Monaco Grand Prix
Monaco Grand Prix

Monaco Grand Prix: Predictions, odds, race time, TV channel, track guide & latest F1 standings


All the key details ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix, including big-race betting tips from our 'Pit-lane insider', the full weekend race schedule and start times, a selection of statistics, a track guide, the latest odds and standings.

The 2017 Formula One season continues this weekend, with the iconic Monaco Grand Prix taking place on the streets of Monte Carlo on Sunday, May 28.

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel heads to the Principality as the championship leader but only by six points from Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton, who triumphed at the Spanish Grand Prix last time out.

Here, we bring you our prediction from our 'pit-lane insider' while we also have the full weekend race schedule, results, key statistics, track guide, the latest odds and the current standings for the driver and constructors championships.

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Monaco Grand Prix: Weekend Schedule & TV Guide


Thursday May 25

Free Practice 1: 1000-1130 (UK time: 0900-1030)

Free Practice 2: 1400-1530 (UK time: 1300-1430)

Click here for Thursday's practice review and timesheets

Saturday May 27

Free Practice 3: 1100-1200 (UK time: 1000-1100)

Qualifying: 1400-1500 (UK time: 1300-1400) 

Sunday May 28

Monaco Grand Prix: 1400 (UK time: 1300)

TV Coverage

Sky Sports F1 and Channel 4 will both be broadcasting the race and all the other sessions live. 

Monaco Grand Prix: Betting preview


Our ‘Pit-Lane Insider’ continued his great start to the season by tipping up Lewis Hamilton to reign in Spain at 6/4.  Here are his thoughts and best bets for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton arrived in Monaco just six points behind Sebastian Vettel in the race for the title after beating the German in an epic Spanish Grand Prix.

Hamilton delivered the perfect response to his disappointing performance in Russia as he recorded his second victory of the season at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, rewarding backers of this column in the process.

The Briton is once again the 5/4 favourite as he looks to follow up last year’s victory on the tight streets of Monte Carlo with championship rival Vettel, who has finished in the top four in four of the last five races on the legendary street circuit, a 13/8 shot.

But while all the smart money is on the top two in the betting there's plenty of value to be had slightly further down the grid on a track where winning is not all about power.

The one driver who stands out in the pre-race odds is Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, who finished second here last year after a slow pit-stop let in Hamilton with victory in his sights.

While team-mate and Monaco resident Max Verstappen has a habit of crashing on this circuit, for once Red Bull won’t be quite as disadvantaged against the more powerful Mercedes and Ferraris.

Therefore, the Australian, who secured a podium finish in Spain and claimed pole here last year, looks like he’s worth each-way interest at 16/1.

One driver who is unlikely to make a fairy-tale return to F1 is 2009 world champion Jenson Button, who makes his comeback six months after retiring from the sport.

Button makes a one-off appearance for McLaren as a replacement for Fernando Alonso, who is competing in the Indianapolis 500.

The Briton is yet to test this year’s car apart from in a simulator, where he admitted he rolled the car into the harbour, but will get his first taste in Thursday’s practice – hardly ideal preparation.

The 37-year-old has nothing to lose this weekend but also little to gain and with so little preparation I can’t see him finishing the race.

Finally, only one team, Force India, have managed to secure double points finishes in every race this season. They did it in this race last year with Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg and are odds-against to do it again with Perez and Esteban Ocon at the wheel.

Suggested bets:

Race Winner:  Daniel Ricciardo – 16/1

Not to be classified:  Jenson Button - evens

Double Points finish:  Force India - 5/4

Posted at 1630 BST on 24/05/17

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Monaco Grand Prix: Track Guide


Venue: Circuit de Monaco

Circuit length:  3.337 km

Laps: 78

Race distance:  260.286 km 

In-race lap record: 1:17.939 (Lewis Hamilton, 2016)

2016 winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

2016 pole position: Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)  1:13.622  

2016 fastest race lap: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1:17.939 on lap 71

Number of corners: 19 (8 left/11 right)

Tyre compounds to be used: ultrasoft/supersoft/soft

Bumpiness: medium

Overtaking chance: very low

Engine severity: low

Brake wear severity: medium/high

Gearbox severity: high

Winners from pole position since 2005: 9

No of safety cars deployed since 2005: 19


Monaco Grand Prix: Sky Bet Odds


Ferrari are strong favourites to win the Monaco Grand Prix after dominating qualifying on Saturday.

Kimi Raikkonen (5/4) claimed pole from team-mate and world championship leader Sebastian Vettel, the 10/11 favourite to claim his third win of the season.

Lewis Hamilton, who headed to Monte Carlo as the pre-race favourite, is out to 50/1 after struggling in practice and then finishing 14th in qualifying.

The three-time world champion admits his first target is to force his way into the points on the tricky street circuit. Sky Bet are offering Price Boosted odds of 10/1 (from 7/1) for the Briton to make the podium.

Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas is 12/1 to win for the second time this season with Red Bull duo Max Verstappen (22/1) and last year's race winner, Daniel Ricciardo (33/1) next in the betting.


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Latest Formula One Driver Standings 2017


1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 104pts
2 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 98
3 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 63
4 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 49
5 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 37
6 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 35
7 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 34
8 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Force India 19
9 Felipe Massa (Bra) Williams 18
10 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso 17
11 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 14
12 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 5
13 Pascal Wehrlein (Ger) Sauber-Ferrari 4
14 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 4
15 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 4
16 Lance Stroll (Can) Williams 0
17 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Sauber-Ferrari 0
18 Jolyon Palmer (Gbr) Renault 0
19 Stoffel Vandoorne (Bel) McLaren 0
20 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 0
21 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 0  

Latest Formula One Constructors Standings 2017


1 Mercedes GP 161pts
2 Ferrari 153
3 Red Bull 72
4 Force India 53
5 Scuderia Toro Rosso 21
6 Williams 18
7 Renault 14
7 Haas F1 9
9 Sauber-Ferrari 4
10 McLaren 0 

Monaco Grand Prix: Statistics & Facts


Lewis Hamilton is six points behind Sebastian Vettel in the championship race after he recorded his second win of the season in Spain. Hamilton joined only Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen of the current grid to win on two occasions in Barcelona.

Hamilton also secured the 12th hat-trick - that of pole position, victory and fastest lap - of his career in Spain. Only Michael Schumacher (22) has managed that on more occasions than Hamilton.

Hamilton lapped the entire field up to Daniel Ricciardo in third at the Spanish Grand Prix. The last time that happened was the 2008 British Grand Prix, also won by Hamilton.

The British driver could match Ayrton Senna's tally of 65 pole positions here in Monaco this weekend. Schumacher leads the all-time list with 68.

Hamilton will be joined on the grid in Monaco by his countryman Jenson Button who is back in the sport as he fills Fernando Alonso's vacant McLaren. Button's sabbatical between last year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and Sunday's race in Monte Carlo will have been 183 days.

Button's McLaren are the only team yet to record a single point this year after Pascal Wehrlein finished eighth for Sauber in Spain. Alonso however. did secure his first finish of the season after he crossed the line in 12th.

Track position is crucial in Monaco with the tight street circuit making overtaking virtually impossible. Indeed the 2003 race was one of only four grands prix in which no overtaking moves were recorded. The others were the 2005 United States Grand Prix, the 2009 European Grand Prix in Valencia, and this year's grand prix in Russia.

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