Monaco GP Facts & Figures

By BMW WilliamsF1 Team
May 14 2005

Facts & Figures
Circuit/Date: Circuit de Monaco/22nd May 2005
Start time (local/GMT): 14:00 hrs/12:00 hrs
Lap/Race distance: 3.340 km/260.520 km (78 laps)
Winner 2004: Jarno Trulli (Mild Seven Renault F1 Team)
Pole 2004: Jarno Trulli, 1:13.985 min
Lap record: Michael Schumacher (Scuderia Ferrari), 1:14.439 min (2004)

F1 statistics:
BMW WilliamsF1 Team - 90 starts, 10 wins, 16 poles
WilliamsF1 pre-2000 - 356 starts, 103 wins, 108 poles
BMW pre-2000 - 97 starts, 9 wins, 15 poles

History and background:

Since Formula One officially began in 1950, Monaco has hosted 51 Grands Prix. The winner of the first race was Juan Manuel Fangio in an Alfa Romeo. The race distance at the time was 100 laps, or 318 kilometres.

WilliamsF1 has celebrated three victories in Monaco to date: Carlos Reutemann won in 1980, Keke Rosberg in 1983, and in 2003 Juan Pablo Montoya claimed victory for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team.

The course in Monaco is the shortest of all the GP circuits (3.340 kilometres). Nowhere else are so many laps covered (78), yet it still adds up to the shortest race distance of the season at 260.520 kilometres.

On Friday, all Formula One engines remain silent in Monaco, which is why the first two free practice sessions are held on Thursday.

The Monaco Grand Prix is arguably the most prestigious race on the Formula One calendar. Among the guests in the BMW paddock will be Eva Padberg. The model launched the team's most recent merchandise collection in Munich this February.

Monaco covers an area of just 1.95 square kilometres, making it the second smallest independent state in the world after Vatican City. Monaco comprises the districts of Fontvieille, La Condamine, Monaco Ville and Monte Carlo. The state renowned as a gambler's paradise and tax haven has a population of around 32,400, of which just 16 percent are true Monegasques.

Based on its 1962 constitution, Monaco is an hereditary monarchy. Prince Albert II has been its head of state since 6th April 2005. Monaco became an independent state in 1419 when the Grimaldi dynasty secured possession.
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