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Modern F1 car design makes it quite tricky to tell drivers apart by their helmet designs at the best of times, but several have unveiled Monaco special designs that makes that task ever so slightly more tricky. Whose is your favourite so far?
There's an absolutely huge Ferrari flag on the grandstand overlooking the Swimming Pool section, and another one with Charles Leclerc's name printed in bold letters. No question, the local man has plenty of support this weekend.
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We're a little over five minutes away now. Are we ready?
It's 29.8 °C degrees out there, with track temps well in excess of 54 °C. It's going to be a hot afternoon's work for all concerned.
Max Verstappen comes to Monaco hoping to make it four wins on the trot, after he took the spoils in Spain last time out. The reigning world champion is one of five previous Monaco winners in the field - his victory last year following in the footsteps of Fernando Alonso (2006, 2007), Lewis Hamilton (2008, 2016, 2019), Sebastian Vettel (2011, 2017) and Daniel Ricciardo (2018).
If you're a fan of Jarno Trulli, then it's likely to be 2004 - the occasion of the Italian one-lap maestro's only GP win. But there have of course been plenty of epic Monaco races down the years, not least the 1970 race when Jack Brabham made a mistake on the final lap to allow Jochen Rindt to win, or Lewis Hamilton's 2008 wet weather masterclass.
It's 30 years this year since the famous Monaco bout between Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell in 1992, the first time that season that the latter had been beaten after his Williams FW14B swept to victory in the first five races of the year. What is your favourite Monaco GP memory?
It's a glorious sunny afternoon in Monaco, perfect conditions await the field for the 79th edition of the famous street race.
First practice will get underway in a little over 20 minutes at 13:00 BST, and we'll be bringing you all the updates as F1's 2022 cars take to the Principality's narrow streets for the first time.
Good afternoon and welcome to Autosport's live text coverage of Formula 1 practice from the Monaco Grand Prix.
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