Monaco Grand Prix

I am watching live coverage of the eighth race of the 2025 Formula 1 racing season on May 25, 2025. The Monaco Grand Prix is being broadcast on a feed from ESPN2 from a feed from Sky Sports F1. The 78-lap race started at 3 p.m. local time (9 a.m. Eastern Time in the United States).

(UPDATE: ESPN2 has kids calling the race, while ABC TV has the regular adult announcers announcing. I switched from the kids to the adults at lap 5. It's good that they are making an attempt to attract young kids to F1.)

Below is a diagram of the Circuit de Monaco (capacity: 37,000) is a street circuit laid out on the city streets of Monte Carlo and La Condamine around the harbour of the Principality of Monaco. While this race is typically the most boring race of the season, it is quite famous. The lanes are so narrow that overtaking is incredibly difficult. The Monaco Grand Prix was a race during F1's first season in 1950.

(UPDATE: In an attempt to make this race less boring, this is the first season that two pit stops are mandatory for this race.)

Each circuit (track) around the world has a different configuration, therefore a different dynamic, regarding turns and elevation fluctuations.

This season's 24-race schedule is as follows: Australia, China, Japan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Miami (U.S.), Italy, Monaco, Spain, Canada, Austria, Great Britain, Belgium, Hungary, The Netherlands, Italy (different circuit), Azerbaijan, Singapore, Austin (U.S.), Mexico, Brazil, Las Vegas (U.S.), Qatar, and Abu Dhabi. 

Before each race, there are two or three days of practice/qualifying. The races run every week or every other week from March into December, with a month-long summer break.

In Formula 1 racing, there are 20 (male) drivers, with ZERO drivers from the United States.

There are 10 teams (with two drivers on each team), so not only do drivers compete against their rivals, but they also compete against their teammates. There are two championships: one for the drivers and one for the constructor teams.

The 10 constructors are Alpine, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Haas, Kick Sauber, McClaren, Mercedes, Racing Bulls, Red Bull Racing, and Williams.

This season, as with last season, there are three races in the United States. In fairly recent years, there were no drivers from the United States and no races in the United States.

Formula 1 racing is the only sport that I actively follow. I have been a fan for decades. I watched my first F1 race decades ago on television at the home of one of my many Austrian cousins while on vacation in Austria.