Welcome to the most prestigious and glamourous race on the Formula One Calendar, the iconic Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo!
There’s nowhere quite like Monaco. It’s one of the most historic locations in Formula One. It was the second ever Formula One Championship race in 1950, and It’s been on the calendar every year since 1955 – apart from 2020 due to COVID-19. And the race is so well respected that it’s the only one on the calendar that does not adhere to the FIA's mandated 305-kilometre (190-mile) minimum race distance.
It's the Grand Prix that every driver wants to wants to win. And in the first 19 years of Red Bull Racing, the Team has had plenty of success there. Mark Webber (2), Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen (2) and Sergio Pérez have all won there in a Red Bull car.
The track itself is as narrow and twisty as it gets, so there’s no surprise that qualifying important for the drivers because overtaking is extremely difficult. There are 19 turns (12 right handers and seven left), the longest flat-out section is just 669m long and the drivers will only be at full throttle 59% of the time. On average there will be 47 gear changes per lap.
Monaco is the shortest race on the calendar at just 260.286km long; that race distance comprises of 78 laps of the 3.337km circuit. Lewis Hamilton currently holds the track record of 1:12.909, which he set in 2021.
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