A beautiful, luxurious city-state of Monaco has always been interesting to tourists with its sights . One of them is the circuit Circuit de Monaco in the elegant area of Monte Carlo, which runs along the French Riviera. This city road becomes the main route during the Formula 1. When racing competitions are held, it is completely blocked and the local buses are excluded from the route.
Of course, during the championship rally-route Monte Carlo become the main center for tourists, celebrities and athletes. There are contracts and sponsorship deals with the winners of the races. The inhabitants of Monaco, who have apartments along the route, are really getting richer at the expense of renting at this time. The track became the most popular and valuable for the riders, as well as fans of incredible competitions, because only it is important not for championship during the championship, but dexterity and ability to drive the car at high speed.
History of the track in Monte Carlo
The rally route in Monte Carlo was the main route since the birth of Formula 1. This rather complicated stage of the competition decided to open Prince Albert I in 1911, and in 1929 the first training race was held. In 1950, the rally circuit in Monte Carlo became the mandatory circuit in the world championship of Formula 1. The winner of the first race was Juan-Manuel Fangio. In 1952, during the race, the Italian racer Luigi Fagioli was tragically killed. He did not have time to slow down in the dangerous tunnel of the road and crashed. After this incident, the whole world began to talk about the danger of the route and was expelled from Formula 1 until 1955. However, in 1955, the circuit returned to the racing calendar of the championship. From that moment on, two more deaths of racers took place at the rally-track of Monte Carlo, and two just flew to the sea by cars, but this did not influence the holding of the championship. The length of the race track changed over time, the last configuration was in 2003 from 3370 m to 3340 m.
The maximum speed of passage of all stages was fixed in 2007. At a speed of 110 km / h, the French rally racing driver Sebastien Loeb showed amazing results, the best in the history of Formula 1. He drove the track to Citroen C4 for 3 hours and 10 minutes, which became a world record.
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Grand Prix at the track in Monte Carlo
For beginners and already well-known riders of the world, a victory on the track in Monte Carlo is an extremely important event, because it is at this stage that drivers show their ability to adapt on the road and the ability to drive the car at speed. The race track is very narrow, only two cars can enter its width in its dimensions, that's why "to work for overtaking" is a very stupid and dangerous decision of any rider. To get the long-awaited victory in Formula 1, athletes should as accurately as possible go through the turns and tunnels that are on the rally track in Monaco as many as 17. The road looks like a very steep serpentine, one wrong move and the flight is inevitable, and maybe even a lethal outcome.
Before the championship drivers of racing cars it is very important to choose the right rubber, because the motorway of the road is filled with extreme areas: wet asphalt, ice, snow, dry plots. These stages alternate many times, so badly selected tires can behave well on dry asphalt and can not cope with the ice cover at all. Racers try to choose soft rubber and pay great attention to the drive of cars, aerodynamics, as well as the very strategy of the race.
The rally track in Monte Carlo is full of dangers that the riders expect. The most difficult stages were the sharp turns "Hairpin" and night tunnels. The most dangerous race of the championship is night. For this race, 10 riders are selected, which showed the best results during training matches. Night competitions are closing and the final race track of Formula 1.
In addition to racing, we also recommend visiting local museums ( Oceanographic Museum , Old Monaco Museum, Automobile Museum), the Princely Palace and, of course, the Monte Carlo Casino .| | | |
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