Pit Lane F1
Monaco is the slowest circuit on the F1 calendar and the one the sport refuses to leave. Three kilometres of public roads through Monte Carlo, lap times around 70 seconds, average speeds barely over 160 km/h â and an outright impossibility of overtaking that has only deepened as the cars have grown wider and longer. The race is decided in qualifying.
First held in 1929 and a permanent fixture since 1950, Monaco rewards the kind of millimetre-precise commitment that almost no other modern circuit demands. The barriers sit inches from the racing line; one mistake at Sainte-DĂ©vote or in the tunnel ends the weekend.
Top 100 fastest race laps ever set at Circuit de Monaco, filterable by year and driver.
Tyre degradation is essentially zero â the corners are too slow and the surface too smooth to wear a Pirelli compound out. One-stop strategies are the default, and pole position has won the race in the majority of modern Monaco Grands Prix. Safety cars and red flags reshuffle everything; teams keep at least one extra hard set untouched in case of a mid-race neutralisation.
Late-May warmth, mild breeze off the harbour, occasional thunderstorms â the CĂŽte d'Azur in early summer. Casino Square and the harbour balcony seats are the iconic vantage points; the cheap-seat option is the rocky bank above the Piscine. The grid is the only paddock walk in F1 where the public is roughly six metres away.
| Year | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lando Norris | McLaren |
| 2024 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari |
| 2023 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull |
| 2022 | Sergio PĂ©rez | Red Bull |
| 2021 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull |
| 2019 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2018 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull |
| 2017 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari |
| 2016 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2015 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
| 2014 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
| 2013 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
| 2012 | Mark Webber | Red Bull |
| 2011 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull |
| 2010 | Mark Webber | Red Bull |
| 2009 | Jenson Button | Brawn |
| 2008 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren |
| 2007 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren |
| 2006 | Fernando Alonso | Renault |
| 2005 | Kimi RÀikkönen | McLaren |
| 2004 | Jarno Trulli | Renault |
| 2003 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams |
| 2002 | David Coulthard | McLaren |
| 2001 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| 2000 | David Coulthard | McLaren |
| 1999 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| 1998 | Mika HĂ€kkinen | McLaren |
| 1997 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| 1996 | Olivier Panis | Ligier |
| 1995 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton |
| 1994 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton |
| 1993 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 1992 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 1991 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 1990 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 1989 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 1988 | Alain Prost | McLaren |
| 1987 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus |
| 1986 | Alain Prost | McLaren |
| 1985 | Alain Prost | McLaren |
| 1984 | Alain Prost | McLaren |
| 1983 | Keke Rosberg | Williams |
| 1982 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham |
| 1981 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari |
| 1980 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams |
| 1979 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari |
| 1978 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell |
| 1977 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf |
| 1976 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
| 1975 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
| 1974 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus |
| 1973 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell |
| 1972 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | BRM |
| 1971 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell |
| 1970 | Jochen Rindt | Team Lotus |
| 1969 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Ford |
| 1968 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Ford |
| 1967 | Denny Hulme | Brabham-Repco |
| 1966 | Jackie Stewart | BRM |
| 1965 | Graham Hill | BRM |
| 1964 | Graham Hill | BRM |
| 1963 | Graham Hill | BRM |
| 1962 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax |
| 1961 | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax |
| 1960 | Stirling Moss | Team Lotus |
| 1959 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
| 1958 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper |
| 1957 | Juan Fangio | Maserati |
| 1956 | Stirling Moss | Maserati |
| 1955 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari |
| 1950 | Juan Fangio | Alfa Romeo |
