Monaco is always like this, it’s a different sort of challenge. That said, I think the way that F1 and Sky promote Monaco
as a big flagship race really hurts F1 overall, as it’s not an impressive TV spectacle. F1 people always say you have to come there to appreciate it, but that’s not really on the cards for most of us.
Also for some reason Monaco has its own TV director, who conveniently managed to miss the only overtake of the race after lap one:
