Monaco Grand Prix: Key figures
The grand mass of the Monaco Grand Prix is approaching: the most prestigious event of the championship takes place this weekend. The numbers and statistics abound!
78:
is the number of laps that make up the Monaco Grand Prix. It is the race with the highest number of laps in the entire calendar.
3,337 km:
which corresponds to the distance of the Monaco track. This lap is the shortest of the entire season.
1’10″166
: This is the fastest time ever recorded in Monaco: Lewis Hamilton achieved it with his pole position in 2019. The Mercedes also sported a red halo in memory of Niki Lauda, who had recently passed away. The British driver also holds the record for the fastest lap in a race, with a time of 1’12″909, which he achieved in 2021.
16:
This is the number of winning constructors in Monaco. McLaren is currently the team with the most success on the Rock, with no less than fifteen achievements. Aston Martin is also mentioned as a potential winner for the first time in F1. Will they be the 17th winning constructor in the Principality?
69:
This weekend will be the stage for the 69th edition of the Monaco Grand Prix in the World Championship. However, this title has actually existed for much longer: the first edition dates back to 1929, and we will celebrate the 90th Monaco Grand Prix under this name. Only the Second World War, the death of Albert II, and the Covid pandemic have led to the cancellation of the event.
31:
It’s surprising to believe, but converting pole position into victory is not as common as we think in Monaco: as evidence, out of 31 times the pole sitter has won on the Rock… against 37 times where victory has slipped away from him! Charles Leclerc has experienced this twice in the last two seasons: once due to his own fault and the other due to Ferrari’s strategic curiosities.
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6:
Ayrton Senna holds the record for wins in Monaco, with six victories. Lewis Hamilton is the driver on the grid best placed to break this record, if he manages to win the next four editions. Ambitious!”
11:
is the number of French victories in Monaco, since 1929. The latest, of course, being Olivier Panis’ triumph in the madness of the 1996 Grand Prix. With two French drivers at Alpine and a crazy race, is a 12th French victory possible?
