A wet Monaco Grand Prix is in prospect with forecasters reporting a better than average chance of rain on Sunday afternoon in Monte-Carlo.
A band of moderate rainfall is expected to arrive from the west around the time of Sunday’s race.
However the build-up to the race is expected to be dry, with bright and sunny conditions forecast for qualifying. A largely cloudless day will see temperatures peak at around 24C while the grid for the race is being set.
Thursday’s practice sessions will be run in cooler, cloudier conditions with temperatures only just reaching the twenties.
The last time the Monaco Grand Prix saw significant rainfall was in 2008, when Lewis Hamilton won.
For more updates on the track conditions during each session keep an eye on F1 Fanatic Live and the F1 Fanatic Twitter account.
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Craig Woollard (@craig-o)
25th May 2016, 11:07
900-odd horsepower, no traction control and Monaco in the wet. What’s the worst that could happen?
bezza695 (@bezza695)
25th May 2016, 11:17
a quick old red falg
bezza695 (@bezza695)
25th May 2016, 11:17
flag*
Captain Pie (@captainpie)
25th May 2016, 14:29
@craig-o @bezza695
many many spins, bumps, slides, skids, aquaplaning and best of all…..
….. the showing of some great driving skills from some of the worlds top drivers
Gabriel (@rethla)
25th May 2016, 17:40
There may be no “traction control” but they will run a supersoft enginemapping and shortshift like hell. You will see nowhere near 900hp.
Uzair Syed (@ultimateuzair)
25th May 2016, 11:08
YES! Please make it pour down with rain on Sunday afternoon! Monaco races are only interesting when it rains.
PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
25th May 2016, 11:27
@ultimateuzair No, not pour down. It should drizzle just enough to make teams wonder whether inters is the right call.
ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
25th May 2016, 12:44
Yes. Wet but not too damp and some pitstop call mistakes.
Todfod (@todfod)
25th May 2016, 11:15
Yay! :)
Look forward to it. Nothing like rain or unpredictable weather at this circuit. Monaco 2008 springs to mind
Stu Linton (@)
25th May 2016, 11:16
Now I’m all excited for something like Monaco 96 or 97, when in fact it will be a glorified Mercedes GT S advert. Sometimes I wonder why we have full blown wet tyres anymore because any rain heavier than inter conditions tends to bring out the safety car anyway.
Fingers crossed.
Patrick (@paeschli)
25th May 2016, 17:52
The Pirelli full wets are one of most awful tyres ever produced in the history of motorsport, that’s why.
BasCB (@bascb)
26th May 2016, 5:46
Lets just give it a chance. Pirelli did work on their rain tyres over the winter, so maybe they will finally give them a chance to do what they are meant to do – be raced on @paeschli, @r-questionmark
ColdFly F1 (@)
25th May 2016, 11:27
I’ll put my money on Olivier Panis then ;-)
alex
25th May 2016, 12:00
Only a fool will believe that it wont rain
Robbie (@robbie)
25th May 2016, 12:18
Hope the forecast changes by Sunday.
Moshambles (@moshambles)
25th May 2016, 13:11
Fingers crossed for rain!
Tommy Scragend
25th May 2016, 13:15
If it does rain, I hope good old uncle Charlie lets them race and we don’t have to watch them trundle round behind the safety car for a dozen laps.
magon4 (@magon4)
25th May 2016, 16:38
@keithcollantine I don’t know where you get your weather info from, but to me it seems there is no chance of rain whatsoever, the whole weekend!
Mark G (@)
25th May 2016, 17:38
I’ll be at the race on Sunday (my first F1 race!) and all the forecasts do indeed predict it’ll be a wet one. Fingers crossed it does rain a little and turns it into a classic, but not enough to make it a red flag borefest! Knowing my luck it’ll be the latter…
Any tips on maximising the experience? We’ll be sat in the grandstand before Rascasse, overlooking the pit lane.
SauberS1 (@saubers1)
25th May 2016, 22:31
I would like rain for the race!
NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
26th May 2016, 6:01
Oh yes!
Anything can happen in the rain and it usually does.
kipp
26th May 2016, 6:28
Any tips on what to wear in the wet would be appreciated. Expecting to get soaked….
jimmi cynic
26th May 2016, 8:52
Just the usual Monte Carlo speedo. ;-)
Michael Baumert (@nothingreal)
27th May 2016, 4:59
A wet Monaco could really prove interesting but if we’re expecting dodgy conditions during the race it would be nice to see it during quali as well.
Also.. I’d love to see a changing conditions situation.. where the “when do we get on/off inters?!” tyre strategy plays a big part in the overall race.
At any rate, here’s hoping this weekend is a good follow up to Spain.