Monaco is the shortest race on the F1 calendar, at 260.286 kilometres, and some of its results are hard to believe.
1. The leader ended up in the harbour
Alberto Ascari was leading the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix on lap 80 when he missed the chicane after the tunnel. His Lancia went through the barriers and into the harbour.
Ascari swam to safety and spent the night in hospital. Four days later he was killed testing a Ferrari sports car at Monza.
2. A 55-year-old started the same race
Louis Chiron, from Monaco, was 55 when he started that 1955 race in a Lancia. No one older has ever started a World Championship Grand Prix.
3. Nobody seemed to want to win in 1982
Alain Prost crashed out of the lead three laps from the end of the wet 1982 race. New leader Riccardo Patrese then spun on oil at the hairpin and stalled.
Didier Pironi took over, but his engine cut out in the tunnel on the last lap. Andrea de Cesaris ran out of fuel before he could pass him. Patrese had rolled his Brabham downhill to bump-start it, and he crossed the line first for his first F1 win.
4. A winner from 14th, with three cars at the finish
Olivier Panis started the 1996 race 14th on the grid and won it for Ligier. Only the first three cars completed the full distance, and four were still running at the end.
It was Panis's only F1 win, and Ligier's last.
5. Senna won it five years in a row
Ayrton Senna won in Monaco six times, a record, and five of them came in a row from 1989 to 1993. Graham Hill won it five times in the 1960s and was known as "Mr. Monaco".
6. A 93-year wait for a local winner
When Charles Leclerc won for Ferrari in 2024, he became the first driver from Monaco to win his home race since Chiron in 1931. Chiron's win came before the World Championship began, so Leclerc was the first Monégasque to win it as a championship race.
Race it on Late Brake
Monaco is one of the six real circuits in Late Brake, the free browser game, and its barriers punish mistakes just as quickly. Switch to the cockpit camera, find your braking points for the chicane after the tunnel, and chase the gold medal time.
Sources: Wikipedia: Monaco Grand Prix, Wikipedia: 1955 Monaco Grand Prix, Wikipedia: Louis Chiron, Wikipedia: 1982 Monaco Grand Prix, Wikipedia: 1996 Monaco Grand Prix, Wikipedia: 2024 Monaco Grand Prix