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Circuit information:
| Round Number: |
7 |
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| Race Date: |
27-05-2001 |
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| Country: |
Monaco |
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| City: |
Monte
Carlo (click for
location map) |
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| Circuit Name: |
Monte Carlo |
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| Circuit Length: |
3370 m. |
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| Number of Laps: |
78 |
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| Race Length: |
262.86 m |
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| 2000 Pole Position: |
Michael Schumacher |
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| 2000 Winner: |
David Coulthard |
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| 2000 Fastest Lap: |
Mika Häkkinen |
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 Circuit
Description, History, Facts and Figures |
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Monte Carlo's position as a tax haven has
turned it into the cliche of a millionaire's
paradise, which would explain why half the
current crop of grand prix drivers live in the
home of this weekend's race. However, only one
grand prix racer was born in the Principality
and he is better remembered for his flamboyant
chequered flag waving antics at the end of the
grand prix than for his performance at the
wheel.
This year is the hundred and first anniversary
of the birth of Louis Chiron and the twenty
first of his death. He was in at the beginning
of the F1 World Championship in 1950, retiring
in the very first race at Silverstone and
stepping up to the Royal Box after a dashing
drive to third place in Round 2 in Monaco at the
wheel of a Maserati. His racing career began in
the mid-twenties when his name was irrevocably
linked with the Bugatti marque, for whom he won
several pre-war grands prix. After the war,
Chiron was racing again, winning the French GP
on two occasions.
Despite suffering bad burns when his car caught
fire in a race at Syracuse in 1952, he returned
to competition the following year. Drivers were
versatile types in those days and in 1954, at
the wheel of a Lancia, he won the Monte Carlo
Rally, becoming, at the age of 54, the only man
to win both the Rally and the Grand Prix in the
Principality. A year later he finished sixth in
his home race, competing in Monaco on two more
occasions before retiring. While he no longer
raced, he was still involved in the organisation
of the rally and grand prix right up to the time
of his death in 1979. This year, to celebrate
his centenary, the corner before the Swimming
Pool section has been named in his honour.
Monaco is the only grand prix where frogmen join
the usual team of track marshals. With much of
the circuit running along the harbour they bob
up and down on their boats throughout the
weekend. Fishing for Formula 1 cars is not very
profitable and they have only been called on
twice to pull men out of the Med, on both
occasions at the chicane. In 1955, Alberto
Ascari decided to see if his Lancia would float
and ten years later Paul Hawkins decided the
best place for a Lotus was the pond. One of the
most spectacular crashes came at Mirabeau corner
in 1986, when Patrick Tambay somersaulted his
Lola. Luckily the car landed on its wheels and
the driver emerged shaken, stirred but unhurt.
Prince Rainier and other members of Monaco's
ruling Grimaldi family have always watched
"their" race and presented the prizes
in the Royal Box opposite the pits. Until quite
recently, this event always started later than
other grands prix, so that the Royal lunch break
would not be interrupted. The old three thirty
start made one wonder if perhaps they were also
doing the washing-up before the race could
begin.
Damon Hill's father Graham Hill was the
undoubted maestro of this track in his day.
Known as Mr. Monaco, he won five times, a record
only beaten when the brilliant Ayrton Senna took
his sixth win in 1993.
Traffic lights, road markings and a tunnel are
not what you expect to find on a race track.
Imagine steering a super-tanker in a swimming
pool and you get some idea of the challenge
facing the drivers as they hurl their machinery
through the mean Monaco streets. Total
concentration is imperative as the barriers have
an almost magnetic attraction for the cars.
Overtaking requires the fullest cooperation from
the slower car, otherwise there are tears before
bedtime. Sandwiched between France and Italy,
fans from both countries pile into the
Principality for the weekend and a chance to get
closer to the cars than at any other circuit.
The race can be won or lost during Saturday's
qualifying session.
Even though the track has hardly any run-off
areas, the first time the race had to be stopped
because of an accident was in 1984. 1990 and
1995 saw it happen again because of crashes on
the opening lap. In 1996 and 1997 the race was
stopped after two hours plus one lap, the
maximum time allowed for a grand prix, when rain
had slowed the pace so that the full number of
laps could not be completed. This race is run
over the shortest lap on the calendar and it
also boasts the lowest average speed.
The McLaren team has won this event ten times,
most recently in 1998 courtesy of Mika Hakkinen.
Next up comes Ferrari on seven, followed by
Lotus and BRM on five.
West McLaren Mercedes driver Mika Hakkinen has
been on pole for the past two years and won in
1998. Before that he failed to finish on six
occasions. |
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