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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 Prix was 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.
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