Monaco GP Preview: Are Ferrari Really Favourites?

F1: Chequered Flag

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🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Are Ferrari really the favourites to take their first win of the season this weekend? And is there growing tension between the two Mercedes drivers? Rosanna Tennant is joined by Damon Hill, Jolyon Palmer, Harry Benjamin and Andrew Benson to tackle the big talking points heading into the race weekend. They hear from both Mercedes drivers, as well as Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris. Plus Dutch journalist Nelson Valkenburg also joins the team to talk Max Verstappen.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:06.0	Experience football like never before on BBC Sounds.
0:09.5	Join the Football Daily podcast to dive into the fallout
0:12.2	from an unforgettable Premier League season.
0:14.6	Wow, these fans have got absolutely wild.
0:18.1	And all the build-up to an incredible football summer to come.
0:21.7	Overhead cake!
0:23.7	That is sensational!
0:28.3	Expert Insights and the biggest names in the game on the Wayne Rooney show.
0:32.2	Just coming to the club was already a dream control, a privilege, never saw or dreamed about being the captain of the club.
0:33.8	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:37.0	Five Live Formula One.
0:40.1	What a backdrop we have for our show today.
0:43.4	Welcome to Monaco.
0:45.0	I'm standing on one of the keys jutting out into the iconic Port Hercule here in Monte Carlo.
0:50.9	The music is blaring from the Red Bull Energy Station.
0:53.9	And as I look out across the harbour,
0:56.0	there are boats galore, little, a little bit bigger, bigger and huge.
1:01.0	There are some serious yachts here this weekend, as you might imagine.
1:05.0	It is glitz, it is glamour.
1:07.0	I'm Rosanna Tennant, less so glitzy and glamorous, but I am joined by an astounding crew of gentlemen.
1:12.6	Harry Benjamin, our lead commentator, has really dressed up for the occasion.
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