Here's the team that could pull off a surprise win in this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix

Formula 1 is headed to Monaco this play for its crown jewel race, nan Monaco Grand Prix, and while nan play has been dominated by Mercedes.

However, this title mightiness coming a aureate opportunity for their closest competitors: Ferrari.

The Silver Arrows person won each title — Grand Prix aliases Sprint — pinch nan lone objection of nan Sprint title successful Miami, which was won by McLaren's Lando Norris.

The Monaco Grand Prix uses 1 of nan series' tightest, twistiest, and slowest circuits, which intends immoderate cars will beryllium amended suited for it than others. (Photo by Glenn Dunbar/LAT Images)

That has put a important spread successful nan standings betwixt them and Ferrari; however, Monaco presents an opportunity for nan Scuderia to break up Mercedes and title leader Kimi Antonelli's tally of dominance.

That's because Ferrari's car and powerfulness portion are expected to beryllium good suited for nan notoriously tight and twisty Monaco circuit.

All play long, Ferrari's spot has been nether acceleration. This has been astir clear connected title starts. Go backmost and look astatine conscionable astir immoderate commencement this play and nan Ferraris look for illustration they've been changeable retired of a cannon while nan Mercedes and others often look beautiful sluggish.

With arsenic galore slow corners arsenic Monaco — pinch immoderate for illustration nan edifice hairpin and La Rascasse being among nan slowest connected nan full almanac — getting done them and accelerating retired of them is simply a large deal. You can't trust connected straight-line velocity for illustration you tin connected different circuits, and Ferrari, they'll beryllium cool pinch that arsenic it's not their biggest strength.

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A circuit pinch plentifulness of slow corners should play correct into Ferrari's hands. (Photo by Guido De Bortoli/LAT Images)

Finding clip successful these slow corners connected Saturday successful qualifying could mean a commencement from pole, and successful Monaco, that really gives you an separator connected a circuit wherever overtaking is astir impossible.

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Even reigning champ Lando Norris expects to spot nan Prancing Horses commencement up front.

"Honestly, I deliberation that Ferrari will beryllium connected rod adjacent play successful Monaco," Norris said, per Motorsport. "Their low-speed capacity is acold amended than everyone else."

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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will beryllium hunting for his 2nd triumph astatine Monaco, which happens to beryllium his location race. (Photo by Bradley Collyer/PA Images via Getty Image)

Now, a cardinal things could spell wrong, moreover if either Ferrari driver, Charles Leclerc aliases Lewis Hamilton, starts up front. Weather could beryllium a factor; they could clip a wall; they could tally into a method issue.

But nan cardinal to winning astatine Monaco these days is starting pinch nan champion way position possible, and Ferrari is looking astatine its champion chance to do that truthful acold this season.