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A legendary race at the heart of Monaco!

The Monaco Grand Prix is an iconic motorsport event of the Formula 1 World Championship, held each year on the streets of Monte Carlo since 1929. Widely regarded as one of the most prestigious races in the world, alongside the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Rallye Monte-Carlo in motorsport legend, for the first time in 2025, the race adopted a title sponsor, becoming the “Formula 1 TAG Heuer Grand Prix de Monaco.” This milestone results from a partnership between Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer and luxury group LVMH, further strengthening their presence in the world of Formula 1. Already the Official Timekeeper of Formula 1 and a partner of the Automobile Club de Monaco since 2011, TAG Heuer deepens its commitment to motorsport. This collaboration marks a new era for the Monaco Grand Prix — one that combines heritage with innovation. Since its inception in 1929, drivers and teams have relished the challenge of racing on the narrow, undulating streets of the Principality of Monaco, with its sharp corners, elevation changes, and iconic tunnel. It remains one of the most demanding circuits on the Formula 1 calendar — and one that every team and driver dreams of winning. " ["post_title"]=> string(40) "Formula 1 TAG Heuer Grand Prix de Monaco" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(40) "formula-1-tag-heuer-grand-prix-de-monaco" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2025-05-23 13:25:17" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2025-05-23 11:25:17" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(65) "https://acm.mc/epreuves/formula-1-tag-heuer-grand-prix-de-monaco/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(8) "epreuves" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } }

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F1, FP1: Leclerc marks his territory

The first Free Practice session of the Formula 1 TAG Heuer Grand Prix de Monaco allowed Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), the title holder in the Principality, to show that he was perhaps in a position to fight for the win, although we’ll have to wait for Saturday afternoon’s qualifying to be sure. The Monegasque finished slightly ahead of Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and Lando Norris (McLaren), thanks also to on-track traffic which prevented championship leader Oscar Piastri (McLaren) from completing a clear lap at the end of the session, on soft tyres.

This is already the 8^th round (out of 24) of the 2025 season, and Leclerc was not very optimistic on Thursday at the FIA press conference. But it was as if the many F1 and Scuderia fans he met in the MGP Fan Zone on Friday morning had given last year’s winner a boost. He was the only driver to go under one minute and 12 seconds per lap, improving on Lewis Hamilton’s time of 1:12.169 in EL1 last year, in a Mercedes, by two tenths.

Sir Lewis changed teams this winter and spent a good part of FP1 searching for the limit, all over the circuit (9^th of this session). At the top of the timesheet at the start of the session, he is aiming for an eighth podium in the Principality, like Ayrton Senna in another era. And at the end of the session, he treated the public at the Piscine to a superb jump, rally-style, after leaving the ideal trajectory at very high speed, in the corner of the famous swimming-pool. He then returned to the Ferrari pit to check that nothing was broken on his SF-25 which is clearly making progress.

Behind Charles and Max, the young father of Lily, Norris took 3^rd place in this session, while team-mate Piastri, who deserved better, was blocked by a slower driver in his final attempt. As did a number of drivers, starting with Leclerc, who tore off his front left wing on the side of Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin at the start of the session, when the Canadian misunderstood what was going on at the Fairmont hairpin.

The big question this Friday is whether the Ferraris, in FP2 from 5pm, will be as convincing in race conditions as they have been so often since the start of the season. For the true level of performance, we’ll have to be patient and wait for qualifying on Saturday afternoon. As Max Verstappen said in the FIA press conference on Thursday: ‘Until we finish our very last lap in Q3, we won’t know where we stand with our car’. This is probably the case for all the drivers taking part in this Formula 1 TAG Heuer Monaco Grand Prix. Including both Ferrari drivers, of course…

Results

📊 Here is your Top 3 from the first free practice session 🏎️

Fastest lap for Charles Leclerc 👊🇲🇨

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📊 Voici votre Top 3 de la première séance d’essais libres 🏎️

Temps le plus rapide pour Charles Leclerc 👊🇲🇨#MonacoGP #F1 #MonacoCircuit pic.twitter.com/yM92ef3efF

— Automobile Club de Monaco (@ACM_Media) May 23, 2025

Published on:23 May 2025