We have a live blog for the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix, with updates and highlights throughout the race!

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Stroll has a puncture, and he gets into the pits just as Ricciardo and the rest of the pack is catching up to him. Oh, they’re fitting a new front wing for Stroll as well. He’s fitting the supersoft tires, and Stroll rejoins in last place. Magnussen says there is debris at the hairpin, but I don’t see it. Stroll gets lapped by Alonso and a couple others, so it’s a pretty disastrous start for Williams. Vettel is 1.9 seconds back of Ricciardo. Hamilton is about 4 seconds back of Vettel, with Raikkonen right behind and here comes Hamilton into the pits!

Hamilton needs to get out in front of Ocon, but he doesn’t. He rejoins in sixth!

Sirotkin is under investigation for his team working on his car during his previous penalty. Yeesh! Hartley pits for Toro Rosso. Vettel’s team radio tells him to stay out as long as he’s comfortable with the pace. Hamilton needs to get past Ocon, and it looks like he has. Ricciardo just put in another fastest lap, and is 2.6 seconds clear of Vettel.

Lap 9/78

Hulkenberg comes over team radio and says the race pace is way too slow. Sirotkin under investigation for some kind of incident .... oof, he’s got a 10-second stop-go penalty, so he must have done something bad! Looks like his wheels were not fitted by the three-minute signal on the grid, and that’s the penalty. He pits to serve it, and rejoins in last place.. Verstappen takes Stroll for 16th. He’s on the ultrasoft tires, by the way. Hamilton sets a purple lap on Lap 8.

Lap 5/78

Clean racing for a few laps here. There was a brief yellow flag in sector two, likely from debris off of Hartley’s car. Hartley, notably, did not stop, so the wing damage may not be as significant. Ricciardo’s team radio comes on and tells him “Remember what your job is now. Stay focused.” Vettel back 1.4 seconds of Ricciardo by Lap 5. Verstappen passes Ericsson for 17th.

Lap 1/78

Lights are out, and everyone gets away well! Vettel gets awfully close right off the bat, but Ricciardo starts pulling away. Verstappen makes up a couple spots from the back right away. Hartley seems to have taken some serious front wing damage. None of the top cars have had issues on the first lap, which is remarkable itself! Verstappen jumped both Haas drivers on the start! Grosjean not happy on the team radio, from last.

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Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull Racing has pole position for the 2018 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix. which is set for 9 a.m. ET on Sunday. Ricciardo is joined by Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari on the front row, just edging out Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes, the current points leader.

The race will be broadcast by ESPN in the United States Live online streaming of the race can be had via WatchESPN, the ESPN App or the recently-launched F1 TV Pro.

Along with the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Indianapolis 500 — which is also set for Sunday, about an hours after the F1 race — the Monaco Grand Prix is widely considered to be among the top three races in all of motorsports.

And for good reason. The Circuit de Monaco is one of the most exciting on the calendar, and is certainly the most prestigious. It’s a short road course with few straights, which results in slower but much, much tighter racing. It’s a blast, and well-worth watching.

Anybody new to the sport checking in can see our F1 season preview here, though we’re a few races into the season now.

Max Verstappen put his car into the wall in the final practice session on Saturday morning, and Red Bull were working on the car as the first qualifying session got underway. There was some hope they might be able to get the car out there in time, but they discovered a problem with the gearbox, which is a much longer repair, so he did not set a time in qualifying despite being one of the favorites for pole.

Many felt he either would have taken pole, or could have at least locked out the front row with his teammate, Ricciardo. Instead, he’ll be starting from the back. The Red Bull cars are noted for their exceptional aerodynamics, so on a course like Monaco that is not all about brute force, Ricciardo managed to set a lap record in the third qualifying session by getting down into the 1:10s, something no other driver was able to accomplish.

Romain Grosjean of the American-owned Haas F1 Team will start 18th after a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the Spanish Grand Prix. His teammate, Kevin Magnussen, will start 19th after a poor qualifying sesion.

Hamilton has Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari for company on the second row, with Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes rounding out the Top 5.

Below is all you need to know to watch the action on Sunday, and below that is the full starting grid for the race.

How to watch the 2018 F1 Monaco Grand Prix

Date: Sunday, May 26

Location: Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo

Time: 9 a.m. ET

TV: ESPN

Online Streaming: WatchESPN, ESPN App, F1 TV Pro