Lap Plan · 3.337 km · Monte Carlo
THE CIRCUIT,
CORNER BY CORNER.
This is the whole lap — the same one Senna, Schumacher, Hamilton and Verstappen have driven blind at 290. You'll walk it in 2.5 hours with David, who's memorised every drain cover.
- T01
Sainte-Dévote
Right-hander
The chapel where the lap begins. First braking zone after the pit straight.
- T02
Beau Rivage
Uphill climb
A full-throttle uphill sweep past the Fairmont — deceptively fast on TV.
- T03
Massenet
Blind left
You cannot see the apex. Champions arrive here on faith and memory.
- T04
Casino Square
Right kink
The most photographed corner in racing. Marble kerbs, gaming palace backdrop.
- T05
Mirabeau Haute
Sharp right
Bumpy braking on a downhill camber. Where overtaking hopes go to die.
- T06
Hairpin Turn
180° hairpin
Slowest corner in Formula 1 — 48 km/h, first gear, full lock.
- T07
Mirabeau Bas
Right-hander
Downhill exit onto Portier — the run to the tunnel starts here.
- T08
Portier
Right
The turn Ayrton Senna crashed out from while leading in 1988. Still stings.
- T09
Tunnel Entry
Long right
Blind change from daylight to darkness. Foot flat, eyes wide.
- T10
Tunnel
Kink
290 km/h through a curved tunnel. The soundtrack alone is worth the trip.
- T11
Nouvelle Chicane
Chicane
Tunnel exit to hard braking on cold tyres. The chicane's kerbs are lethal.
- T12
Tabac
Left
Fast, committed, wall on the exit. Named after the tobacco shop that once stood here.
- T13
Louis Chiron
Left-right
Entry to the swimming-pool complex, named for Monaco's own Louis Chiron. Zero margin, both sides.
- T14
Piscine (out)
Right-left
Exit chicane. Kerb strike here loses you the race.
- T15 / T16
La Rascasse
Braking zone → right hairpin
The slow-down after the pool into the tightest right on the lap. Named after the seafront restaurant — and the corner that made Schumacher famous, then infamous.
- T17 / T18
Anthony Noghès
Kink → right-hander
The setup and apex for the final corner, named for the Monaco GP's founder. Traction is everything. 1929 lives here.
- T19
Start / Finish
Straight
Podium above your head, harbour to your right. You've walked a lap of history.
READY?
Lights out and away we go.