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Coverage of the qualifying session for the Monaco Grand Prix
is on this Saturday 25 May on ONE HD starting at 21:30 AEST.

Note that coverage of the race itself is on TEN on Sunday starting at 21:30 AEST.

The weather is predicted to be clear both for qualifying and the race.

After Ecclestone said in Spain that "The tyres are wrong, not what we intended when we
asked Pirelli to produce something which did half a race", Pirelli announced on May 14th
that they would make changes to the tyres starting from Canada next month.
Pirelli said that the pressure to make changes had come from the fans, not Ecclestone.

However, the FIA rejected a proposal from Pirelli to go back to last year's tyres
stating it would be against the technical regulations. Ferrari, for one, don't
favour a change but Red Bull and Mercedes do. Pirelli announced they are
looking at what they can do to prevent the tyres delaminating.

What the fans obviously want are the cars and drivers to be pushed to the max.
It was telling in Spain when the fastest race lap time was a full 5.5 seconds
slower than the P1 qualifying time.