The Monaco Grand Prix is one of the world's greatest and most challenging motor races as well as on of the most exotic and recognized events in all of sport. As the last remaining street course on the Formula One calendar, the Monaco Grand Prix carries on the best history and tradition of this spectacular sport. The Monaco Grand Prix is staged around the narrow, winding streets of Monte Carlo. The main offers incalculable opportunities for spectators to witness the thrill of screaming engines, smoking tires and the genius of the drivers over the 263-kilometre race on a course that allows no margin for error.
Monaco- or rather, its capital of Monte Carlo- has for a century been a symbol of glamour, glitz and a haven for the rich and famous. Hemmed in by France on three sides and facing the Mediterranean, tiny Monaco staunchly maintains its independence on some of the most beautiful and rugged coasline in the world. Monaco became a property of the Grimaldi clan, a Genoese family, as early as 1297 and they have ruled as royal family ever since, though never with the popularity and affection as when American actress Grace Kelly married Prince Ranier in 1956.
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