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Circuit de Monaco
Sign in to savestreet circuit around the harbour of the principality of Monaco
Key facts
- Location
- La Condamine and Monte Carlo , Monaco
- Capacity
- 37,000
- Fia grade
- 1 (GP)
- Opened
- 14 April 1929 ; 97 years ago ( 1929-04-14 )
- Major events
- Current: , Formula One , Monaco Grand Prix (1950, 1955–2019, 2021–present), FIA Formula Two , Monaco Grand Prix , FIA Formula Three , Monaco Grand Prix , Formula E , Monaco ePrix (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021–present), Historic Grand Prix of Monaco , (1997, biennial 2000–2018, 2021–2022, 2024, 2026)
- Length
- 3.337 km (2.074 mi)
- Race lap record
- 1:12.909 ( Lewis Hamilton , Mercedes W12 , 2021 , F1 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Circuit de Monaco is a 3.337 km (2.074 mi) street circuit laid out on the city streets of Monte Carlo and La Condamine around the harbour of the Principality of Monaco. It is commonly, and even officially, referred to as "Monte Carlo" because it is largely inside the Monte Carlo neighbourhood of Monaco.
The circuit is annually used on three weekends in April–May for Formula One Monaco Grand Prix, Formula E Monaco ePrix and Historic Grand Prix of Monaco. Formula One's respective feeder series over the years – Formula 3000, GP2 Series and today the Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 championships and Porsche Supercup – also visit the circuit concurrently with Formula One. The Monaco Grand Prix is one of the three events victories which count towards the Triple Crown of Motorsport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Circuit de Monaco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.