Monaco GP preview - can Leclerc finally win at home or does Antonelli make it five

[Phil]

The Monaco Grand Prix runs Sunday June 7, the sixth round of the 2026 season. Charles Leclerc leads the betting at 39.5% on Polymarket having taken three previous poles at his home circuit. Ferrari topped FP1. Lewis Hamilton sits at 16% alongside championship leader Kimi Antonelli who is on a four-race winning streak. Antonelli leads the Drivers Championship by 43 points. Lando Norris is at 10.5% and George Russell at 9%. Pole position is almost everything at Monaco and Ferrari's pace in practice makes this genuinely open.

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[IronFist66]

Leclerc at 39.5% is fair value. He has had pole three times and been robbed by strategy and pit call disasters every single time. The Monaco curse has to end eventually

[Hollow85]

Ferrari topping FP1 in Monaco means more than topping FP1 anywhere else. Low-speed corners reward mechanical grip and the Ferrari has the best front end in the field right now

[Hollow Coder]

Norris at 10.5% feels about right given McLaren's recent form but Monaco is so circuit-specific that those points mean less here than any other race on the calendar

[WearyCoder]

Antonelli winning Monaco in his debut season would be the most impressive individual achievement in F1 since a very young Verstappen started dominating. The kid is something else

[Badger27]

Hamilton at Ferrari in Monaco with two previous poles there is the storyline nobody is talking about enough. He knows that circuit as well as anyone alive

[WWFRoss95]

Whoever gets pole converts it 75% of the time in Monaco. Qualifying Saturday is the real race and everything on Sunday is track position management