Good afternoon, all, and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Monaco Grand Prix. We get under way in one hour round that famous twisty, turning track, with Lewis Hamilton starting on pole.

And Vettel is really pressing on Rosberg now, just over a second behind.

Dany Kvyat is in fourth at the moment - Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Raikkonen are tussling over fifth.

Hamilton is apparently concerned for his brakes - something to keep an eye on there.

Rosberg, on the other hand, has Sebastian Vettel looming.

Hamilton's not really pressing at the moment; he's maintaining a decent enough lead over Rosberg and has no need to do anything more.

There was a point a lap or two ago, incidentally, where Hulkenberg was the fastest man on track.

Massa is lagging a lap behind, with Hulkenberg next in line to be overtaken by the teaders.

Hamilton now three seconds in front of Rosberg. They always say Monaco isn't a great track for overtaking...can Rosberg conjure up anything?

Bits and pieces of debris all over the track from the various clips we've had already.

That's probably best for everyone.

Maldonado is in the pits, and the car is being taken back into the garage.

Alonso picks up a time penalty for that incident earlier.

And there's Verstappen going into eighth at the second time of asking.

Verstappen's pushing Maldonado, and there's contact there too.

Young Max Verstappen is being told to put pressure on Maldonado. Can't help but worry a little for him.

Maldonado is told over the radio that his brakes are OK. Gracious of them to think it might be a technical problem that caused the issue, not the driver.

Hamilton is stretching his lead, almost two seconds over his teammate now.

Apparently Massa had an incident with Maldonado. This seems quite plausible.

That clip between Alonso and Hulkenburg is being investigated by the stewards - he's carrying on for the time being with a new front wing, and Felipe Massa has pulled into the pits. He'll be lapped by the time he's back on track.

Nico Hulkenburg has run into the wall at Mirabeau after a nick with Fernando Alonso, and Felipe Massa is having problems too. Hamilton and Rosberg lead the field.

Lights out!