Postpublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 29 May 2022
Carlos Sainz has changed his race helmet and is given a wipe down by a Ferrari crew member.
There is a fella in the crowd with just a T-shirt on, soaked to the bone, with steamed up glasses.
Summary
Perez wins after Red Bull jump Ferrari at pit stops
Sainz 2nd, Verstappen 3rd, Leclerc 4th
Race delayed following heavy rain and a heavy crash for Schumcaher
Magnussen, Schumacher, Albon out
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Team radio - to Leclercpublished at 14:10 British Summer Time 29 May 2022
"This intensity will be like this for another 10 minutes then lighter for another three minutes."
Postpublished at 14:09 British Summer Time 29 May 2022
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 LiveIt is teeming. It's cats and dogs out there. It is a deluge. This is going to be a fun race when we get going.
Postpublished at 14:09 British Summer Time 29 May 2022
Dancing down now. Ponchos and brollies galore in the stands.
Postpublished at 14:08 British Summer Time 29 May 2022
This heavy rain isn't backing off, at least for the next 10 minutes, polesitter Charles Leclerc is told.
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Josh Land: Stupid start procedure. Let them get on with it and let the teams work it out
Cactus Jack: Start behind the Safety Car??? What is this?
Postpublished at 14:07 British Summer Time 29 May 2022
Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporterThe clouds coming this way are dark and angry, we are going to get more rain. It is going to get heavier.
Postpublished at 14:07 British Summer Time 29 May 2022
Formation lap will start at 14:16 BST, behind the safety car, is the latest update.
Team radio - Verstappenpublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 29 May 2022
"What are we waiting for? For it to dry up?"
Postpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 29 May 2022
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 LiveThey are all sprinting out with full wets, not necessarily because they want them but because they are mandatory.
Postpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 29 May 2022
Lewis Hamilton is the latest driver to be told it's not exactly going to plan and it'll be wet tyres to start.
"Delayed start, Max," Verstappen is informed.
"What are we waiting for?" the Dutchman responds.
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Paul Robbins: Better a drying track than a wet race me thinks.
Tanya Smith: A wet Monaco? This is going to be interesting.
Tractor Watcher: You mean it might not be a boring procession after all? Get in. #bringontherain
Postpublished at 14:03 British Summer Time 29 May 2022
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A tyre blanket falls to the floor as Haas crew members leg it down the pit lane with a tower of tyres.
Postpublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 29 May 2022
Formation lap will start behind the safety car.
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Formation lap is going to start at 14:09 BST. There is an air of frantic chaos around the pits now.
"Expect rain a few laps into the race," Red Bull tell Sergio Perez. "Three or four laps into the race."
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The tarmac is looking greasy.
"There is heavy rain coming the next couple of minutes," Valtteri Bottas is told over team radio.
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The two former McLaren team-mates, Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris, were alongside Verstappen on the small stage in 2021.
It was Sainz's first podium finish for Ferrari, while Norris, who also started fifth that day and was decked out in that special addition race suit, was popping champagne for the third time in his career.
Image source, Getty ImagesRewind: Verstappen took victory in 2021published at 13:57 British Summer Time 29 May 2022
Image source, Getty ImagesFollowing Leclerc's race drop out, Max Verstappen cruised to his maiden Monaco victory 12 months ago.
The Dutchman was too strong for the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas off the line and was untroubled on his way to his second win of the season - a win that put him in charge of the drivers' championship for the first time in his career.
Postpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 29 May 2022
Keep a cool head around these streets and victory is yours. Take a risk and it doesn't pay off, and you'll be shuffling back to your apartment in Monaco for a very early bath.
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