in his home races since Formula 3; in his entire career he only managed to cross the finish line twice, without ever getting on the podium. But most of all, winning today means that a new Formula 1 story is starting with Red Bull which seems to be beatable by its opponents.

THEIn fact, to find a single-seater from the Milton Keynes team we have to climb up to sixth position on the starting grid. The Monegasque weekend for the world champions got off to a decidedly uphill start Max Verstappen who complained quite a bit about the stiffness of his single-seater. However, these complaints of his are the order of the day at every event on the track, and yet, this time, his opinion was not a simulation, but the whole truth. In fact, the three-time world champion will only sprint sixth due to an error at the Santa Devota in Q3. He will therefore start behind Oscar Piastrisecond alongside Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris And George Russell. The situation on the box side of Sergio Perez he is even worse as he was unable to go beyond 18th position. However, he gained a position starting 17th thanks to the disqualification of the two Haas of Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussennscaled to the bottom of the grid. McLaren the period of grace that began in Miami continues thanks to the updates to the MCL38, which will be extraordinarily colored with the colors of Ayrton Senna to pay homage to him thirty years after his tragic death in Imola on 1 May 1994. A track like that of Monaco shows all the skills of a driver, regardless of the car, so pay attention also to the Mercedes that could come into fight that Lewis Hamilton from seventh position. Overtaking in the narrow streets of the Principality is difficult, it’s true, but in the 78 laps the unexpected is around the corner with Safety Cars, red flags and strategies that could reverse the situation on the track.