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Monaco Grand Prix For qualifying, race reports and final result click here
Official tickets are available through the Automobile Club of Monaco (Automobile Club de Monaco) and when they become available click here or by phone (+377) 93 15 26 00 There are also travel packages including tickets for the Monaco Grand Prix from various companies, with departures to Nice from airports in the UK. High street travel agents often do these, companies like Thomas Cook, and there are also those companies who do hospitality along with accommodation in one of the hotels in Monaco with grandstand tickets for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday normally included. If you’re not after a hospitality package for the F1 and want to organise the travel yourself, the closest airport is Nice International. The hotels get booked up well in advance so you might need to look over the border from Monaco to towns like Nice. Check out expedia for example for availability for Monte Carlo, and if there isn’t anything available try them for Nice too. There are frequent trains from Nice to Monaco and back, and they are normally well organised for Grand Prix time. For hotels in Monaco and flights to Nice check sites like expedia – if all the local hotels are booked try Nice as an alternative. |
2010: Mark Webber (Red Bull)
2009: Jensen Button (Brawn)
2008: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren Mercedes)
2007: Fernando Alonso (McLaren Mercedes)
2006: Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2005: Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren Mercedes)
2004: Jarno Trulli (Renault)
The initial Monaco Grand Prix (pre-Formula 1) took place in 1929. Anthony
Noghès, through the Automobile Club de Monaco, organised this maiden
event. William Grover-Williams won the race driving a Bugatti. This first
race was part of the pre-Second World War European Championship.
In 1946, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) defined a new premier-racing category. This new racing category was Formula 1. A Monaco Grand Prix ran to this formula in 1948 and the popularity of the event was shown by a good number of Monaco Grand Prix tickets sold. Future world champion Nino Farina won this race in a Maserati 4CLT. Organisers cancelled the 1949 race because of the death of Prince Louis II.
The race received inclusion in the new Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship in 1950. The practice session for the race takes place on the Thursday preceding the race instead of Friday. This facilitates the streets opening to the public again on the Friday. Over the years, this race has proved a supreme test of driver's skill and daring. It remains the signature event of the Formula 1 racing season each year and an industry has built up around Monaco Grand Prix hospitality.
The Monaco F1 circuit consists of narrow streets, which climb, descend and require utmost driver accuracy. The course also has a tunnel that racers must enter, negotiate and exit; all the while adjusting their eyes to darkness and abruptly to daylight again.
Tight turns are the order of the day as well. The race is 78 laps on a course
that is 3.340 kilometers or 2.075 miles in length. The race distance is 260.520
kilometers (roughly 157 miles). The circuit includes the city streets of Monte
Carlo close to Casino Square
and La Condamine, including the world-famous Monaco
harbour
Drivers extraordinaire have graced the Monaco Grand Prix since its beginning. Monaco itself has produced three native Formula 1 drivers. These were Louis Chiron, André Testut, and Olivier Beretta.
Top winners at the Monaco F1 include Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna with six victories, British driver Graham Hill and German driver Michael Schumacher with five wins each. France's Alain Prost garnered four first-pace finishes. Stirling Moss and Jackie Stewart of Britain secured three victories each.
McLaren, Ferrari and Lotus have the most Monaco F1 constructor wins, with 15, 9 and 7 respectively.
Following are the future dates - the Monaco Grand Prix 2011 is May 26-29 - other years are:
May 24 to 27, 2012
May 23 to 26, 2013
May 22 to 25, 2014
That the best sections for viewing the race are A1, A4, V, Z1 and Z2, worth considering when ordering your tickets and Monaco Grand Prix hospitality packages.
That many Monaco residents rent out their terraces for the event to offer prime viewing spots for race fans? Your travel agent will have more information about this.
That hotel rooms are highly sought after for the Monaco F1. It's best to reserve well in advance, and if that is not feasible, plan to stay in Menton, Nice or other nearby towns. You can then take a train or a bus into Monaco for the race.
Several Grand Prix tour operators book reservations for the event? Check them out on the Web under Monaco Grand Prix hospitality packages.
If you're driving into Monaco during Grand Prix time it's a sure recipe for short tempers! Access is very restricted and parking is non-existent during the race weekend in Monaco. Alternative methods of transportation are necessary for having a stress-free time.
The average temperature in Monaco for May, when the race runs, is 68F, and the Principality of Monaco has a mild climate, with over 300 days of sunshine per year.
Two drivers have crashed and ended up in the harbour? One of them, Alberto Ascari, in 1955, went into the harbour after missing a chicane.
When Graham Hill of Britain won the Monaco F1 race five times in the 1960s, he earned the nickname 'King of Monaco' and 'Mr Monaco' for his superb driving efforts.
A day of premier racing in a royal setting is available for race aficionados and holidaymakers seeking a unique travel experience. The Monaco F1 race is an event that appeals to both groups; it combines elegant social events with precision racing in a graceful manner befitting its setting, and several companies offer Monaco Grand Prix tickets.
Race week in Monaco is unlike race week anywhere else. The Monaco Grand Prix carries its tradition proudly, as does this lovely Principality by the Mediterranean.
Whether you're booking travel independently or using a company that offers Monaco Grand Prix hospitality, we hope you have a good time.
In the UK the live televison rights for F1, including of course for the
Monaco Grand Prix, has returned to the BBC after a few years at ITV.
Many F1 fans are delighted at the return, not only because the BBC F1 coverage is superior but because unlike ITV’s Formula 1 coverage there are no advertisement breaks during the race.
BBC F1 coverage is well promoted and a few years of declining televion audiences the figures are up, and will bring renewed interest for the Monaco F1 with the BBC providing the live coverage.
The Red Bull Racing Team lived up to its advertising slogan this year - Red Bull Gives You Wings - when their F1 team won the Monaco Grand Prix today - and came second as well.
Australian Mark Webber won his second straight race after winning last weekend's Spanish Grand Prix - and in both races he started from pole position, and is now leading the drivers' championship on 78 points.
His Red Bull team mate, German Sebastian Vettel, made it a day to remember by coming second - and is equal on points with Webber in the driver's points so far this year.
And the team is now building up a lead in the constructors championship - with a lead of over 20 points over closest rival Ferrari, with McLaren in third place just five points behind.
The race itself was packed with incidents around the streets of Monte Carlo, with the safety car making no less than four appearances, but nothing stopped the Monaco Grand Prix living up to its reputation as the most glamourous of the F1 calendar.
The third place on the podium was taken by Renault's Robert Kubica, with the trophies being presented by Prince Albert and other members of the Monaco Royal Family.
For British fans it was a disappointing race, with 2008 winner Lewis Hamilton coming in fifth, and fellow McLaren driver and current World Champion Jensen Button who won last year's race retiring as early as the third lap.
The television audience in the UK for F1 has soared this year, with the BBC winning back the rights to televise the races after ITV televised it for a few years - and ran advertisements during races, often missing vital moments, much to the frustration of their viewers.
The glamour of Monaco was there for all to see - with F1 cars speeding past the Monte Carlo casino and the harbour with it's multi million Euro yachts, and celebrities in the pit lane and dotted around the Principality - and with the Cannes Film Festival just up the road some no doubt will be staying in Monte Carlo for a few days to come.
The final race positions for the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix were:
We look forward to the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix. For tickets and other information for the Monaco Grand 2011 look for the details further up the page.
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