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of the world's greatest and most challenging motor-racing
events, the Monaco Grand Prix is the last 'street course'
remaining in the Formula One calendar. Staged around
the narrow, winding streets of Monte
Carlo, the attraction of the Monaco Grand Prix
is the proximity of the speeding Formula One cars to
the race spectators. The twisting 78-lap circuit offers
countless opportunities over the 263-kilometre race
to witness the thrill of screaming engines, smoking
tyres and the genius of the drivers on a course that
allows no margin for error. Since the first Monaco
Grand Prixwas
staged on the 14 April 1929, the fastest average race
speed has risen from 80 kilometres (50 miles)
per hour to 142 kilometres (88 miles) per hour. Seventh
in the Formula One racing calendar (following the Austrian
Grand Prix on 13th May and preceding the Canadian Grand
Prix on 10th June), the 61th Monaco Grand Prix takes
place at 2:00 pm on 20th May 2004, following preliminary
rounds on the 21st and 22nd.
The
78-lap race begins with a short burst of acceleration
before the treacherous right hand of Virage St Devote.
Accelerating up through the gears from St Devote before
slowing for the sharp left into Casino Square, it then
opens up again for the downhill section past the Hotel
Metropole. Keeping to the right in the
approach to the Hotel
Mirabeau corner, it gathers speed before
slowing dramatically for the hairpin at the Monte
Carlo Grande Hotel and the sharp right
of the Virage du Portier. Down into the cool darkness
of the tunnel, where the sweeping curve facilitates
the circuit's fastest section, then accelerating up
through the gears, the cars emerge into the sunlight
at 280 kilometres per hour (174 miles per hour). Decelerating
for the tight left and right of the chicane, there's
a brief surge of speed just before the swimming pool.
The hairpin of Virage Rascasse leads on to the uphill
section, before the dangerous Virage Anthony Noghes
and a burst of acceleration towards the end of the first
lap, to face again the challenge of Virage St Devote.
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to exceptional demand for the Monaco Grand Prix
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List (24 - 27 May 2007).
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the option of a very relaxing day, your feet
in the water and your head in the sky. You can
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in only 6 minutes and St-Tropez
in only 20 minutes thanks to the helicopter.
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up one of the famous beaches of the world renowned
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for your mattress and your lunch.
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of the world's greatest and most challenging motor-racing
events, the Monaco Grand Prix is the last 'street course'
remaining in the Formula One calendar. Staged around
the narrow, winding streets of 
The
78-lap race begins with a short burst of acceleration
before the treacherous right hand of Virage St Devote.
Accelerating up through the gears from St Devote before
slowing for the sharp left into Casino Square, it then
opens up again for the downhill section past the 
