One of the world's greatest
and most challenging motor-racing events, the Monaco Grand Prix is
the last 'street course' remaining in the Formula One calendar. Staged
around the narrow, winding streets of Monte Carlo, the attraction of
the Monaco Grand Prix is the proximity of the speeding Formula One
cars to the race spectators. The twisting 78-lap circuit offers countless
opportunities over the 263-kilometre race to witness the thrill of
screaming engines, smoking tyres and the genius of the drivers on a
course that allows no margin for error. Since the first Monaco Grand
Prix was staged on the 14 April 1929, the fastest average race speed
has risen from 80 kilometres (50 miles) per hour to 142 kilometres
(88 miles) per hour. |