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For a preview of the 26th, Monaco Grand Prix, Sam, we're starting to get back into some serious F-1 action.

The European season starts properly.

Now, we're going to have these races thick and fast sooner rather than later.

Your Europeans, I can't even speak.

Oh, you did that your, yeah, your warm-up vocals. My vocal warm-ups.

I was going to say your European season starts right here in the way that Dermag the X Factor. Absolutely conced it that quickly. It's good, we have that whole chat about buildup and getting it together. And I literally did what we said about. Hilarious. Anyway, hello, it's Monaco Week. It's the most iconic week in Formula One. Let's see how good it could be with these new regulations. Let's see if we could turn over a new leaf and have a bit of fun this week. And a bit of fun on this podcast as well. We're going to be playing true or false Monaco GP edition later on in the show. Oh, good. So you've set me up with a logo 50-50s where famously I am the worst in the world at getting 50-50s.

I've got faith in you today. Don't know why. Got faith in you. I reckon you got it.

We've got under pressure submissions, bold predictions, our poll one, two, three predictions as well,

and everything to do with the Monaco GP, of course, because from Montreal, we go to Monaco for

round six of the

26th season, with teams set for one of the most unique challenges of the year. As well as the

obvious glitz and glamour of the Principality, Monaco is a place steeped in F1 heritage,

with the race going back nearly 100 years at this point, and was the second ever race in the history of the

F1 Championship back in 1950. The track, though, has remained relatively unchanged over the years

and presents itself as a test for the car's low and medium-speed cornering. It also presents

itself as a test for overtaking, which means qualifying is often pretty essential. We've had a few

wet Monaco Grand Prix in recent years. This ain't gone be one of them. The current forecast is

beautiful sunshine, about 26 degrees. That's 79 Fahrenheit for our American friends. Mercedes

have won all five races so far this year, with Antonelli having won four in a row,

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