While Formula 1 sets up camp at the spanking new Miami venue, Lewis Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo provided timely reminders that races such as the Monaco Grand Prix are crown jewels of the sport. Since 1950, the start of the F1 World Championship as we know it, Monaco has hosted 67 Grands Prix, with only Monza on 71 having hosted more. And while the ultra-tight, street circuit, not made for modern F1, is an anomaly amid a calendar packed with high-speed purpose-built tracks and cars built for them, it is nevertheless a race revered by drivers – the one they all want to win. Not only is Monaco the third element of the fabled Triple Crown of Motorsport, along with the Indianapolis 500...
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