It was 1929 when racing engines first reverberated around the Principality, after cigarette manufacturer Antony Noghes decided to organise a race with his pals from the Automobile Club de Monaco. The race was part of the calendar in the first year of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1950, and hasn’t been off it since 1955.
The Circuit de Monaco is incredibly narrow and totally iconic. Nelson Piquet memorably described driving around Monaco as “like riding a bicycle around your living room”… which is fair. Despite that, it is a challenge that nearly all drivers love, forcing them to put their skills on the line and rewarding millimetric accuracy. Overtaking on the tight streets is harder, however, with the 2003 Grand Prix witnessing a grand total of zero passing moves!
Join ScuderiaFans later in the afternoon to keep up to date with the latest results, timings, news and updates from the Circuit de Monaco, as the second practice session for the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix is ready to get underway in Monte Carlo. Scuderia Ferrari drivers Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc will return to the circuit behind the wheel of the F1-75 cars, ready to continue evaluating and testing to find the ideal car settings, configurations and set-up ahead of the qualifying session on Saturday and the main event on Sunday evening.
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