Formula one Grand Prix of Monaco

What: One of the triple crowns of motor­sport races the Mona­co Grand Prix is coat­ed in his­to­ry, ele­gance, and spec­ta­cle.

Dubbed the hard­est and most chal­leng­ing of all the events on the F1 sea­son, the 162 mile cir­cuit which rou­tine­ly requires the inter­ven­tion of the safe­ty car, takes dri­vers round the nar­row streets  and up the steep hills of Mona­co and past the famous Monte Car­lo Casi­no – before fin­ish­ing along the French Riv­iera, where an exu­ber­ant crowd, a daz­zling and over the top cel­e­bra­tion and of course the famous yachts of Mona­co har­bour, packed with the elite and roy­als, greet the win­ner.

When:  The Mona­co Grand Prix takes place over four days on the sec­ond to last week­end in May. With the warm up and test­ing of the track tak­ing place on Thurs­day, then the Fri­day being a day off (owing to the orig­i­nal race tak­ing place on the week­end of Ascen­sion day) before the race to decide the pole posi­tion takes place on the Sat­ur­day and the main race takes place on the Sun­day.

Where: The race takes place on the streets of Mona­co in the Mona­co street cir­cuit on the French Riv­iera, with stands dot­ted at the monte car­lo casi­no and the route pass­ing by all of famous archi­tec­ture and high end hotels that Mona­co encom­pass­es.

Dura­tion: The Grand prix takes places over 4 days, with the first day ded­i­cat­ed to prac­tice laps, pole races and the Porsche cup, there is then a days break on the Fri­day before the pole posi­tion and final race take place on the week­end — with the offi­cial race tak­ing place on the Sun­day begin­ning at 15:00 and last­ing for approx­i­mate­ly two hours as dri­vers cov­er the 162 mile cir­cuit fea­tur­ing 78 laps of the course.

Tick­ets:  Tick­ets for the grand­stand seats are avail­able at https://www.monaco-grand-prix.com/en/2542-monaco-f1/?affid=2&pgs=91 with prices for race day start­ing at €120 and going up to €2850 – with it being rec­om­mend­ed to skip the Thurs­day and attend either both qual­i­fy­ing race and the main race on the Sat­ur­day and Sun­day – with the Bureau De Tabac, Ras­casse area and Rocher stands all offer­ing good view­ing spots.

On top of this and for those with a big­ger bud­get, there are Yacht par­ties or the option to book a room with a bal­cony at one of Monaco’s lux­u­ri­ous hotels includ­ing; Hôtel de Paris, Fair­mont, Her­mitage which all over great view­ing spots.

There is also our pre­ferred option of book­ing a table at the Café de Paris, which allows you to watch the race while enjoy­ing the best of French and Monaco’s cui­sine – although expect to pay at least €300 for a table.

Need to Know: Mona­co is unsur­pris­ing­ly busy dur­ing race week­end, so unless stay­ing in a hotel to watch the race it’s rec­om­mend­ed to base your­self in a dif­fer­ent part of the French Riv­iera and com­mute in for the race week­end  — get­ting the best of both worlds.

More Infor­ma­tion: The offi­cial Grand Prix of Mona­co web­site: https://www.monacograndprixticket.com/formula1monaco/ con­tains infor­ma­tion on exact dates, tick­ets and the full sched­ule for the race week­end.