After the weekend canceled in Emilia-Romagna, Imola, due to the flood, the F1 is move since Principality of Monaco. Let's go together to discover one of the oldest and most beautiful circuits in the history of Motorsport.
Let's start with the story
Il Monaco circuit is a non-permanent street circuit located in the state of the Principality. 3.337 meters long, it has 19 curves where the skills of each driver are highlighted. It has been on the calendar since the first season ever, in 1950. Only one edition was skipped, in 2020, due to the pandemic. The track record is 1'10 "166, marked by Lewis Hamilton in the qualifications of 2019, race then won by the British. The winning record is Ayrton Senna, who owns it well 6.
You don't pass through Monaco, so watch out for degradation
Without a shadow of a doubt, the only flaw of this circuit is the width. Winding through the streets of Monaco, the space in which to inscribe the circuit is limited. From the 50s until today, of course, we have tried to optimize it based on the needs of the single-seaters created. Furthermore, being configured on the country's road network, the disconnections due to the manhole covers are very frequent. The many stop&go corners and the quick succession of hairpin bends after Sainte Dévote (turn 1) are factors critical for the tyres. In a circuit where it is almost impossible overtaking strategies will be key to winning the grand prix. It's not important here to think about the tyres, since there has never been any degradation. Both the undercut and the overcut they can therefore be valid, depending on whether the driver you are battling ends up in traffic.
Whoever starts on pole usually wins, but who will?
In the Principality, one thing is certain: no one in the history of the track has won starting behind the Top 3. A fact that makes us understand even more how important the qualification. Whoever takes pole, unless due to serious errors in the pits or errors by the driver himself, wins the race. As with every appointment, the favorites remain the two of Red Bull. Who knows, however, that a green flash of the Aston Martin may not arrive on the city streets Fernando Alonso, or even a red one of a Ferrari which, in recent editions, at least on Saturdays, it has always done very well. And who knows if these updates long awaited by the Fans will fix it.
ARTICLE BY FRANCESCO ORLANDO
