WE'RE READY FOR MONACO! Good afternoon from the Principality! The day of the most challenging and famous race on the Formula 1 calendar is upon us. Welcome to Eurosport's live text commentary of the Monaco Grand Prix. What should be looking out for? Charles Leclerc starts on pole for his home race as the Monegasque driver looks for his third win of the season. His Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz starts alongside him on the front row. Championship leader Max Verstappen starts from 4th on the grid. With rain on the cards in the weather forecast, it could throw up an interesting race!

Formula 1 | Monaco Grand Prix

Circuit de Monaco | 29.05.2022

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ByMarcus Foley

Updated 29/05/2022 at 16:18 GMT

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CLASSIFICATION - TOP TEN

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RACE REPORT

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Monaco Grand Prix

Perez holds off Sainz and Verstappen for first win of season at dramatic Monaco GP

29/05/2022 at 18:50

END OF RACE - PEREZ WINS!

Sergio Perez takes the chequered flag! He gets to the line ahead of Sainz in second! Verstappen gets third place, ahead of Leclerc in fourth!

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LAP 63 - ONE LAP TO GO!

The clock is now down to zero as we are into the final lap! Perez looks like he is poised to take his third race win and first at the Monaco Grand Prix!

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LAP 59 - BACKMARKERS APPROACHING!

This front group have now caught up with the back of the field, as Guanyu lets the four cars past under blue flag conditions on the main straight. This may cause Perez some issues. Three minutes left!

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LAP 57 - IT IS GETTING CLOSER!

Sainz is looking for options to get past Perez, but he cannot quite do it on the way into the Nouvelle chicane!

All the top four are very bunched up! We have five minutes left to go!

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LAP 52 - JUST OVER TEN MINUTES TO GO!

It may be a nervy finish here! Perez' tyres are clearly graining, and the cars behind him are beginning to close up. 2.9 seconds covers the top four!

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LAP 51 - SAINZ CATCHING PEREZ!

It seems that Perez is struggling a bit more now, and Sainz has dropped the gap down to under a second!

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LAP 50 - ALBON RETIRES FROM RACE

Alex Albon pulls into the Williams pit box to retire the car. It is not clear what his issue is. Meanwhile, Zhou Guanyu has a scary moment going down the hill into the Nouvelle chicane, and makes a great save to keep his car on the track. He is forced to cut the corner, and Tsunoda retains 15th place ahead of him.

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LAP 43 - NO ACTION AT THE FRONT!

It is as you were at the front, as Perez is now 3.5 seconds clear of Sainz. Leclerc remains two seconds behind Verstappen in 4th place.

In the midfield, Alonso, who is in 7th, is holding up a queue of cars behind him, which includes Hamilton, Ocon and Bottas. The Mercedes man is worried about the front runners catching the train of cars which he currently occupies. Pete Bonnington, his engineer, informs him that the gap currently stands at over thirty seconds. Just over 15 minutes to go!

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LAP 39 - PEREZ NOW LAPPING QUICKLY

The gap at the front has now been increased to two seconds, as Perez gets the hammer down. The real question is though, when will the Mexican's tyres start to fall off the cliff?

We will not be going full race distance today, and now have just under 25 minutes left of the race to go.

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LAP 37/77 - DRS NOW ENABLED

This is bad news for Sergio Perez, as Carlos Sainz now has more of a chance to get past, despite there only being one DRS zone on this track. Race control now feels that the track is dry enough for the drag reduction system to be turned on.

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LAP 36/77 - SAINZ CLOSES GAP TO LESS THAN A SECOND

Sainz is now quicker than Perez in the Ferrari, and has just set the fastest lap of the race, with a 1:18.150. The gap now stands at eight tenths of a second. This is showing what was already confirmed. The harder tyre is the better race compound.

Meanwhile, the lap count has now changed to a timer, which signals just over thirty minutes left to race - we assume this relates to the two-hour time limit.

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LAP 35/77 - PEREZ STILL LEADS!

Sainz does look quick on the harder compound behind the race leader, but Perez is going faster on the mediums.

Meanwhile, Esteban Ocon is given a five-second penalty for causing a collision - we assume that this was for the contact with Lewis Hamilton earlier in the race.

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LAP 33/77 - WE ARE BACK RACING!

Sergio Perez gets us back underway as the green flag is out! No change to the order as of yet following the restart!

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LAP 32/77 - SAFETY CAR IN THIS LAP

The safety car is coming in at the end of this lap. It will be a rolling start, so Sergio Perez will be the one to decide when to go once the green flag is out.

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LAP 30/77 - WE ARE BACK UNDERWAY

We are underway back under the safety car - the lapped cars will be able to overtake the safety car. Leclerc is staying on the hard tyres, but Verstappen switches to a brand new set of medium tyres.

Currently, those cars are: Tsunoda, Guanyu, Latifi and Albon.

RACE WILL RESTART AT 17:15 LOCAL TIME

The race will resume in ten minutes' time, and it will be a rolling start, not a standing one.

SCHUMACHER CRASH

A pretty nasty crash, that. Look at the wreckage of that Haas! Schumacher looks fine out of the car, but he may be going for a precautionary check at the medical centre.

Image credit: Getty Images

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LAP 30/77 - CARS ARE NOW IN PIT LANE

The cars now lineup in the pit lane while we are under red flag conditions. Take a look at the accident that caused the red flag to come out - we are glad that Schumacher was able to walk from that one.

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