Formula 1 heads to Monte Carlo this weekend for the Monaco Grand Prix and the second leg of the European triple header from May 23-25.

The Monaco Grand Prix is a lot of things - historic, spectacular, gaudy, even perhaps a little distasteful in its glamorisation of ostentatious wealth.

It could have cataclysmic ramifications for those involved in the race – equally, it has just as much chance of adding absolutely nothing.