F1 2025 Monaco GP LIVE: Race stream, updates and start time with Norris starting on pole – UK Times

“I told my engineer I’m a bit less depressed starting last than I would have been last year, there’ll be some opportunities – I look forward to a good result.”

“Starting fifth around here… fifth is the target!”

“A lottery… could be a curveball result.

“The Racing Bulls are running their own race, we’re focused on our race, Yuki is a big far out of touch – it’s more down to safety cars.”

“So far so good. Always a bit of tension on the grid, the start will be crucial. Same for everyone!”

Prince Albert of Monaco among the throng of VIPs standing for the national anthem on the grid!

“I’m in Europe now for the summer, back to Miami in 2-3 weeks – still building there.

“I like watching F1 more than driving it!”

“It’s always a good race, this might be one of my yearly trips!”

On constructors’ title: “To take on McLaren in the constructors will be immensely difficult, our priority is the drivers. We’re still in striking difference, it was a timely win last week.

“You’ve got to stay in touch in the summer, when the pressure really comes in the last quarter of the championship, he strikes!”

Last year’s procession around the principality – where the order of the top-10 did not alter once – was the final straw. In an era where the show is king for F1’s owners Liberty Media, something had to change at the sport’s most famous race.

Where better to roll the dice than Monaco? Ahead of the 2025 season, the team bosses met and concocted a plan to revitalise a grand prix where overtaking is nigh-on impossible, given the immovable parameters of the famous twisty street circuit. All drivers will have to run three sets of tyres in the 78-lap race on Sunday, making two pit-stops effectively mandatory – unless there is a red flag, like last year.