That Alonso adventure was nothing but embarrassing for the sport. Dude was cruising around and not racing. The whole sport lost its meaning right there. Monaco out
@@avssify Yet, Pierre Gasly's two overtakes shows that overtaking can happen on the track. Make no mistake, I think some track changes would be great for the Monaco GP, but it doesn't need to be binned entirely.
@@frankreynolds9930 True enough. Let's also be honest: track isn't the real reason the Monaco GP's future is up in the air. It's all about money. Same reason why there's no German GP...
@@FrPeterJShaw Gasly's pace was also 5-6 seconds a lap faster on a different tire compound and he passed Zhou, a rookie. Also, that 5-6 seconds/lap pace differential was a bigger gap in pace than what Alonso was doing at the end when he was just cruising slowly going 4 seconds slower than the drivers at the front. Aside from that, I don't think there were many actual passes.
I think too many F1 members and officials live there to not get it back, it’s Monaco though as well, they’ve been racing there for nearly 100 years, they won’t get rid of it
people are speculating as to why the miami track was added to show it's not just monaco they can use to attract new sponsorships. So, I agree they are willing to drop monaco and may consider adding the track back in 2026 when the reg changes car sizes to smaller ones.
Adding that F1 wants to string together races within similar geography, yet Monaco wants to maintain it's GP at the end of May, throws a serious wrench in the plans. Monaco is just a petulant child at this point.
Spain isn't that far away. I would be set for a European leg Portimao, Spain, France, Monaco, Imola back to back to back. We've all seen what a drag the middle east leg of the race is with 3 to finish last season and 2 to start this season.
I agree that would be a fantastic way to keep the Monaco GP and bring it up to date by adding something new and unique, not sure how realistic or practical it is though. F1 can't get Monaco to pay the going rate for the race let alone make the kind of investment a plan like that would take.
I'll agree that it is time to update the circuit and make room for more dynamic racing, however Monaco is the most unique circuit on the calendar. None of the other street or faux street circuits are like it. The main problem with better opportunities for overtaking is all the street in Monaco are too narrow and there really isn't room to add wider streets or a track section, at least not without a lot of effort for a once yearly event. It is used for other races like Formula E but nothing close to racing importance. I would hate to see the Monaco GP go because of its history and iconic cache' but in fairness it is kind of like an old school iconic stadium whose time has passed. Like the old Yankee Stadium. Maybe with the French GP seeming to being going away a track should be built just outside Monaco. FIA's willingness to give up the French GP should be eye opening for Monaco if it really wants to keep the GP. Maybe if they can deal with that much elevation change have it dip down into part of the city in a sort of track/city or road/city hybrid. Right now as it is Q3 is the most exciting part of the weekend as pole is realistically only broken by P1 screwing up or having a DNF. Another issue is with grand stands, there's very limited room for them. Fewest seats on the tour translates into lower revenue. Something like 80% of spectators watch from windows and balconies along the route.
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I'm in team "but it's Monaco!". I know there's literally no overtaking, tv direction sometimes sucks, but at the same time, it is just so unique, so incomperable to any other cirquit. It is a huge part of F1 history, and I just can't imagine a season of Formula 1 without the Monaco GP (2020 is an exception, as a lot of races were cancelled for obvious reasons)
I might be the only one saying this but 1929 was even before formula 1 began so for me alteration is the answer not discarding I would like to see one Monaco for a change rather than 3-4 US GP 3-4 middle eastern GPs...it is a piece of motorsport history do you just can't wipe it off like anything...
We have plenty of history. Spa, Silverstone, Monza being the big 3. Imola, Brazil, Austria, Suzuka are sort of in the history books. Spain tho boring is still technically a historic track. Personally, a fun race in a historic track is only slightly epic as a fun race in the Middle East. People watch F1 nowadays for the racing, not the history.
@@hdr_diamondz as I said there is no denying the fact that it's a procession but we can maybe look to change the layout....btw only Monza has hosted more races than Monaco. It holds a lot of significance like how we see graham hill and Ayrton Senna
I would suggest a compromise. Hold time trials as usual on Saturday, then hand out the trophies and send everybody home. There would be just much excitement as actually having the race, and the results would probably be more or less the same either way.
I do like the race - it gives a unique challenge - though having said that I would only cry if Spa or Suzuka were off the calendar. The TV coverage is the stinker - they missed a bunch of important shots as usual. Most notably was a decent view of Mick's crash and it took them a while to find the least-bad shot for the replay so we could figure out how the car got chopped in half. The cutaways to K-Mag were meaningless and made me wonder if they knew whose car it was. In the old days bad coverage was everywhere - who can forget French TV's super-slow-mo camera that forced us to watch Prost bouncing over the kerbs when there was important action elsewhere on the circuit - but now Monaco coverage stands out for the wrong reasons.
I love Monaco but it's beyond a joke with modern F1 cars. That said F2 and F3 look terrific around there. Drop it from F1 and turn the GP into a special invitational F2 race, with any F1 rookies being invited, along with the top 8-10 drivers in F2, top 5-6 in F3 and the leaders of all the major national championships. Add touring cars to the support bill and make it a festival of great motor racing.
Monaco GP is more like a parade - it is not a good event for TV but it is fantastic for spectators as the cars are so much closer to them. At the end of the day, its all about the money, though. Formula 1 and FIA will demand higher hosting fees, control of the trackside advertising and TV rights. There is a lot of talking to be done but this time, I suspect that Monaco does not have the upper hand.
I think the gulf countries and inclusion of Las Vegas and Miami will take away all the charisma of Monaco. With many legendary tracks which were once part of f1 and not being used for racing, it is a matter of time when Monaco will be removed.
I've always loved Monaco for how technical it is. And I've been on the side for keeping it but after all that info I honestly could understand it not coming back
Been an F1 fan for a long time, and I've felt for a while that the tech of the cars far surpassed the capability of the track, resulting in nothing really more than an exhibition race occurring in the midst of an elite's party.
Agreed. I've been watching F1 since the early 90s, and the last couple of years I've given up on watching the monaco GP itself (still watch the highlights after, though). The race itself is mostly a snooze fest. Qualifying, though, is still exciting to watch. Nothing quite like a driver on the absolute edge around the streets of monaco
FOM really needs to take charge of the TV cameras/direction. The last few years have been atrocious. This would be the bare minimum for me to continue to host at Monaco. Besides that I think Monaco should supply Fiat 500s to every driver - ensuring they are all equal - and the driver's get to qualify in those to establish grid position. ;)
@@Lucas-qk8lc they did race in the wet. But the risk for teams is way too much to have sent them out in that downpour. This isn’t an open track with run offs
I'd honestly be okay with Monaco no longer being a permanent member of the calendar. The track in doubt that I care about is Spa Francorchamps. If they removed Spa from the calendar they would be doing a gross disservice to all fans. Yes 2021 was a mess but a good number of the greatest races of all time have happened at Spa!
If Monaco goes then it will open the flood gates for other races to go. Liberty are only interested in one thing and that is to make as much money as possible. GP's willing to cop up the most money will be the ones that will get the races despite what type of racing it will produce. Already they are talking that there will be 3 races in the US just on itself. F1 will end up being a reality TV show and not a sport.
It's hard to make that argument for spa while at the same time making the argument against monaco. Don't get me wrong spot it's a much much better race but taking out any sentimentality both of them aren't the best race tracks.
@@Caiphex Spa is the prefered race by the driver since years. There is a mix of race thrill, history, landscape and feature (raidillon) that is awesome ! But I may be biased since I'm Belgian
@@Caiphex Not really. Only 1 of the criticisms levelled against Monaco also applies to Spa but to a much lesser extent. Spa doesn't always provide the best races but there's still enough overtaking places that you can't drive around 3s of the pace or without a MGU-K (and therefore 25% less power) and still not get overtaken. No one expects brilliant races every time, just a track where overtakes are actually possible without a gigantic pace advantage like Gasly had.
Most years I watch Monaco and Indy back-to-back and most years, I find myself regretting the decision to wake up early for Monaco. Indy has points of slowness around the midway point, but at least there is always a promise of action or unpredictability…. Monaco almost never provides that (unless someone has gotten into a horrifying wreck)
Indy is also extremely boring most of the race... I can meet you in the middle with watching the first 10 laps of Monaco and the last 10 laps of Indy500
I find Matt to be way over the top, and I like that about him but not in every circumstance. Katy is very easy to listen to and is pretty knowledgeable
Yay Katy! While I miss Matt, zero complaints about the extra Katy content! Great video, and some excellent points. I love Monaco, but definitely think they should be held to the same standards. I’d really hate to see it go, though!
Monaco takes itself too seriously. We live in a different time now! When the Monaco GP was finishing this year, the four cars were all within half a second from each other yet we saw no overtaking. Monaco is a place for the ultra rich to park their yachts, and definitely not designed for the average F1 fans to participate and have a good time. If we need to get rid of one GP this year, it should absolutely be Monaco instead of Spa, which is almost everybody’s favorite.
There's no PASSING because of the regulations from F1. That's the biggest problem with F1, it's so regulated that it's barely racing anymore. It's just cars doing laps and allowing others to pass because someone in the pits directs them to, including telling drives who they WILL allow to win races.
@@babsme6459 there has been more overtaking this season than at the same point on previous years in recent memory. The issue is the circuit is no longer fit for purpose.
@@theMATTY1319 But only due to DRS. That’s not racing. If the Tunnel was a DRS zone you‘d have seen lots of passes. We need cars where slipstream is the biggest thing and if you need a gimmick to pass bring something like PTP from Indy
@@theMATTY1319 F1 is boring as dirt! Most PASSING happens only with permission of the pits. And until people like you that are defending this travesty of "competition" actually condemn someone int the pits making the calls on whether people can pass each other, or order others to allow someonet to pass them , or even control who wins races, then y9u're simply part of the problem!
When Formula E started racing in the full layout of Monaco, I knew the writing was on the wall: Formula E came to stay, and they will carry the torch of the Monaco GP. Motorsport is no stranger to that, as some time ago the Le Mans 24H wasn't raced in sportscars, only in GT cars.
I remember seeing drivers and commentators raving about how special Monaco was; but, having only ever watched it on TV, I really didn't get what the fuss was about. Reading between the lines, and applying some eagle-eyed hindsight, I think I've worked out what's special about the Monaco GP : It's not about the race. It's about all the parties that happen around the race.
Yeah vast knowlege here. You are truly a motosport enthusiast arent you? Monaco psss it is nothing just france doing stuff eeh do you agree? You know i am so impressed i that i will share this thought with all my friends.
Monaco is really exciting and challenging for the drivers. There’s no other track this unforgiving, one tiny mistake and it’s all over. But unless there is a big crash that thrill from the driver doesn’t translate well to TV.
"Transport into the city itself can take hours as the local train and bus network is not large enough to cater to the thousands of fans that flock to the circuit every year". It’s going to take even longer if you start out in Stockholm, where that clip is from 🤣
Like most of their clips and backgrounds, it'll mostly be made up of stock images and videos. They probably just looked for "public transport" and picked one at random.
I have to say, the build-up to the race and qualifying is exciting along with the rich history, but when it comes to the race itself, it's a bit of a let down. Felt this way for a long time. Usually a snooze fest
The ACM needs to realize that the Monaco Grand Prix is not like the other two races in the Triple Crown of Motorsports for one key reason. The World Endurance Championship would collapse without the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Indycar Series would collapse without the Indianapolis 500. Formula One can very much live without the Monaco Grand Prix. And given how dull the racing usually is at that circuit, I suspect a rather large segment of the Formula One fan base would not be too upset to see it go. If Monaco wants to stay on the calendar, the ACM needs to give up its special treatment.
It’s so boring to watch… so so boring. No one wants to watch cars just follow each other. The cars are too wide for the circuit and it’s been that way for years….
@@drewp.weiner2473 good for you, you are in the minority. Only people griping about keeping it is for “the history”. F1 has changed since 1950, as has nearly every circuit, why can’t Monaco? They need F1 more than F1 needs them.
I find it funny everyone complains about the TV direction as if the normal broadcast was brilliant. I really doubt F1 realizes how bad Monaco is in that sense when they get it oh so wrong every other weekend!
Ask any Driver, from Cart to Formula 1, it is still something else to win Monaco. And how can you have the Triple Crown of Motorsport without one of the three tracks?
I’ve been in Monaco and I have to say that the transport is not that bad, arriving by car it is quite easy to park (super expensive, but that’s not the point) and since the principality is so small, it’s super easy to walk around it. In Imola the traffic was crazy and it was a nightmare, much worse than Monaco. And one last thing, F1 from the grandstands in Monaco is crazy, you can really see and feel the crazy speed they can carry through corners, I’ve seen F1 in Monza, Imola and Monaco and in Monaco it is twice as spectacular, it has genuinely blowed my mind, while in Monza and Imola it was more “normal”
South African government has already said they will hold an f1 races. They have asked the FIA to wait till they have no humanity issue first. Basically, the government wants to fix the problems it has on the inside before selling it self to the rest of the world.
It undoubtedly has one of the most engaging qualifying sessions of the year but the race is an absolute joke! Even rain couldn't save it. I say scrap it for a proper track. Great video Katy!
Imo. unless Monaco is willing to give up all of its special deals, it should be dropped, dealing with such a bad race is tolerable only if everything else about Monaco is fixed
I feel the opposite way. They should change their track DRAMATICALLY if they want to stay in the F1 personally. It's so boring watching F1 cars go around like civilians vehicles and not overtaking.
monaco has always been fun for ppl rich enough to attend in person. for everyone else, from the audience to the teams, it has always been a pain in the ass. drivers love it for its traditional/sentimental value but the fact daniel riccardo could win the race when he lost the electric portion of his engine tells you this track has to go.
i dont think monoco is that expensive like it expensive to stay in monoco yes you don't have to, plus easier to get to then paul ricard full week grandstand tickets are like €900. I've a few friends that went a few years ago they parked about a hour away and walked. like not more expensive the ticket to mami or circuit of Americas. at least you get closer to the cars in circuit of Americas your about a mile away from the cars.
since people are talking a lot about the future of Monaco, they could turn Monaco into somekind of special event in the calender, instead of a full on race it could be a time attack, quali in Monaco is always cool, so turn it into a full on time attack event, full of special and unique liveries and so on. :v even if the race around Monaco is boring, drivers still like to drive there, they like quali and the fans love it, so if they can have the best motorsport organizers to create a time attack format for a special event in Monaco, that would be awesome.
Who is this "they" you speak of? The whole issue is that F1 doesnt have control to make any changes.. your idea, regardless of if its good or not (bit boring ngl), doesnt matter, it'll never get through the Monaco Race Directors. f1 might like it, but they dont like a lot of how Monaco is ran etc.. so its just another thing to add to the pile of "yea, sounds good.. oh wait.. they said no"
@@TheAngryDwarfff they = every party involved in the organizing of the event, I know this would never happen, the ACM are a bunch of limp dick old crusty and visionless bastards that would never agree to this even if it meant something better for F1, these kinds of bastards are so attached to traditions they rather see everything go to ruins than to adapt, just like Ecclestone was with how he managed F1 before Liberty Media took over, they rather see it die than adapt.
What a wonderful surprise to see an exact copy of the "Have we just seen F1's last Monaco Grand Prix?" video from THE RACE on the WTF1 channel only a day after the original video was posted.. What sparking originality! Its almost as if you haven't just copy pasted the script with less information and worse B film.
@@Insoma f1 use to give out awards for the drive with most overtakes in one season. They stopped doing it because no driver ever won it. In one full season in the 90s only one overtake was recorded on track. Is Monaco really that bad when you look at details like that
Let it go Let it go Let it go The cars don’t even fit on the track anymoreee’ Let it go Let it gooo’ Monaco need to close its doors’ Cause it doesn’t even produce good racing anyways’ 😃
Let Monaco go. Save it for exhibition races. The cars are really too big to be racing in such tight, confined areas. It's beautiful to watch and I'm sure photographers (and sponsors) love all of the low speed turns...but it's not exactly riveting racing. And, it all just seems WAAAY too highbrow...like to the point of being comical. Sort of like how Miami was comical for trying to be highbrow but coming across as just being akin to some loud, obnoxious gym bro bragging about all the fake gold chains hanging around his neck and his beat up Camaro in the parking lot.
Get rid of it, its just a cars following each other for 70+ laps. It doesn't produce wheel to wheel racing, it does sometimes like once in a decade. Good quali circuit though!
People really want monaco gone before the 2026 regulations with smaller cars?? This years racing was actually really good. People be like “but muh overtakes” since when did overtakes need to be successful to be interesting????????
I want Monaco to stay on the calendar but I think that The ACM realise how important the race is for the country. They need the race more than F1 needs it. However, Liberty Media are a bit money hungry and sometimes disrespect the heritage
Liberty is just telling monaco how unimportant they really are in todays age, sometimes tough love is needed if you want change to happen and liberty can very easily deliver the tough decision
Seb pulled off three overtakes on Zhou, Ricciardo and Gasly, and we didn't see even one of them live. Afaik, only two Gasly overtakes were shown and that was that. Absolutely godawful TV direction. Edit: Seb pulled off the most overtakes of any driver and we didn't see any of them live, terrible.
Time too Move on from Monaco.....It is a Go-Kart track...the only think good on Monaco Sunday is...that the Indy 500 is right after this sleep parade...
Love Matt, but Katy's VoiceOver is objectively the way to go. They're both great, but I don't feel like Katy's screaming at me, which is crucial when there's so much information involved, as is usually the case in F1. I found myself wanting to watch 100% of this video, while I'm usually done after 80% of it.
I would hate to lose it because I love Monaco. Mostly for qualifying and the onboard shots during practice sessions and the very rare occasion where it rains. However the petulant spoiled child attitude the organizers constantly show doesn’t match the reality of the race at this time. They seem to be doing everything they can to shoot themselves in the foot at every opportunity with the atrocious TV directing, unwillingness to even entertain changing the track, and worst of all thinking F1 needs them more than they need F1. I would hate to see the track lost from the calendar but I truly think that if it were gone a lot of people would say good riddance and Monaco organizers might have a hell of a time getting back.
As a new fan who started watching in 2021. I appreciate things being “classics”, but it doesn’t make me feel different about Monaco. Their downsides are extremely apparent though. I don’t mind it going away to have better races. I have no nostalgia for these things yet :)
And you never will either. To be able to get nostalgic about racing in Monaco, you need to go back and watch some of the old races there. 1982, when no one seemed to be able to win, and a car that spun out of the race ended up winning. Or some of the really old ones from the 60s when the cars actually fit, AND had room to race on the streets. Honestly, the cars are FAR too big to race there anymore, but it is literally one of the crown jewel races. I don't see it going anywhere. People have been whining about Monaco since the 90s at least. I was too young to know what else was being said in the 80s, so I just watched, and enjoyed.
I've been watching the sport since before Senna died but I have zero nostalgia for the GP. The qualifying is always interesting but the race is a Sunday nap after the start.
The thing that gets me excited about Monaco was it's the only street track in the calendar, with super tight tracks. But now we have a lot more city tracks and they have proven to be more entertaining than Monaco (Hello, Baku). Monaco kinda lost its charm there of being the only city track to just another city track that is difficult to overtake.
Its not about the historic, it’s about appreciating how close to the walls drivers must be for 70 laps, it’s pure art, you wouldn’t handle even the first two corners, that’s why Monaco is special, not the history but the talent you should place there to win
I wouldn’t shead a tear if Monaco is dropped. It’s an mind numbingly boring race. The cars today are bigger, faster and more powerful than the cars that ran the city course back in the day. Overtakes happen in the pits.
Please don't touch Monaco until we get to 2026, let's see the cars get smaller again and then we can talk about Monaco. It's a nostalgic's wet dream, and is so engulfed in history that it would break my heart to see it go. Yes the race is often a parade, let's just celebrate it. Make it a carte blanche show case event right in the middle of the season for no points if you'd like, But let the race live. Pls
C’mon man there’s nearly a hundred years of racing history here. Throwing it away is like saying the Augusta Masters golf doesn’t meet modern standards. Who gives a beep about clashing sponsorships or license fees.
If it has to go it’d be pretty cool just to see an extended qualification and time attack instead. Would be new for F1 and in my opinion the qualification at Monaco is unrivalled
We just had one of the best Monaco GP's in years and all a lot of the big channels want to do after the race is shit on it. Stop. One race a year that's more about history and scenery than it is racing is fine. We have so many circuits on the calendar much less deserving of being on the calendar.
Aside from the sponsors and tv handling which it seems a bit shady, the Monaco historic grand prix hosted two weeks before showed how it's possible to have good racing in that track, today's F1 cars are still too large for that track and they aren't changing anytime soon, so Monaco better be nice to F1 if they want to keep their spot in the calendar.
Monaco out if there are no changes. Those with a historical love of the track can watch the footage from the archive but it's about time F1 moved on away from Monaco.
In the 90s the cars were much smaller. Nowadays the formula cars are the have the size of a quite big SUV. With that said its very hard to squeeze 2 cars side to side on the circuit.
Maybe the Monaco GP should become the crown jewel of the Formula E series? That car type and the track actually generate some exciting races. Might push some more fans towards that series, and also get the F1 cars onto tracks that more suit their size and power.
Maybe it's time to let it go, who knows We might get another track that will be the "Modern Monaco" and when F1 of the future looks back just like we do with Monaco they see this new track and all its history
It's nice to see Katy doing the voice over!! Although the racing isn't that great, with the bonkers amount of history behind the Grand Prix, it would feel so wrong to drop it. The sad thing is, it's not Monaco's fault. F1 cars have became more and more bigger throughout time, it's becoming impossible to race there : (
It's about more than the cars though. I guess countries should be allowed to use sponsors of their own but like they said, when the cameras are mostly interested in selling something other than the race then the problems get worse. It really is a poor viewing spectacle in many ways. I think it should go myself.
Ive been in favor of axing monaco for years...and i havnt seen any reason to change my mind, host a vintage race there, if people really care about the history you could even hold the official price ceremony end season there but its absolutely inadequate for a F1 race... and thats even with me prefering stragegy being the decisive factor above on track overtakes
I'd still like to have it on the calender due to tradition. If we can have races on circuits which were built on questionable morals, then I'd choose Monaco over them any day.
Monaco is the most Iconic circuit in F1 and no amount of "fan" complaining will change that. It's not a traditional race and expecting it to be is just people missing the point. It's a qualifying race and then luck of the draw and pit stops to change places. That in it's own makes it unique and requires a little diversity of race understanding from the fans but it's still always an interesting result that never fails to produce some sort of drama. I think the rise of popularity of F1 is starting to have a negative effect on it and turning it into an instant gratification race series like all the others. It's not Kart or Nascar. It's ok to have them battle a few laps before earning that pass ;) The TV deal needs to go though for sure!
Monaco is an a important part of F1, do you imagin F1 without Ferrari? without Monaco? without Spa? of course not and if you don't care at all your are not a real fan.
Alonso also proved the point this season about how dull the race track is with no overtaking possible.
That Alonso adventure was nothing but embarrassing for the sport. Dude was cruising around and not racing. The whole sport lost its meaning right there. Monaco out
@@avssify Yet, Pierre Gasly's two overtakes shows that overtaking can happen on the track. Make no mistake, I think some track changes would be great for the Monaco GP, but it doesn't need to be binned entirely.
@@FrPeterJShaw Yeah you need massive tire advantage to overtake which is rare.
@@frankreynolds9930 True enough. Let's also be honest: track isn't the real reason the Monaco GP's future is up in the air. It's all about money. Same reason why there's no German GP...
@@FrPeterJShaw Gasly's pace was also 5-6 seconds a lap faster on a different tire compound and he passed Zhou, a rookie.
Also, that 5-6 seconds/lap pace differential was a bigger gap in pace than what Alonso was doing at the end when he was just cruising slowly going 4 seconds slower than the drivers at the front. Aside from that, I don't think there were many actual passes.
Honestly id rather see Hockenheim or Sepang back on calendar. I loved those tracks.
Definitely Hockenheim. My all time favorite
Miss Sepang! Great circuit
i would love to see hockenheim back in f1
Given how successful the Marina Bay Street Circuit has been, I'm pretty sure that Malaysia would want to host an F1 race in Sepang
Why not many people interested in Nürburgring?
Monaco better be careful. If they lose their spot, they're never getting it back
I think too many F1 members and officials live there to not get it back, it’s Monaco though as well, they’ve been racing there for nearly 100 years, they won’t get rid of it
They can get it back easily, they will just have to compromise. F1 doesn't wanna drop it. They just don't like it the way things are now.
Never if Liberty are in charge
people are speculating as to why the miami track was added to show it's not just monaco they can use to attract new sponsorships. So, I agree they are willing to drop monaco and may consider adding the track back in 2026 when the reg changes car sizes to smaller ones.
Ok good luck with that
Adding that F1 wants to string together races within similar geography, yet Monaco wants to maintain it's GP at the end of May, throws a serious wrench in the plans. Monaco is just a petulant child at this point.
Probably the best time to hold the race is in May.
Spain isn't that far away. I would be set for a European leg Portimao, Spain, France, Monaco, Imola back to back to back. We've all seen what a drag the middle east leg of the race is with 3 to finish last season and 2 to start this season.
What? The "europe" part of the season is literally during the summer dude. European races would be held during the summer months...
Huh u and me think alike very much an entitled child
They need to extend the circuit out seaward. Make it unique and create a section where overtakes can happen.
I agree that would be a fantastic way to keep the Monaco GP and bring it up to date by adding something new and unique, not sure how realistic or practical it is though.
F1 can't get Monaco to pay the going rate for the race let alone make the kind of investment a plan like that would take.
I'll agree that it is time to update the circuit and make room for more dynamic racing, however Monaco is the most unique circuit on the calendar. None of the other street or faux street circuits are like it. The main problem with better opportunities for overtaking is all the street in Monaco are too narrow and there really isn't room to add wider streets or a track section, at least not without a lot of effort for a once yearly event. It is used for other races like Formula E but nothing close to racing importance.
I would hate to see the Monaco GP go because of its history and iconic cache' but in fairness it is kind of like an old school iconic stadium whose time has passed. Like the old Yankee Stadium. Maybe with the French GP seeming to being going away a track should be built just outside Monaco. FIA's willingness to give up the French GP should be eye opening for Monaco if it really wants to keep the GP. Maybe if they can deal with that much elevation change have it dip down into part of the city in a sort of track/city or road/city hybrid. Right now as it is Q3 is the most exciting part of the weekend as pole is realistically only broken by P1 screwing up or having a DNF.
Another issue is with grand stands, there's very limited room for them. Fewest seats on the tour translates into lower revenue. Something like 80% of spectators watch from windows and balconies along the route.
Good suggestion but not fiscally responsible. They won’t see a return on a tens of millions investment such as this.
there's 20 other tracks where overtakes can happen, you can live with monaco
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I'm in team "but it's Monaco!". I know there's literally no overtaking, tv direction sometimes sucks, but at the same time, it is just so unique, so incomperable to any other cirquit. It is a huge part of F1 history, and I just can't imagine a season of Formula 1 without the Monaco GP (2020 is an exception, as a lot of races were cancelled for obvious reasons)
I might be the only one saying this but 1929 was even before formula 1 began so for me alteration is the answer not discarding I would like to see one Monaco for a change rather than 3-4 US GP 3-4 middle eastern GPs...it is a piece of motorsport history do you just can't wipe it off like anything...
We have plenty of history. Spa, Silverstone, Monza being the big 3.
Imola, Brazil, Austria, Suzuka are sort of in the history books.
Spain tho boring is still technically a historic track.
Personally, a fun race in a historic track is only slightly epic as a fun race in the Middle East.
People watch F1 nowadays for the racing, not the history.
@@hdr_diamondz as I said there is no denying the fact that it's a procession but we can maybe look to change the layout....btw only Monza has hosted more races than Monaco. It holds a lot of significance like how we see graham hill and Ayrton Senna
We need a race in Toronto some sort of street circuit around the CN Tower. Camon now
i imagined you wouldve gone through all the times the live stream stopped during fp1
The problem is that Monaco is barely wide enough to walk on
Found the American
I would suggest a compromise. Hold time trials as usual on Saturday, then hand out the trophies and send everybody home. There would be just much excitement as actually having the race, and the results would probably be more or less the same either way.
If this was the last race, what a great race to end with
I do like the race - it gives a unique challenge - though having said that I would only cry if Spa or Suzuka were off the calendar. The TV coverage is the stinker - they missed a bunch of important shots as usual. Most notably was a decent view of Mick's crash and it took them a while to find the least-bad shot for the replay so we could figure out how the car got chopped in half. The cutaways to K-Mag were meaningless and made me wonder if they knew whose car it was.
In the old days bad coverage was everywhere - who can forget French TV's super-slow-mo camera that forced us to watch Prost bouncing over the kerbs when there was important action elsewhere on the circuit - but now Monaco coverage stands out for the wrong reasons.
I love Monaco but it's beyond a joke with modern F1 cars. That said F2 and F3 look terrific around there. Drop it from F1 and turn the GP into a special invitational F2 race, with any F1 rookies being invited, along with the top 8-10 drivers in F2, top 5-6 in F3 and the leaders of all the major national championships. Add touring cars to the support bill and make it a festival of great motor racing.
Monaco GP is more like a parade - it is not a good event for TV but it is fantastic for spectators as the cars are so much closer to them. At the end of the day, its all about the money, though. Formula 1 and FIA will demand higher hosting fees, control of the trackside advertising and TV rights. There is a lot of talking to be done but this time, I suspect that Monaco does not have the upper hand.
I think the gulf countries and inclusion of Las Vegas and Miami will take away all the charisma of Monaco. With many legendary tracks which were once part of f1 and not being used for racing, it is a matter of time when Monaco will be removed.
I agree I live in Monaco and I think it is way too cramp lol
I've always loved Monaco for how technical it is. And I've been on the side for keeping it but after all that info I honestly could understand it not coming back
Everyone will complain in 10 years if it's gone.
Looks like we got what we wanted guys
Katy is the narrator!
Been an F1 fan for a long time, and I've felt for a while that the tech of the cars far surpassed the capability of the track, resulting in nothing really more than an exhibition race occurring in the midst of an elite's party.
Agreed. I've been watching F1 since the early 90s, and the last couple of years I've given up on watching the monaco GP itself (still watch the highlights after, though). The race itself is mostly a snooze fest. Qualifying, though, is still exciting to watch. Nothing quite like a driver on the absolute edge around the streets of monaco
What happened to matt
@@rolmops883 That's why I say they turn it into a time trial style event for reduced points.
@@noahgreaser1213 He's on holiday I think
FOM really needs to take charge of the TV cameras/direction. The last few years have been atrocious. This would be the bare minimum for me to continue to host at Monaco.
Besides that I think Monaco should supply Fiat 500s to every driver - ensuring they are all equal - and the driver's get to qualify in those to establish grid position. ;)
This circuit is great for qualifying, for the race it's not very exciting usually sadly
Since 1950, only 10 times has the race been won by a driver starting lower than third.
Disagreed. If they let this race start in the rain it would have been a master show of skill
Quali is all there is in this shitfest, it's the pinnacle of glamourous boredom and vanity
@@elwelcom Who?
I think Trintignant, Brabham, Rindt, Patrese, Rosberg, Panis and who?
@@Lucas-qk8lc they did race in the wet. But the risk for teams is way too much to have sent them out in that downpour. This isn’t an open track with run offs
I'd honestly be okay with Monaco no longer being a permanent member of the calendar. The track in doubt that I care about is Spa Francorchamps. If they removed Spa from the calendar they would be doing a gross disservice to all fans. Yes 2021 was a mess but a good number of the greatest races of all time have happened at Spa!
If Monaco goes then it will open the flood gates for other races to go. Liberty are only interested in one thing and that is to make as much money as possible. GP's willing to cop up the most money will be the ones that will get the races despite what type of racing it will produce. Already they are talking that there will be 3 races in the US just on itself. F1 will end up being a reality TV show and not a sport.
It's hard to make that argument for spa while at the same time making the argument against monaco. Don't get me wrong spot it's a much much better race but taking out any sentimentality both of them aren't the best race tracks.
@@Caiphex Spa is the prefered race by the driver since years. There is a mix of race thrill, history, landscape and feature (raidillon) that is awesome !
But I may be biased since I'm Belgian
@@Caiphex Not really. Only 1 of the criticisms levelled against Monaco also applies to Spa but to a much lesser extent. Spa doesn't always provide the best races but there's still enough overtaking places that you can't drive around 3s of the pace or without a MGU-K (and therefore 25% less power) and still not get overtaken. No one expects brilliant races every time, just a track where overtakes are actually possible without a gigantic pace advantage like Gasly had.
Life keep changing.. What must go just let it go
Reason: The cars dont fit anymore
Yea bc the rulemakers decided for 2017 to just make the cars wide asf
Yep! 1 hour race, more like 1 hour of traffic jam
@@ariqhaidar7261 Well everyone wanted faster cars and they got em.
@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks ^ this. Lesson learned, be careful what you wish for ladies and gents
@Microsoftlag2.0 but still wide. Thats the problem
Most years I watch Monaco and Indy back-to-back and most years, I find myself regretting the decision to wake up early for Monaco. Indy has points of slowness around the midway point, but at least there is always a promise of action or unpredictability…. Monaco almost never provides that (unless someone has gotten into a horrifying wreck)
Indy is also extremely boring most of the race... I can meet you in the middle with watching the first 10 laps of Monaco and the last 10 laps of Indy500
*cough* mick schumacher
Katy is really good at this! I wouldn't mind her doing more content like this :)
Agreed... really enjoyed her narration.
@@soundscape26 tbh I didn't. way too mellow
@@ISirSmoke That's probably because we are used to Matt's more lively delivery. Katy chose, and well, not to try and emulate him.
@@soundscape26 simp
I find Matt to be way over the top, and I like that about him but not in every circumstance. Katy is very easy to listen to and is pretty knowledgeable
Yay Katy! While I miss Matt, zero complaints about the extra Katy content! Great video, and some excellent points. I love Monaco, but definitely think they should be held to the same standards. I’d really hate to see it go, though!
Where is Matt??
@@ShadowRacing on a holiday
@@ShadowRacing on holiday!
@@ForzaPolska06 oh. How long for?
@@ShadowRacing no idea
I'm not really following it
Monaco is like a relationship you've given chances to, but just have to walk away from until they do or don't make some meaningful changes.
She's boring as hell, gives you no space and all she cares about is her yacht and white chinos.
Monaco takes itself too seriously. We live in a different time now! When the Monaco GP was finishing this year, the four cars were all within half a second from each other yet we saw no overtaking. Monaco is a place for the ultra rich to park their yachts, and definitely not designed for the average F1 fans to participate and have a good time. If we need to get rid of one GP this year, it should absolutely be Monaco instead of Spa, which is almost everybody’s favorite.
There's no PASSING because of the regulations from F1.
That's the biggest problem with F1, it's so regulated that it's barely racing anymore. It's just cars doing laps and allowing others to pass because someone in the pits directs them to, including telling drives who they WILL allow to win races.
@@babsme6459 there has been more overtaking this season than at the same point on previous years in recent memory. The issue is the circuit is no longer fit for purpose.
@@theMATTY1319 But only due to DRS. That’s not racing. If the Tunnel was a DRS zone you‘d have seen lots of passes. We need cars where slipstream is the biggest thing and if you need a gimmick to pass bring something like PTP from Indy
@@theMATTY1319 F1 is boring as dirt! Most PASSING happens only with permission of the pits. And until people like you that are defending this travesty of "competition" actually condemn someone int the pits making the calls on whether people can pass each other, or order others to allow someonet to pass them , or even control who wins races, then y9u're simply part of the problem!
@@eggselent9814 drs in tunnel will be dangerous, its really narrow and blind, also there's discarded rubber off-line
When Formula E started racing in the full layout of Monaco, I knew the writing was on the wall: Formula E came to stay, and they will carry the torch of the Monaco GP. Motorsport is no stranger to that, as some time ago the Le Mans 24H wasn't raced in sportscars, only in GT cars.
for le mans, does the LMP and LM hypercar class fit within your "sports car" definition?
This last weekend at Monaco was infuriating from a TV Director standpoint.
It was horrible coverage ffs, missed so many key moments
I remember seeing drivers and commentators raving about how special Monaco was; but, having only ever watched it on TV, I really didn't get what the fuss was about.
Reading between the lines, and applying some eagle-eyed hindsight, I think I've worked out what's special about the Monaco GP : It's not about the race. It's about all the parties that happen around the race.
Yeah vast knowlege here. You are truly a motosport enthusiast arent you?
Monaco psss it is nothing just france doing stuff eeh do you agree? You know i am so impressed i that i will share this thought with all my friends.
And you should know we love as you are
Monaco is really exciting and challenging for the drivers. There’s no other track this unforgiving, one tiny mistake and it’s all over. But unless there is a big crash that thrill from the driver doesn’t translate well to TV.
The drivers usually love it because it's a challenge for them. And the setting is unique. That's about it.
"Transport into the city itself can take hours as the local train and bus network is not large enough to cater to the thousands of fans that flock to the circuit every year". It’s going to take even longer if you start out in Stockholm, where that clip is from 🤣
Blev också smått fundersam när jag såg det 😂 04:57
I was not the only one to notice that😆😂
What did you expect from this channel, journalistic integrity? WTF1 is yellow press.
Like most of their clips and backgrounds, it'll mostly be made up of stock images and videos.
They probably just looked for "public transport" and picked one at random.
@@stephen9894 exactly.
I have to say, the build-up to the race and qualifying is exciting along with the rich history, but when it comes to the race itself, it's a bit of a let down. Felt this way for a long time. Usually a snooze fest
Qualy in Monaco is the EVENT of the weekend. Love it!
@@veryfastride
Yes but race is very boring
The ACM needs to realize that the Monaco Grand Prix is not like the other two races in the Triple Crown of Motorsports for one key reason. The World Endurance Championship would collapse without the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Indycar Series would collapse without the Indianapolis 500. Formula One can very much live without the Monaco Grand Prix. And given how dull the racing usually is at that circuit, I suspect a rather large segment of the Formula One fan base would not be too upset to see it go. If Monaco wants to stay on the calendar, the ACM needs to give up its special treatment.
It’s so boring to watch… so so boring. No one wants to watch cars just follow each other. The cars are too wide for the circuit and it’s been that way for years….
I will never watch f1 again if monaco is cut
I like how the first two replies to this comment is showing the *Duality* of F1 fan
@@drewp.weiner2473 good for you, you are in the minority. Only people griping about keeping it is for “the history”. F1 has changed since 1950, as has nearly every circuit, why can’t Monaco? They need F1 more than F1 needs them.
I get what you're saying, but IndyCar would NOT collapse without the indy 500
@4:56 thats the Stockholm Sweden subway, I agree it can be a bit of a hassle getting from there to monaco
I find it funny everyone complains about the TV direction as if the normal broadcast was brilliant. I really doubt F1 realizes how bad Monaco is in that sense when they get it oh so wrong every other weekend!
Nice voice Matt
No matter now iconic the track is, the Monaco GP have to adapt to the times or risk getting kick off from the F1 calendar.
Matt has gone through reverse puberty, i see😂
Ask any Driver, from Cart to Formula 1, it is still something else to win Monaco. And how can you have the Triple Crown of Motorsport without one of the three tracks?
Watching this it makes you wonder if Monaco can still live up to the name
I’ve been in Monaco and I have to say that the transport is not that bad, arriving by car it is quite easy to park (super expensive, but that’s not the point) and since the principality is so small, it’s super easy to walk around it. In Imola the traffic was crazy and it was a nightmare, much worse than Monaco. And one last thing, F1 from the grandstands in Monaco is crazy, you can really see and feel the crazy speed they can carry through corners, I’ve seen F1 in Monza, Imola and Monaco and in Monaco it is twice as spectacular, it has genuinely blowed my mind, while in Monza and Imola it was more “normal”
If South Africa were also given the benefit of a lower buy in then I'm sure we would see a Kyalami Grand Prix! What would you rather see?
I’m south african. But love Monaco. It’s a classic
Monaco still
South African government has already said they will hold an f1 races. They have asked the FIA to wait till they have no humanity issue first. Basically, the government wants to fix the problems it has on the inside before selling it self to the rest of the world.
I'd like to see a race in Egypt and some other areas of North Africa some day. I know that WRC races in Kenya which feckin rocks.
@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks that I'm sorry to say will not happen. Not a big enough fanbase and they can't afford the cost.
It undoubtedly has one of the most engaging qualifying sessions of the year but the race is an absolute joke! Even rain couldn't save it. I say scrap it for a proper track. Great video Katy!
What's so different about the qualifying there?
Only thing I see is crash and red flags not letting people finish their lap.
But basically every year. Someone gets pole on the first run. Then causes a yellow or red on the second run to keep it.
@@jacksonsilva4409 the high risk : high reward of quali at Monaco is what makes it great imo. Those walls are tight!
The only problem with losing Monaco is that it will be replaced with a boring street circuit in USA or the Middle East.
I get the street circuit but doesnt middle east sounds exciting ?
isnt Monaco a boring street circuit?
@@edofluit6568 thats the irony he's mentioning, he's saying its better to keep a historic boring race than bring in a modern boring race
Or they could come back to Indy. Not a street race there.
@@Ceece20 Or go to Kyalami, or Sepang, or heck go back to Watkins Glen.
Imo. unless Monaco is willing to give up all of its special deals, it should be dropped, dealing with such a bad race is tolerable only if everything else about Monaco is fixed
I feel the opposite way. They should change their track DRAMATICALLY if they want to stay in the F1 personally. It's so boring watching F1 cars go around like civilians vehicles and not overtaking.
monaco has always been fun for ppl rich enough to attend in person. for everyone else, from the audience to the teams, it has always been a pain in the ass. drivers love it for its traditional/sentimental value but the fact daniel riccardo could win the race when he lost the electric portion of his engine tells you this track has to go.
i dont think monoco is that expensive like it expensive to stay in monoco yes you don't have to, plus easier to get to then paul ricard full week grandstand tickets are like €900. I've a few friends that went a few years ago they parked about a hour away and walked. like not more expensive the ticket to mami or circuit of Americas. at least you get closer to the cars in circuit of Americas your about a mile away from the cars.
Petition to make the drivers to race in karts in Monaco 😂
The train clip in the end 4:57 is from Stockholm, Sweden and not Monaco.
since people are talking a lot about the future of Monaco, they could turn Monaco into somekind of special event in the calender, instead of a full on race it could be a time attack, quali in Monaco is always cool, so turn it into a full on time attack event, full of special and unique liveries and so on. :v
even if the race around Monaco is boring, drivers still like to drive there, they like quali and the fans love it, so if they can have the best motorsport organizers to create a time attack format for a special event in Monaco, that would be awesome.
Quality on Saturday with F1 cars, race on Sunday with go-karts. And make Monaco the retro livery GP.
Who is this "they" you speak of?
The whole issue is that F1 doesnt have control to make any changes.. your idea, regardless of if its good or not (bit boring ngl), doesnt matter, it'll never get through the Monaco Race Directors.
f1 might like it, but they dont like a lot of how Monaco is ran etc.. so its just another thing to add to the pile of "yea, sounds good.. oh wait.. they said no"
Make it another Goodwood Festival of Speed. I'm down with that.
@@TheAngryDwarfff they = every party involved in the organizing of the event, I know this would never happen, the ACM are a bunch of limp dick old crusty and visionless bastards that would never agree to this even if it meant something better for F1, these kinds of bastards are so attached to traditions they rather see everything go to ruins than to adapt, just like Ecclestone was with how he managed F1 before Liberty Media took over, they rather see it die than adapt.
@@ManualsRBetter already exists. Its called the Monaco GP historic
It sure would be sad to loose this historic track, but I really do hope it’s not going to be renewed…
You can’t get rid of monaco,it’s too iconic and if it went so would half the f1 fan base
I’ll be honest, I like Katy hosting videos like this more than Matt
They should take turns... this way everybody would be happy.
What a wonderful surprise to see an exact copy of the "Have we just seen F1's last Monaco Grand Prix?" video from THE RACE on the WTF1 channel only a day after the original video was posted.. What sparking originality! Its almost as if you haven't just copy pasted the script with less information and worse B film.
Cars are just getting to big man, if they get a little smaller monaco would be fun again
@@Insoma f1 use to give out awards for the drive with most overtakes in one season. They stopped doing it because no driver ever won it. In one full season in the 90s only one overtake was recorded on track. Is Monaco really that bad when you look at details like that
Everyone obsessed with overtaking. THERE'S MORE TO F1 THAN OVERTAKING.
These are the new shallow F1 fans Liberty Media want.
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
The cars don’t even fit on the track anymoreee’
Let it go
Let it gooo’
Monaco need to close its doors’
Cause it doesn’t even produce good racing anyways’ 😃
Let Monaco go. Save it for exhibition races. The cars are really too big to be racing in such tight, confined areas. It's beautiful to watch and I'm sure photographers (and sponsors) love all of the low speed turns...but it's not exactly riveting racing. And, it all just seems WAAAY too highbrow...like to the point of being comical. Sort of like how Miami was comical for trying to be highbrow but coming across as just being akin to some loud, obnoxious gym bro bragging about all the fake gold chains hanging around his neck and his beat up Camaro in the parking lot.
Get rid of it, its just a cars following each other for 70+ laps. It doesn't produce wheel to wheel racing, it does sometimes like once in a decade. Good quali circuit though!
People really want monaco gone before the 2026 regulations with smaller cars?? This years racing was actually really good. People be like “but muh overtakes” since when did overtakes need to be successful to be interesting????????
I want Monaco to stay on the calendar but I think that The ACM realise how important the race is for the country. They need the race more than F1 needs it. However, Liberty Media are a bit money hungry and sometimes disrespect the heritage
Liberty is just telling monaco how unimportant they really are in todays age, sometimes tough love is needed if you want change to happen and liberty can very easily deliver the tough decision
Seb pulled off three overtakes on Zhou, Ricciardo and Gasly, and we didn't see even one of them live. Afaik, only two Gasly overtakes were shown and that was that. Absolutely godawful TV direction.
Edit: Seb pulled off the most overtakes of any driver and we didn't see any of them live, terrible.
Time too Move on from Monaco.....It is a Go-Kart track...the only think good on Monaco Sunday is...that the Indy 500 is right after this sleep parade...
Love Matt, but Katy's VoiceOver is objectively the way to go. They're both great, but I don't feel like Katy's screaming at me, which is crucial when there's so much information involved, as is usually the case in F1. I found myself wanting to watch 100% of this video, while I'm usually done after 80% of it.
I would hate to lose it because I love Monaco. Mostly for qualifying and the onboard shots during practice sessions and the very rare occasion where it rains. However the petulant spoiled child attitude the organizers constantly show doesn’t match the reality of the race at this time. They seem to be doing everything they can to shoot themselves in the foot at every opportunity with the atrocious TV directing, unwillingness to even entertain changing the track, and worst of all thinking F1 needs them more than they need F1. I would hate to see the track lost from the calendar but I truly think that if it were gone a lot of people would say good riddance and Monaco organizers might have a hell of a time getting back.
I think Monaco could become like the Macou GP, still prestigious in its own right but not an F1 race
Let it go! With Russia out now, they can pick 2 of Germany, Turkey or Portugal. They are all much better tracks, with better racing.
As a new fan who started watching in 2021. I appreciate things being “classics”, but it doesn’t make me feel different about Monaco. Their downsides are extremely apparent though. I don’t mind it going away to have better races. I have no nostalgia for these things yet :)
And you never will either. To be able to get nostalgic about racing in Monaco, you need to go back and watch some of the old races there. 1982, when no one seemed to be able to win, and a car that spun out of the race ended up winning. Or some of the really old ones from the 60s when the cars actually fit, AND had room to race on the streets. Honestly, the cars are FAR too big to race there anymore, but it is literally one of the crown jewel races. I don't see it going anywhere. People have been whining about Monaco since the 90s at least. I was too young to know what else was being said in the 80s, so I just watched, and enjoyed.
I've been watching the sport since before Senna died but I have zero nostalgia for the GP. The qualifying is always interesting but the race is a Sunday nap after the start.
The thing that gets me excited about Monaco was it's the only street track in the calendar, with super tight tracks. But now we have a lot more city tracks and they have proven to be more entertaining than Monaco (Hello, Baku). Monaco kinda lost its charm there of being the only city track to just another city track that is difficult to overtake.
So please dont say things if you dont mind
Its not about the historic, it’s about appreciating how close to the walls drivers must be for 70 laps, it’s pure art, you wouldn’t handle even the first two corners, that’s why Monaco is special, not the history but the talent you should place there to win
I wouldn’t shead a tear if Monaco is dropped. It’s an mind numbingly boring race. The cars today are bigger, faster and more powerful than the cars that ran the city course back in the day. Overtakes happen in the pits.
Glad to hear Katy while Matt is on vacation 👍🏻
Please don't touch Monaco until we get to 2026, let's see the cars get smaller again and then we can talk about Monaco. It's a nostalgic's wet dream, and is so engulfed in history that it would break my heart to see it go. Yes the race is often a parade, let's just celebrate it. Make it a carte blanche show case event right in the middle of the season for no points if you'd like, But let the race live. Pls
C’mon man there’s nearly a hundred years of racing history here. Throwing it away is like saying the Augusta Masters golf doesn’t meet modern standards. Who gives a beep about clashing sponsorships or license fees.
I don’t know what’s wrong with you people! Remove Monaco?! What…? I mean - that’s just crazy-talk!
If it has to go it’d be pretty cool just to see an extended qualification and time attack instead. Would be new for F1 and in my opinion the qualification at Monaco is unrivalled
We just had one of the best Monaco GP's in years and all a lot of the big channels want to do after the race is shit on it. Stop. One race a year that's more about history and scenery than it is racing is fine. We have so many circuits on the calendar much less deserving of being on the calendar.
Aside from the sponsors and tv handling which it seems a bit shady, the Monaco historic grand prix hosted two weeks before showed how it's possible to have good racing in that track, today's F1 cars are still too large for that track and they aren't changing anytime soon, so Monaco better be nice to F1 if they want to keep their spot in the calendar.
The thing is, if Monaco goes out it will likely be filled with a de facto slave state paying for people to forget what they do.
@@Fonetiker Sadly that is the most probable outcome if Monaco is out, F1 has become greedy AF.
F1 should primarily be about racing, Monaco almost can't provide this. Therefore it should be gone.
Monaco out if there are no changes. Those with a historical love of the track can watch the footage from the archive but it's about time F1 moved on away from Monaco.
In the 90s the cars were much smaller. Nowadays the formula cars are the have the size of a quite big SUV. With that said its very hard to squeeze 2 cars side to side on the circuit.
Maybe the Monaco GP should become the crown jewel of the Formula E series? That car type and the track actually generate some exciting races. Might push some more fans towards that series, and also get the F1 cars onto tracks that more suit their size and power.
I couldn’t care less about rolex. They paste their logo in every premium sport out there. What a bunch of whining babies
Monaco isn't the most exciting track, but it's still one of the most legendary tracks, F1 just isn't F1 without Monaco.
Maybe it's time to let it go, who knows We might get another track that will be the "Modern Monaco" and when F1 of the future looks back just like we do with Monaco they see this new track and all its history
It's nice to see Katy doing the voice over!!
Although the racing isn't that great, with the bonkers amount of history behind the Grand Prix, it would feel so wrong to drop it.
The sad thing is, it's not Monaco's fault. F1 cars have became more and more bigger throughout time, it's becoming impossible to race there : (
It's about more than the cars though. I guess countries should be allowed to use sponsors of their own but like they said, when the cameras are mostly interested in selling something other than the race then the problems get worse. It really is a poor viewing spectacle in many ways. I think it should go myself.
I really think Monaco needs to stay. It's a unique F1 event. Just my opinion. Take care, -Eric 🏁
Ive been in favor of axing monaco for years...and i havnt seen any reason to change my mind, host a vintage race there, if people really care about the history you could even hold the official price ceremony end season there but its absolutely inadequate for a F1 race... and thats even with me prefering stragegy being the decisive factor above on track overtakes
Exactly, maybe they just need to stick with the historic gp as well as the formula e race. I think F1 has become too big and needs to move on.
4:56 Here I, as a swede in Stockholm, have lived all my life not knowing our subway goes to Monaco?!
hate this track and race. it's absolutely pointless. get rid of it. no one wants it back except the race organizer
Yet all the drivers though history up till now all love it
We need Indian GP, there has been a tremendous rise of audience viewship in India 🇮🇳 . F1 come back to India 🇮🇳
I'd still like to have it on the calender due to tradition. If we can have races on circuits which were built on questionable morals, then I'd choose Monaco over them any day.
Cadillacs on karting track. F1 has outgrown Monaco. Without changes its time to move on. Tradition alone is not reason enough to stay on the schedule.
I hope it stays because it’s a bit different, more emphasis is put on qualifying and strategy than overtaking which for 1 race a year I’m fine with
Leclerc would be aghast by this development... Monaco in calendar for 7 decades and now that he is racing things are the most uncertain
Monaco is the most Iconic circuit in F1 and no amount of "fan" complaining will change that. It's not a traditional race and expecting it to be is just people missing the point. It's a qualifying race and then luck of the draw and pit stops to change places. That in it's own makes it unique and requires a little diversity of race understanding from the fans but it's still always an interesting result that never fails to produce some sort of drama. I think the rise of popularity of F1 is starting to have a negative effect on it and turning it into an instant gratification race series like all the others. It's not Kart or Nascar. It's ok to have them battle a few laps before earning that pass ;)
The TV deal needs to go though for sure!
That is what the young people want is instant gratification. They are poorer for it.
I love the fact that you’ve put in some B-roll from Gamla stan, Stockholm, Sweden, at 4:57.
Monaco is an a important part of F1, do you imagin F1 without Ferrari? without Monaco? without Spa? of course not and if you don't care at all your are not a real fan.
True
I really can't imagine an f1 season without my yearly dose of watching children try and direct an f1 race
@@Alucard-gt1zf best qualy of the year by difference, a track where the hands of the driver really make diference....
Monaco has to be out and replaced with a more entertaining race like say Nurburgring GP or even Sochi would be better or maybe a Laguna Seca race
I love the history and the style of Monaco, but in Terms of racing it's severely lacking. If not changed it should be removed
OFC it is THE track which prove the level of drivers. It's THE challenge of the year