Toto Wolff is high-fiving singer Ciara and her husband, Denver Broncos quarterback, Russell Wilson.

Valtteri Bottas has his phone in his hand and is tweeting- and it's a cracker...

BBC weatherman Ian Fergusson, please tell us some good news?

"Showers developing west of circuit aren't showing signs of developing so rapidly and heavily as those we've already seen.

"I'd like to hope we are now approaching a tipping point to get this gig underway, after sufficient drainage of standing water satisfies race director."

Jost Capito tells Sky Sports it's going to be a "long afternoon."

Cheers, Jess. I'm trying to forget about that.

TV pictures have just shown former Real Madrid boss and football legend Zinedine Zidane in the crowd. What a weekend he's had.

Thank you, Christian. Hopefully this weather will head our way so we can get this show on the road.

Image source, Christian Brooks

Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

The clouds are shifting to the east, I can see sun breaking through the horizon. It's not raining, it's all going in the right direction and I am positive we can get this one going.

One of our colleagues at BBC Sport, who was at Friday's sunny practice sessions, is currently sat in Nice airport, looking out of the window at a lovely blue sky. Just a few fluffy white clouds thrown in for good measure.

Pete Ainsworth: Typical FIA. They throw a red flag, and the rain stops... Now they'll delay for 10-15 minutes, and 5 minutes before they're due to restart the rain will start coming down again...

Simon: If this race had been somewhere other than Monaco would it have started in these conditions? Are race control being more safety conscious because of the complexity and high chance of accidents at this circuit?

Jolyon Palmer says it is "still spitting".

As Peter Kay once said, it's that fine rain that soaks you through.

BBC weatherman Ian Fergusson: "Rain expected to ease at 15:35 local (14:35 BST), the teams are advised... but no sign yet of a start time from race control."

Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

Spa was really set in. We have a lot of intense rain but it only started raining half an hour ago. There is time for this to sort itself out.

The hills around Monaco are shrouded in dark clouds. Everyone in the paddock is dripping wet, so Haas boss Guenther Steiner whacks up a massive golf umbrella to stay dry.

Red Bull team principle Christian Horner on Sky Sports: "Its the right thing to have stopped it now but I'm not sure why we didn't get going in the first place - but now it's too wet to be racing out there.

"We were neutral to it [the rain] - we needed something, whether it was a safety car or whatever. If we were on pole we would be a lot less happy with the weather but being in the second row it does create something.

"It depends on the conditions - a standing start would be dangerous right now. We're expecting rain for 10 minutes and then for it to get better - if it does start to clear a bit then a standing start would be preferable.

"We've all got radars that we're tuned into but there is a bit of a micro-climate in Monaco and then I think some confusion was caused by the change and the delay."

I have never got this wet in a racing car.

Pete Bonnington has his hood right up as he chats to Lewis Hamilton back in the garage.

Meanwhile, Mick Schumacher says, with a little chuckle, he's never been this wet in a Formula 1 car.

Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live

It is way too wet to drive. It is a crazy amount of water. Now I just hope it dries up at some point so we can go racing. Now I am thinking back to Spa last year, where it just kept raining and we never got a race.

Now we need it to stop raining a little bit and it will still be interesting to watch.

Absolutely no idea what the headlines will be come the end of this race.