F1 Monaco Grand Prix: Circuit de Monaco Track Guide

Monaco Grand Prix Location

Location - Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco

Circuit de Monaco History in F1

First race - 1950

Years held - 1950, 1955-2019, 2021-present

Number of races - 71

Circuit de Monaco Corner by Corner

Sainte Devote - A tricky opening to the lap sees cars brake for a tight right-hander with the pit-exit on the inside. Any mistakes will be punished by the barriers on the outside.

Beau Rivage - The famous slalom run up the hill is no challenge when by yourself, but when in close quarters at the start of a grand prix, this section can be challenging.

Massenet - Over a crest and into this difficult medium-speed left-hander, a magnet for mistakes that can end a session in the barriers.

Casino - A shift to the left to open up this blind right-hander, this time the inside wall at the apex proving the danger.

Mirabeau Haute - After a short breather down a straight where a large bump is swerved by drivers before braking, this right-hander is tricky with the barriers again narrowing the line and the track falling away down the hill.

Grand Hotel Hairpin - The plunge downhill continues to this famous hairpin, often taken one-handed by drivers nowadays to wind the requisite amount of lock into the steering column.

Mirabeau Bas - A flick to the right as the track continues to fall towards the waterside, this corner is never really an issue when dry.

Portier - Some key battles have ended at Portier, a sharp right-hander where patience often runs out in combat. Traction on exit is crucial for the longest full-throttle run of the lap.

Tunnel - Flat out through the tunnel as the track swings right, sunlight can be an issue when exiting.

Nouvelle Chicane - Not so 'Nouvelle' anymore, the chicane on exit of the tunnel is perhaps the best overtaking point on a circuit starved of width. A tight, fiddly chicane placed almost entirely for safety first goes left and right, then right and left, opening on exit.

Tabac - A short run to this exhilarating sequence of corners, starting with Tabac. This is one of the higher-speed corners, slinging to the left with danger on the inside of the apex and on the outside on exit.

La Piscine - Perhaps the best part of the circuit, a flick to the left and the right at high speed before braking for a right-left. There is a cop-out lane across the second of the two chicanes, but the barrier on the inside has seen suspension broken.

La Rascasse - Hard on the brakes for this right-hand hairpin, which can be an overtaking place for the most opportunistic drivers.

Anthony Noghes - A tight and difficult end to the lap with the track narrowing on exit, this right-hander takes cars back onto the start-finish straight.

Monaco Grand Prix - Circuit de Monaco Facts

Most wins by a driver

Ayrton Senna - 6 wins

Graham Hill - 5 wins

Michael Schumacher - 5 wins

Alain Prost - 4 wins

Most wins by a team

McLaren - 16

Ferrari - 10

Lotus - 7

Red Bull - 7

BRM - 5

Mercedes - 5

Last 10 winners

2025 - Lando Norris, McLaren

2024 - Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

2023 - Max Verstappen, Red Bull

2022 - Sergio Perez, Red Bull

2021 - Max Verstappen, Red Bull

2019 - Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

2018 - Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull

2017 - Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

2016 - Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

2015 - Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Monaco Grand Prix Fastest Lap

There is a gulf between the fastest official race lap and the outright lap record around the current version of the Monaco circuit, with Lando Norris' 1:09.954s pole position effort in 2025 the fastest lap here.

But the official race lap record is Lewis Hamilton's after he set a 1:12.909s during the 2021 event, won by Max Verstappen.