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How to Drive the Monaco Circuit – F1’s Most Iconic Track Explained

How to Drive the Monaco Circuit – F1’s Most Iconic Track Explained In this Circuits of the past video, we show you a track guide of the historic Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix street circuit. We start our lap on the 3.3 km short circuit at Start/Finish on a normal summer day. Monaco is the shortest circuit on the F1 calendar, where it is since 1955. However, there were already Grand Prix here in the 1930’s, with the first one in 1929. After Start/Finish drivers position the car to brake in the straightest possible line for Saint Devote. Sainte Devote is the first of 19 corners at the Monte Carlo street circuit. As you see, the tyre marks of the Formula 1 race are clearly vissible. During the races, the track is bounded by crash barriers that are right next to the track. So a mistake is punished very hard at Monaco. After Sainte Devote they accelerate uphill through Beau Rivage, a series of flat out kinks in the direction of the casino. Overtaking at Monaco is very difficult, so pole position is more important here than on any other Formula 1 circuit. The next braking point is the left-hander named Massenet. Right after this corner is a slower right-hander in front of the Casino Square. In the short straight that follows is the famous bump. During the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix you see the cars make a swerve around this bump. Down into Mirabeau Haute and downhill to one of the most famous corners in Formula 1, the Fairmont Hairpin, which is also the slowest corner in Formula 1. The original name of this corner is Stations Hairpin, because there was a railway station here. Than the station was replaced by a hotel and the hairpin adopted the name of the hotel. First it was known as the Loews Hairpin, than the Grand Hotel Hairpin and now the Fairmont Hairpin. The next corner is Mirabeau Bas. Here Schumacher saw his race ending during the first lap of the rain effected 1996 Monaco Grand Prix, won by Olivier Panis. These are the corners of the champions, because in the next corner, named Poitier, Ayrton Senna crashed while leading the 1988 Grand Prix. After the crash he walked to his appartement, which was not far from the corner. After Poitiers they accelerate to the famous tunnel, the fastest section of the Monaco Grand Prix Circuit. At the end of the tunnel is the braking zone for the chicane. This braking zone runs downhill with a kink in it. That makes braking very tricky here and also many drivers found their Waterloo here. The chicane is named ‘Nouveau Chicane’ which is French for New Chicane. Untill 1985 there was a faster chicane here, which was modified to the current slow chicane in 1986. In theory, this is the best point to overtake. But usually here too, an attempt to catch up ends in tears. In 1955 Alberto Ascari crashed here and plunged into the harbour. Fortunately he could safe himself. However, tragically he was killed only 4 days later during a test at Monza. Ten years later, Paul Hawkins also crashed into the harbour here after he spun in the chicane. He also could safe himself but was killed in 1969 at Oulton Park. After a short straight comes the most challenging part of the Monaco Circuit. First they go through Tabac, where they kiss the barriers on the exit. Formula 1 cars go over 150 miles per hour here, but as you see when filming this lap it went a little slower. The next corner is the fast left-right combination around the swimming pool followed by a very short straight where the drivers position to brake hard for the slower right-left combination. This is also a very critical point at the circuit. During the last free practise before qualifying for the 2018 Grand Prix, Max Verstappen wrecked his car here and throw away his whole weekend. The next corner in front of restaurant La Rascasse was the scène of a lot of trouble in the past. After a car spun here the complete track was blocked. So they changed this corner in 2003. The next corner is probably best known as the corner where Michael Schumacher parked his car at the end of qualifying in 2006, to force a yellow flag and secure his pole time. However, the officials decided that he had to start at the back of the grid. The final corner is named after Antony Noghès, the founder of the Monaco Grand Prix. As you see, all corners of the Monaco Grand Prix Circuit are full of history. So that was our lap at the Monaco Grand Prix Circuit. During the 2019 Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton took pole here in 1:10.835. In the video we took a little more time for a lap. Special thanks to Simon Smith for the voiceover. Visit also his channel:    / higherplaingames   If you want to support Circuits of the past, go to:   / circuitsofthepast   For single donations and tips you can go to: paypal.me/circuitsofthepast Thanks for watching this video. Don't miss our new videos and subscribe to my channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/Circuitso... Thanks for the subscribe :)