That's the first time he had started from the front row in a Grand Prix, having done so in Canada earlier this year.

And now Jacques Laffitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Laffitte

And there's the man in the green flag!

Schumacher has made his final stop three times.

Motor racing can never be totally safe and it never should be in my opinion.

There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher.

A battle is developing between them' I say developing, because it's not yet on.