Monaco Grand Prix track
Any Formula 1 pilot dreams to win on the Mythical circuit of Monaco which is
slowest and hardest of the World Formula 1 Championship. The one that wins
in Monaco deserves it because even a small error in the streets of the principality
is fatal. The qualifications are always determining, the overpass being almost
impossible. However, the number of abandons being high, a good control can
ensure a place in the points.
It was the second circuit of the history to receive
formulas 1 in 1950 (May 21), after Silverstone, but there were races since
1929. It is one of last "circuits of men" where the talent of the
pilot can still make the difference (Ayrton Senna won it 6 times)
The circuit, which remained nearly identical since 1950, is 3,340 km long. Passed the line, the pilot arrives at Sainte Dévote curve, place of many accidents. The track goes up until the left-right of the Casino of Monte-Carlo, from there, goes down again to the right curve of the Mirabeau. It continues then to the slowest turn of the championship : Virage Fairmont (formerly Virage Loews), on the site of which is the Fairmont Hotel Monte-Carlo. The section of the Portier brings to the sea, where the track borrows a tunnel and carries out to the baffle close to the port. Then turn on the left of the Tobacco Shop, the section of the Swimming pool, then the stiff turn on the right with Rascasse, follow-up of the curve Anthony Noghes, then finally the line of the stands.
Laps : 78 |
Lieux-dits | Kmh | Rapport boîte 6 | |
lère ligne droite après le départ | 264 | 6 | |
1 | Virage Sainte-Dévote | 86 | 2 |
2 | Montée Beau-Rivage | 254 | 6 |
3 | Virage Massenet | 130 | 3 |
4 | Virage du Casino | 114 | 3 |
5 | Virage Mirabeau | 75 | 2 |
6 | Virage Fairmont (Loews) | 45 | 2 |
8 | Virage du Portier | 80 | 2 |
9 | Tunnel | 250 | 6 |
10 | Nouvelle Chicane | 55 | 2 |
12 | Virage du Tabac | 132 | 3 |
13 | Virage Louis Chiron | 79 | 2 |
15 | Face aux Tribunes T-W | 178 | 3 |
16 | Virage de la Rascasse | 50 | 2 |
17 | Virage Anthony Noghes | 77 | 2 |
18 | Ligne d'arrivée | 271 | 6 |