16 Facts About Monaco Grand Prix

In spite of the relatively low average speeds, the Monaco Grand Prix circuit is a dangerous place to race due to how narrow the track is and the race often involves the intervention of a safety car.

The principality's first Grand Prix was organised in 1929 by Antony Noghes, under the auspices of Prince Louis II, through the Automobile Club de Monaco, of which he was president.

Monaco Grand Prix obtained the official sanction of Prince Louis II, and the support of Monegasque Grand Prix driver Louis Chiron.

However, the Monaco Grand Prix was not run between 1945 and 1947 due to financial reasons.

In 1946 a new premier racing category, Grand Prix, was defined by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, the successor of the AIACR, based on the pre-war voiturette class.

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Monaco Grand Prix returned in 1955, again as part of the Formula One World Championship, and this would begin a streak of 64 consecutive years in which the race was held.

Monaco Grand Prix was able to pass his Roman countrymen Andrea De Cesaris and Elio de Angelis, but finished 2nd behind Prost.

Monaco Grand Prix won this race after Briton Nigel Mansell in a Williams-Honda went out with a broken exhaust.

Monaco Grand Prix's win was very popular with the people of Monaco, and when he was arrested on the Monday following the race, for riding a motorcycle without wearing a helmet, he was released by the officers after they realised who he was.

However, later the same day the Automobile Club de Monaco confirmed that the Grand Prix was instead cancelled, making 2020 the first time the Grand Prix was not run since 1954.

Triple Formula One champion Nelson Piquet was fond of saying that racing at Monaco Grand Prix was "like trying to cycle round your living room", but added that "a win here was worth two anywhere else".

Monaco Grand Prix is organised each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco which runs the Monte Carlo Rally and the Junior Monaco Kart Cup.

Only 18 cars were permitted to start the 1975 Monaco Grand Prix, compared to 23 to 26 cars at all other rounds that year.

Monaco Grand Prix is widely 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.

The Grand Prix has been run under the patronage of three generations of Monaco's royal family: Louis II, Rainier III and Albert II, all of whom have taken a close interest in the race.

Monaco Grand Prix has produced four native Formula One drivers - Louis Chiron, Andre Testut, Olivier Beretta, and Charles Leclerc - but its tax status has made it home to many drivers over the years, including Gilles Villeneuve and Ayrton Senna.