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The anti Monaco Grand Prix of F1 will all tell you that this track is of little interest. Overtaking on this circuit so lent (the most lent of all the circuits on the calendar) and narrow, is a feat. That the spectator, even with a glass of champagne in hand, is bored to see 78 laps pass during this same train of single-seaters in the classification too often frozen. In short, that neither suspense nor spectacle worthy of the name have a voice in the chapter on the Rock.
🇬🇧 May 19, 1996 🗓️
Olivier Panis wins the Monaco Grand Prix 🥇
The only victory of Olivier Panis in F1 obtained after a crazy comeback on a wet track. As a reminder, the French driver was in 14th position on the starting grid 🔥
— SPORTRICOLORE (@sportricolore) May 19, 2022
Monaco? Pilots love it!
The Monaco pros, on the contrary, will retort that this F1 GP is, by its very configuration, a monument! A mythical urban layout, in an exceptional natural environment, and where cars constantly pass a few millimeters from curbs and other low walls. Fervent defenders who will recall, with supporting statistics, that there winning pole position is not at all a guarantee of winning the checkered flag on Sunday. As for the spectacle on the track, the innumerable facts of racing on the Rock during its long history are sufficient in themselves. Moreover, the vast majority of drivers love to race in Monaco where the adrenaline in the race is, according to them, like no other.
A Grand Prix that can be ugly
Anyway, the 2022 Monaco GP could be a very good vintage. On the one hand, a vengeful Ferrari (in particular Charles Leclerc, who will be racing at home and who is having bad luck in Monaco), losing momentum and who has just given up his first place in the provisional classifications. The other, Red Bull, rid of its reliability concerns and which can obviously count on a Max Verstappen who is still as sharp and combative. Let’s not forget either Mercedes, whose rise in power is undeniable. And, of course, all the other actors who will give everything to qualify for try to get out of the game on Sunday even with a slower single-seater than that of the tenors.
Discover the full program for this long-awaited 2022 F1 Monaco Grand Prix where, let’s remember, Thursday is no longer part of the program but which, of course, retains its traditional drivers’ parade on Sunday at 1 p.m.