The
streets of Monaco are home to the most well known
Grand Prix on the Formula One calendar. As well
as a sporting spectacle, it is also one of Europe's
premier social highlights of the year, with the
best yachts in the world visiting the Principality,
and celebrities staying in Monaco hotels such as
the Hotel de Paris, the Columbus and the Grand,
with many others staying in Nice.
Full
Lap of the Monaco Circuit
The Monaco Grand Prix (French: Grand Prix de Monaco)
held each year on the Circuit de Monaco, is considered
to be one of the most important and prestigious
automobile races in the world alongside the Indianapolis
500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans (with which it forms
the Triple Crown of Motorsport). The history, spectacle
and glamour result in the race being considered
"the jewel of the Formula One crown".
British sports fans voted it as top of the "Seven
Sporting Wonders of the World" in 2009.
Mark
Webber won the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix from
the pole, and also became the first Australian
to win this race twice. It was the eighth
win of his career with Nico Rosberg coming
second.
The
2013 Monaco Grand Prix will be held from the 23rd
till 26th of May.
2014
Grand Prix dates; May 22 to 25, 2014
2013
Grand Prix of Monaco
From Thursday 23 to Sunday
26May 2013
Circuit
information
Race
length: 260.520 km (161.887 mi) Track length: 3.340 km (2.075
mi) Laps: 78
Previous
Winners
2012 - Mark Webber - Red Bull-Renault
Race
Report 2011 - Sebastian Vettel - Red
Bull-Renault Race Report 2010 - Mark Webber - Red Bull-Renault
Race
Report