Fantasy F1: Monaco

- You choose three drivers for each race - one from Group A and two from Group B - plus a team.

- The top eight finishers in the race receive 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 fantasy points respectively, plus there is a bonus point for any driver leading at any stage during the race and another for completing the entire race.

- The top three drivers in qualifying will earn 3, 2 and 1 points respectively, meaning each driver can receive a maximum of 15 fantasy points during each race and each team can earn a maximum of 27 fantasy points per race.

- Each driver and constructor can be an active member of your team in no more than four races.

The deadline to create a team for each race is 8am local time on the day of qualifying.

Let's start with the'A' drivers this week, those plucky lads who used to fight it out at the front of the field but are now reduced to begging for the scraps from the heavy plates of Brawn GP, Red Bull and Toyota.

It might just be time to use a pick on Lewis Hamilton as McLaren's record in Monte Carlo is second to none - and the tight layout will mask any lingering deficiencies in the MP4-24 better than any other circuit could.

Lewis won there a year ago, was second on his debut and has openly declared his love for the race; plus his form in practice has been pretty solid.

Otherwise you could go with Fernando Alonso, whose practice form has not been as impressive but who is also a previous winner in Monaco - twice, in fact, and both with Renault.

The Ferraris are catching up - witness their showings on the opening day of practice - so if your blood runs red then take a punt on Felipe Massa: he has podiums and is the quickest of them so far, although Kimi Raikkonen is another former race winner in Monaco (2005).

Avoid BMW pairing Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld as you would a genital plague: the former could not even lay down a lap-time in second practice after suffering engine trouble.

And so to the cream of the crop, the, er, 'B' drivers.

Jenson Button has said it is getting harder and harder to top the timesheets and podiums as the season gets older, and he might just be right. We'd save those precious Brawn picks though for a longer, open track where their still-apparent advantages will serve you better.

Having said that, Rubens Barrichello did top first practice and finish behind only practice specialist Nico Rosberg and Hamilton in the second run-out.

Ah, Rosberg: whatever the reasons, his Williams is simply not living up to its practice promise on raceday, and he has a history at Monaco - of crashing out. Avoid him.

Toyota have struggled almost as much as BMW - the shock of the weekend so far, perhaps - so it would represent a gamble to go with either Timo Glock or Jarno Trulli, despite the latter having also won at the track (2004).

The Red Bulls have also encountered problems with Sebastian Vettel 's engine blowing out smoke and Mark Webber's transmission acting up, but they are the main threat to Brawn at this point of the season and have looked quick enough when not idling in the garage.

Renault's Nelson Piquet Jr is not pulling up any trees while Kazuki Nakajima of Williams could be a better option, having shown some pace, if you want to go with someone leftfield - but don't expect him to win.

As for the teams: go with Brawn, Red Bull, McLaren or Ferrari, as you wish - but we'd recommend that you avoid Toyota and for heaven's sake don't go with BMW drivers: they seem to have lost the plot.