While Monaco is known as a gambling haven, its Formula 1 grand prix is generally a meritocracy rather than one defined by being dealt a good hand. Qualifying on pole is usually a recipe for success on Sunday, and even F1's best efforts to try something different by mandating two pitstops didn't turn the race into a roll of the dice as some feared.
Instead, the qualifying result was still respected at the front, which is making us lean more heavily on Saturday to define this column, while there was also scope for unorthodox team work further down the grid in the scrap for points.
