Editing Monaco Grand Prix (section)

===Formula One===
====Early championship days====
The 1949 event was cancelled due to the death of Prince Louis II;<ref name=acm /> it was included in the new Formula One World Drivers' Championship [[1950 Formula One season|the following year]]. [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|The race]] provided future five-time world champion [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] with his first win in a World Championship race, as well as third place for the 51-year-old Louis Chiron, his best result in the World Championship era. However, there was no race in 1951 due to budgetary concerns and a lack of regulations in the sport.<ref name="Automobile Club de Monaco">{{cite web |title=History - Automobile Club de Monaco |url=https://acm.mc/en/edition/grand-prix-de-monaco-f1-2017/history/ |publisher=Automobile Club de Monaco |access-date=8 September 2021 |archive-date=8 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908172312/https://acm.mc/en/edition/grand-prix-de-monaco-f1-2017/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

1952 was the first of the two years in which the World Drivers' Championship was run to less powerful [[Formula Two]] regulations. The race was run to [[sports car racing|sports car]] rules instead, and it did not form part of the World Championship.<ref name="GP.com" />

No races were held in 1953 or 1954 due to the fact that the car regulations were not finalized.<ref name="Automobile Club de Monaco"/>

The Monaco Grand Prix returned in 1955, again as part of the Formula One World Championship, and this would begin a streak of 64 consecutive years in which the race was held.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Baldwin|first=Alan|date=2020-03-19|title=Monaco GP canceled as coronavirus hits more F1 races|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-races-idUSKBN2163JY|access-date=2020-12-09|archive-date=2 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102042930/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-races-idUSKBN2163JY|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1955 race, [[Maurice Trintignant]] won in Monte Carlo for the first time and Chiron again scored points and at 56 became the oldest driver to compete in a Formula One Grand Prix. It was not until [[1957 Monaco Grand Prix|1957]], when Fangio won again, that the Grand Prix saw a double winner. Between 1954 and 1961 Fangio's former Mercedes colleague, [[Stirling Moss]], went one better, as did Trintignant, who won the race again in [[1958 Monaco Grand Prix|1958]] driving a [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]. The [[1961 Monaco Grand Prix|1961 race]] saw Moss fend off three works [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 156 F1|156s]] in a year-old privateer [[Rob Walker Racing Team]] [[Lotus 18]] to take his third Monaco victory.<ref>''The Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One'', p. 262, lines 8–9. Carlton Books Ltd. {{ISBN|1-85868-515-X}}.</ref>
{{further|1950 Monaco Grand Prix|1955 Monaco Grand Prix}}

====Graham Hill's era====
[[File:HillGraham1966Aug.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Graham Hill]] won five of his 14 Grands Prix at Monaco.]]

[[United Kingdom|Britain's]] [[Graham Hill]] won the race five times in the 1960s and became known as "King of Monaco"<ref name="kingmonaco">''The Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One'', p. 262, line 10, Carlton Books Ltd. {{ISBN|1-85868-515-X}}.</ref> and "Mr. Monaco". He first won in 1963, and then won the next two years.<ref name = "GP.com" /> In the [[1965 Monaco Grand Prix|1965 race]], he took pole position and led from the start, but went up an escape road on lap&nbsp;25 to avoid hitting a slow backmarker. Re-joining in fifth place, Hill set several new lap records on the way to winning.<ref name="Hill8W">{{cite web|publisher=8W|url=http://www.forix.com/8w/ghill.html|title=Graham Hill&nbsp;– All-rounder extraordinary|author=Richard Armstrong|access-date=23 August 2006|archive-date=28 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042749/http://www.forix.com/8w/ghill.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The race was also notable for Jim Clark's absence (he was participating in [[1965 Indianapolis 500|the Indianapolis 500]]), and for [[Paul Hawkins (racing driver)|Paul Hawkins's]] Lotus ending up in the harbour.<ref name="Hawkins">{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-hawpau.html|publisher=GrandPrix.com|title=Drivers: Paul Hawkins|access-date=28 January 2007|archive-date=19 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419071150/http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-hawpau.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Hill's teammate, Briton [[Jackie Stewart]], won in 1966 and New Zealander [[Denny Hulme]] won in 1967, but Hill won the next two years, the 1969 event being his final Formula One championship victory, by which time he was a double Formula One world champion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/drivers/hall-of-fame/Graham_Hill.html|title=Graham Hill – 1962, 1968|website=Formula1.com|access-date=24 February 2017|archive-date=25 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225053314/https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/drivers/hall-of-fame/Graham_Hill.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Track alterations, safety, and increasing business interests====
[[File:Circuit de Monaco 1972.png|thumb|Monaco circuit from 1955 to 1972]]
By the start of the 1970s, efforts by Jackie Stewart saw several Formula One events cancelled because of safety concerns. For the [[1969 Monaco Grand Prix|1969 event]], [[Traffic barrier|Armco barriers]] were placed at specific points for the first time in the circuit's history. Before that, the circuit's conditions were (aside from the removal of people's production cars parked on the side of the road) virtually identical to everyday road use. If a driver went off, he had a chance to crash into whatever was next to the track (buildings, trees, lamp posts, glass windows, and even a train station), and in Alberto Ascari's and Paul Hawkins's cases, the harbour water, because the concrete road the course used had no Armco to protect the drivers from going off the track and into the [[Mediterranean]]. The circuit gained more Armco in specific points for the next two races, and by 1972, the circuit was almost completely Armco-lined. For the first time in its history, the Monaco circuit was altered in 1972, as the pits were moved next to the waterfront straight between the chicane and Tabac, and the chicane was moved further forward right before Tabac, becoming the junction point between the pits and the course. The course was changed again for the 1973 race. The [[Rainier III Nautical Stadium]] was constructed where the straight that went behind the pits was, and the circuit introduced a double chicane that went around the new swimming pool (this chicane complex is known today as "Swimming Pool"). This created space for a whole new pit facility, and in 1976 the course was altered yet again; the Sainte Devote corner was made slower and a chicane was placed right before the pit straight.<ref name="racingcircuits.info">{{Cite web|url=http://racingcircuits.info/europe/monaco/monte-carlo/#.WLBrgTsrJhE|title=Monte Carlo|website=RacingCircuits.info|access-date=28 May 2018|archive-date=6 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606182046/http://www.racingcircuits.info/europe/monaco/monte-carlo#.WLBrgTsrJhE|url-status=dead}}</ref>

By the early 1970s, as [[Brabham]] team owner [[Bernie Ecclestone]] started to marshal the collective bargaining power of the [[Formula One Constructors Association]] (FOCA), Monaco was prestigious enough to become an early bone of contention. Historically, the number of cars permitted in a race was decided by the race organiser, in this case the ACM, which had always set a low number of around 16. In 1972, Ecclestone started to negotiate deals which relied on FOCA guaranteeing at least 18 entrants for every race. A stand-off over this issue left the 1972 race in jeopardy until the ACM gave in and agreed that 26 cars could participate&nbsp;– the same number permitted at most other circuits. Two years later, in 1974, the ACM got the numbers back down to 18.<ref name="Lovell, Terry 2004">Lovell, Terry (2004) ''Bernie's Game''</ref>

Because of its tight confines, slow average speeds, and punishing nature, Monaco has often thrown up unexpected results. In the [[1982 Monaco Grand Prix|1982]] race, [[René Arnoux]] led the first 15&nbsp;laps before retiring. [[Alain Prost]] then led until four laps from the end, when he spun off on the wet track, hit the barriers and lost a wheel, giving [[Riccardo Patrese]] the lead. Patrese himself spun with only a lap and a half to go, letting [[Didier Pironi]] through to the front, followed by [[Andrea de Cesaris]]. On the last lap, Pironi ran out of fuel in the tunnel, but De Cesaris also ran out of fuel before he could overtake. In the meantime, Patrese had bump-started his car and went through to score his first Grand Prix win.<ref>Henry, Alan (1985) Brabham, the Grand Prix Cars, p. 237 Osprey {{ISBN|0-905138-36-8}} Henry lists Pironi as having stopped with electrical trouble, but the official results show that the Ferrari driver ran out of fuel.</ref>

In 1983, the ACM became entangled in the disagreements between [[Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile]] (FISA) and FOCA. The ACM, with the agreement of Bernie Ecclestone, negotiated an individual television rights deal with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in the [[United States]]. This broke an agreement enforced by FISA for a single central negotiation of television rights. [[Jean-Marie Balestre]], president of FISA, announced that the Monaco Grand Prix would not form part of the Formula One world championship in 1985. The ACM fought their case in the French courts. They won the case and the race was eventually reinstated.<ref name="Lovell, Terry 2004"/>
[[File:Fenestraz Monaco 2017 Chicane.jpg|thumb|left|Nouvelle Chicane in the 2017 race]]
In 1986, the Nouvelle Chicane was added by expanding into the nearby water to make the track wider.<ref name="horner">{{Cite web |last=Cottingham |first=Ida Wood, Claire |date=2023-05-30 |title=Monaco land reclamation could offer room to improve track - Horner |url=https://www.racefans.net/2023/05/30/monaco-land-reclamation-could-offer-room-to-improve-track-horner/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=RaceFans |language=en-GB}}</ref>

====Era of Prost & Senna dominance ====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 80%;" align="right"
! Year
! Driver
! class="unsortable"|Constructor
! class="unsortable"|Report
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|-
! {{F1|1984}}
| '''{{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}}''' [[Alain Prost]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]
| [[1984 Monaco Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! {{F1|1985}}
| '''{{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}}''' [[Alain Prost]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]
| [[1985 Monaco Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! {{F1|1986}}
| '''{{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}}''' [[Alain Prost]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]
| [[1986 Monaco Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! {{F1|1987}}
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| [[1987 Monaco Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! {{F1|1988}}
| '''{{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}}''' [[Alain Prost]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| [[1988 Monaco Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! {{F1|1989}}
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| [[1989 Monaco Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! {{F1|1990}}
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| [[1990 Monaco Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! {{F1|1991}}
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| [[1991 Monaco Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! {{F1|1992}}
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| [[1992 Monaco Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! {{F1|1993}}
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[1993 Monaco Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
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|}
[[File:Ayrton Senna 1991 Monaco.jpg|thumb|Senna in 1991 at Monaco]]
<!--[[File:Circuit de Monaco 1986.png|thumb|1986-1996]]-->
For the decade from 1984 to 1993, the race was won by only two drivers, arguably the two best drivers in Formula One at the time<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/f1/top-5-rivalries-in-the-history-of-formula-1/5| title=Top 5 rivalries in the history of Formula 1| date=21 March 2018| access-date=5 November 2018| archive-date=6 November 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106053403/https://www.sportskeeda.com/f1/top-5-rivalries-in-the-history-of-formula-1/5| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11281043/f1s-greatest-rivalries-prost-senna-hamilton-rosberg-have-your-say |title=F1's greatest rivalries: Prost-Senna? Hamilton-Rosberg? Have your say |website=www.skysports.com |access-date=5 November 2018 |archive-date=10 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310231159/https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11281043/f1s-greatest-rivalries-prost-senna-hamilton-rosberg-have-your-say |url-status=live }}</ref> – Frenchman [[Alain Prost]] and Brazilian [[Ayrton Senna]]. Prost, already a winner of the [[List of Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race winners|support race for Formula Three cars]] in 1979, took his first Monaco win at the [[1984 Monaco Grand Prix|1984 race]]. The race started 45&nbsp;minutes late after heavy rain. Prost led briefly before [[Nigel Mansell]] overtook him on lap 11. Mansell crashed out five laps later, letting Prost back into the lead. On lap&nbsp;27, Prost led from Ayrton Senna's [[Toleman]] and [[Stefan Bellof]]'s [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]. Senna was catching Prost, and Bellof was catching both of them in the only naturally aspirated car in the race. However, on lap 31, the race was controversially stopped due to conditions deemed to be undriveable. Later, FISA fined the clerk of the course, [[Jacky Ickx]], $6,000 and suspended his licence for not consulting the stewards before stopping the race.<ref>The Chequered Flag p. 320, Lines 55–56 Weidenfeld & Nicolson {{ISBN|0-297-83550-5}}</ref> The drivers received only half of the points that would usually be awarded, as the race had been stopped before two-thirds of the intended race distance had been completed.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Spurgeon|first1=Brad|title=When Ayrton Senna Became a Star|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/sports/autoracing/when-ayrton-senna-became-a-star.html?_r=0|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=4 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804133825/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/sports/autoracing/when-ayrton-senna-became-a-star.html?_r=0 |archive-date=4 August 2016|date=21 May 2015}}</ref>

Prost won 1985 after polesitter Senna retired with a blown Renault engine in his Lotus after over-revving it at the start, and Michele Alboreto in the Ferrari retook the lead twice, but he went off the track at Sainte-Devote, where Brazilian Nelson Piquet and Italian Riccardo Patrese had a huge accident only a few laps previously and oil and debris littered the track. Prost passed Alboreto, who retook the Frenchman, and then he punctured a tyre after running over bodywork debris from the Piquet/Patrese accident, which dropped him to 4th. He was able to pass his Roman countrymen Andrea De Cesaris and [[Elio de Angelis]], but finished 2nd behind Prost. The French Prost dominated 1986 after starting from pole position, a race where the Nouvelle Chicane had been changed on the grounds of safety.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/05/14/changing-tracks-monte-carlo/|title=Changing tracks: Monte-Carlo|date=14 May 2010|website=F1 Fanatic|access-date=24 February 2017|archive-date=16 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516233856/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/05/14/changing-tracks-monte-carlo/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Senna holds the record for the most victories in Monaco, with six, including five consecutive wins between [[1989 Monaco Grand Prix|1989]] and [[1993 Monaco Grand Prix|1993]], as well as eight podium finishes in ten starts. His [[1987 Monaco Grand Prix|1987]] win was the first time a car with an active suspension had won a Grand Prix. He won this race after Briton Nigel Mansell in a Williams-Honda went out with a broken exhaust. His win was very popular with the people of Monaco, and when he was arrested on the Monday following the race for riding a motorcycle without wearing a helmet, he was released by the officers after they realised who he was.<ref>Grand Prix 1987, p. 60. {{ISBN|0-908081-27-8}}</ref> Senna dominated [[1988 Monaco Grand Prix|1988]] and was able to get ahead of his teammate Prost while the Frenchman was held up for most of the race by Austrian [[Gerhard Berger]] in a Ferrari. By the time Prost got past Berger, he pushed as hard as he could and set a lap some 6 seconds faster than Senna's; Senna then set 2 fastest laps, and while pushing as hard as possible, he touched the barrier at the Portier corner and crashed into the Armco separating the road from the Mediterranean. Senna was so upset that he went back to his Monaco flat and was not heard from until the evening.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2014/4/15769.html |title=Ron Dennis on Senna - Part one: the early years |publisher=formula1.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623141122/http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2014/4/15769.html |archive-date=23 June 2014 |access-date=24 January 2016}}</ref> Prost went on to win for the fourth time.

Senna dominated 1989 while Prost was stuck behind backmarker René Arnoux and others; the Brazilian also dominated 1990 and 1991. At the [[1992 Monaco Grand Prix|1992 event]] Nigel Mansell, who had won all five races held to that point in the season, took pole and dominated the race in his [[Williams FW14]]B-[[Renault in Formula One|Renault]]. However, with seven laps remaining, Mansell suffered a loose wheel nut and was forced into the pits, emerging behind Senna's [[McLaren]]-Honda, who was on worn tyres. Mansell, on fresh tyres, set a lap record almost two seconds quicker than Senna's and closed from 5.2 to 1.9 seconds in only two laps. The pair duelled around Monaco for the final four laps but Mansell could find no way past, finishing just two-tenths of a second behind the Brazilian.<ref>{{cite web
 | title =Grand Prix results: Monaco GP, 1992
 | work =GrandPrix.com
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 }}</ref><ref>Autocourse 1992 pp.150, 153</ref> It was Senna's fifth win at Monaco, equalling Graham Hill's record. Senna had a poor start to the [[1993 Monaco Grand Prix|1993 event]], crashing in practice and qualifying 3rd behind pole-sitter Prost and the rising German star [[Michael Schumacher]]. Both of them beat Senna to the first corner, but Prost had to serve a time penalty for jumping the start and Schumacher retired after suspension problems, so Senna took his sixth win to break Graham Hill's record for most wins at the Monaco Grand Prix. Runner-up [[Damon Hill]] commented, "If my father was around now, he would be the first to congratulate Ayrton."<ref>Allsop, Derek. ''Designs on Victory: On The Grand Prix Trail With Benetton''. Hutchinson, p. 109, Line 34–35 . {{ISBN|0-09-178311-9}}</ref>

====1990s: Tragedies and triumphs====
[[File:Grand Prix Monaco96 131954710.jpg|thumb|Formation lap for the [[1996 Monaco Grand Prix]]]]
The 1994 race was an emotional and tragic affair. It came two weeks after the [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix|San Marino Grand Prix]] at Imola in which Austrian [[Roland Ratzenberger]] and [[Ayrton Senna]] both died in crashes on successive days. During the Monaco event, Austrian [[Karl Wendlinger]] had an accident in his [[Sauber]] in the tunnel; he went into a coma and was to miss the rest of the season. The German Michael Schumacher won the [[1994 Monaco Grand Prix|1994 Monaco event]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Grand Prix Results: Monaco GP, 1994|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr552.html|work=GrandPrix.com|date=15 May 1994|access-date=18 September 2016|archive-date=30 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830024426/http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr552.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Schumacher also won the 1995 event. The [[1996 Monaco Grand Prix|1996 race]] saw Michael Schumacher take pole position before crashing out on the first lap after being overtaken by Damon Hill. Hill led the first 40&nbsp;laps before his engine expired in the tunnel. [[Jean Alesi]] took the lead but suffered suspension failure 20&nbsp;laps later. [[Olivier Panis]], who started in 14th place, moved into the lead and stayed there until the end of the race, being pushed all the way by [[David Coulthard]]. It was Panis's only win, and the last for his [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] team. Only three cars crossed the finish line, but seven were classified.<ref>{{cite web|last=Saunders|first=Will|title=In memory of... 1996 Monaco GP, F1's Wackiest Race|url=http://www.crash.net/f1/feature/204667/1/in-memory-of-1996-monaco-gp-f1s-wackiest-race.html#66M5VVoWGhqgiSkP.99|work=crash.net|date=20 May 2014|access-date=18 September 2016|archive-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919072041/http://www.crash.net/f1/feature/204667/1/in-memory-of-1996-monaco-gp-f1s-wackiest-race.html#66M5VVoWGhqgiSkP.99|url-status=live}}</ref>
====21st century ====
[[File:2013 Monaco Grand Prix - Sunday (15272209777).jpg|thumb|left|Start of the 2013 Grand Prix]]

In 2004, [[land reclamation]] work was completed, allowing expansion of the pit area with larger temporary garages.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=18 May 2004 |title=New pitlane in Monte Carlo |url=https://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns12890.html |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=www.grandprix.com}}</ref> A temporary 6,000 seat grandstand would also constructed in the Swimming Pool area.<ref name=":4" /> 
[[File:DSC 0105 (27333208203).jpg|thumb|2016 Monaco Grand Prix race]]
Seven-time world champion Schumacher would eventually win the race five times, matching Graham Hill's record. In his appearance at the [[2006 Monaco Grand Prix|2006 event]], he attracted criticism when, while provisionally holding [[pole position]] and with the qualifying session drawing to a close, he stopped his car at the Rascasse hairpin, blocking the track and obliging competitors to slow down.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/5024498.stm|title=BBC SPORT – Motorsport – Formula One – Schumacher in the dock|work=bbc.co.uk|date=28 May 2006|access-date=8 May 2015|archive-date=24 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524030017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/5024498.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Although Schumacher claimed it was the unintentional result of a genuine car failure, the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] disagreed and he was sent to the back of the grid.<ref name="f1_2006">{{cite news|title=Schumacher is stripped of pole| url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2006/5/4430.html|publisher=Formula 1|date=27 June 2006|access-date=8 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109165653/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2006/5/4430.html|archive-date=9 November 2007}}</ref>

In July 2010, Bernie Ecclestone announced that a 10-year deal had been reached with the race organisers, keeping the race on the calendar until at least 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8865362.stm|work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=BBC|date=28 July 2010|access-date=29 July 2010|title=Monaco Grand Prix extends F1 deal by 10 years|archive-date=27 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527215504/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8865362.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019 the fastest yet qualifying lap was set by [[Lewis Hamilton]] in qualifying (Q3) for the [[2019 Monaco Grand Prix]], at a time of 1:10.166.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2019 – Qualifying|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1005/monaco.html|publisher=Formula1.com|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525133719/https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1005/monaco.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=====2020s=====

Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the FIA announced the 2020 Monaco Grand Prix's postponement, along with the two other races scheduled for May 2020, to help prevent the spread of the virus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.dutch-spanish-and-monaco-grands-prix-postponed.5CggooJeHoDchKkFehkrkY.html|title=Dutch and Spanish Grands Prix postponed, Monaco cancelled|work=formula1.com|publisher=Liberty Media|date=19 March 2020|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-date=19 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319155814/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.dutch-spanish-and-monaco-grands-prix-postponed.5CggooJeHoDchKkFehkrkY.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
However, later the same day the Automobile Club de Monaco confirmed that the Grand Prix was instead cancelled, making 2020 the first time the Grand Prix was not run since 1954.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.monaco-announce-cancellation-2020-f1-race.4tpwalvxWpDL0uwRMnV9TI.html|title=Monaco announce cancellation of 2020 F1 race due to coronavirus|work=formula1.com|publisher=Liberty Media|date=19 March 2020|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-date=19 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319181418/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.monaco-announce-cancellation-2020-f1-race.4tpwalvxWpDL0uwRMnV9TI.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The race returned in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=F1 schedule 2021: Formula 1 announces provisional 23-race calendar for 2021 {{!}} Formula 1|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.formula-1-announces-provisional-23-race-calendar-for-2021.2Dgw83ieWq48p0ZjmcGRnX.html|access-date=2020-12-09|website=www.formula1.com|language=en|archive-date=10 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110100143/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.formula-1-announces-provisional-23-race-calendar-for-2021.2Dgw83ieWq48p0ZjmcGRnX.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:2022 F1 CourseLayout Monaco.svg|thumb|2022 F1 course at Monaco]]
The 2022 event saw the [[Monaco|Monégasque]] driver, [[Charles Leclerc]] of [[Scuderia Ferrari]], achieve his first Monaco Grand Prix pole position at the Circuit de Monaco (he had taken pole the previous year but could not start due to driveshaft failure).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://the-race.com/formula-1/cracked-wheel-hub-to-blame-for-leclerc-missing-monaco-race/|title=Cracked wheel hub to blame for Leclerc missing Monaco race|date=24 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Woodhouse|first=Jamie|date=2021-05-23|title=Ferrari did not check driveshaft as it 'was not broken'|url=https://www.planetf1.com/news/ferrari-charles-leclerc-driveshaft-fail/|access-date=2021-05-24|website=PlanetF1.com|language=en}}</ref> However, a critical strategical error meant Leclerc would drop to fourth, with [[Sergio Pérez]] winning the race.<ref>{{cite web|last=Beer|first=Matt|date=29 May 2022|url=https://the-race.com/formula-1/very-wrong-puzzled-leclerc-blasts-ferraris-monaco-strategy/|title='Very wrong' – Puzzled Leclerc blasts Ferrari's Monaco strategy|website=The Race|access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Collantine|first1=Keith|last2=Cottingham|first2=Claire|date=30 May 2022|url=https://www.racefans.net/2022/05/30/inter-would-be-much-quicker-why-leclerc-made-the-very-wrong-pit-stop-sainz-avoided/|title='Inter would be much quicker': Why Leclerc made the 'very wrong' pit stop Sainz avoided|website=Race Fans|access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>

In 2024, Charles Leclerc became the second Monégasque to win the race after Louis Chiron won the 1931 edition of the race.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Richards |first=Giles |date=2024-05-27 |title=Monaco GP under pressure to change after Leclerc's processional victory |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/may/27/monaco-grand-prix-under-pressure-charles-leclerc-ferrari |access-date=2024-11-14 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The race was the first time the top 10 cars finished in their starting order, and there were no successful overtakes.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Kieran |date=2024-11-14 |title=The never-ending dilemma of the Monaco GP – is 'boring' race solvable? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/f1/f1-monaco-grand-prix-2024-leclerc-verstappen-hamilton-b2647034.html |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> 

In November 2024, the ACM signed a new race contract to remain on the F1 calendar until the 2031 season, extending their previous agreement which was set to expire in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monaco GP to stay on F1 calendar until 2025 |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/monaco-gp-extends-f1-contract-until-2025/10372064/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=www.autosport.com |date=20 September 2022 |language=en |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101065437/https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/monaco-gp-extends-f1-contract-until-2025/10372064/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As part of this deal, the ACM relinquished advertising rights and television coverage to [[Formula One Management]], with previous races having their television coverage produced by [[Tele Monte Carlo]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-19 |title=F1 makes historic broadcast move for Monaco Grand Prix |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/f1/f1-monaco-grand-prix-tv-coverage-b2341992.html |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Noble |first=Jonathan |date=29 May 2022 |title=The five factors that will decide Monaco's F1 fate |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/the-five-factors-that-will-decide-monacos-f1-fate/10312965/ |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=[[Autosport]]}}</ref> From 2026, the race will be held on the first weekend of June, and will therefore no longer clash with the [[Indianapolis 500]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=14 November 2024 |title=Monaco GP date to change from 2026 as Formula 1 agrees six-year extension to keep famous event on calendar |url=https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/13254041/monaco-gp-date-to-change-from-2026-as-formula-1-agrees-six-year-extension-to-keep-famous-event-on-calendar |access-date=14 November 2024 |website=Sky Sports}}</ref> The 2025 Monaco Grand Prix will carry different tyre usage rules for the rest of the 2025 championship as drivers will be required if the race is dry to make two mandatory tyre changes using at least two different compounds rather the one mandatory change to a different compound as will remain the case at all of the other 2025 events . Also unlike other races these mandatory tyre changes will still be in effect even if wet weather tyres compounds (meaning both Wets and Intermediates) are used. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.racefans.net/2025/03/02/is-f1-two-stop-rule-the-right-solution-for-boring-monaco-races/ | title=Is F1's two-stop rule the right solution for 'boring' Monaco races? | date=2 March 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/fia-world-motor-sport-council-confirms-mandatory-two-stop-strategies-for.UUe16nwpOcqBe9f6PYgkq | title=FIA World Motor Sport Council confirms mandatory two-stop strategies for Monaco Grand Prix &#124; Formula 1® }}</ref>