With a win, Rosberg would have been able to become the only driver other than Ayrton Senna to win the Monaco Grand Prix four times in a row, while Hamilton had suffered a string of bad results at the circuit, having won only once in 2008.
Cunha vitoria, Rosberg podería converterse no único piloto agás Ayrton Senna en gañar o Gran Premio de Mónaco catro veces seguidas, mentres que Hamilton sufriu unha serie de malos resultados no circuíto, logo de gañar unha soa vez en 2008.