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Anatomie d’un Depart Is A Silent Movie About A Turbo-Era F1 Race

Peter Orosz — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:00:00 EST

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At the 1985 Monaco Grand Prix, the French oil company Elf sponsored a crew to film the drivers and the teams as they readied themselves for the race. The result was Anatomie d’un Depart (“Anatomy of the Start”), ten mostly silent minutes set to a loopy Serge Franklin score, interspersed with the occasional squeak of a racing glove on a visor and some burbly turbos. More »

The saddest poster for the Monaco Grand Prix

Peter Orosz — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EDT

Left: the poster advertising the 1994 Monaco Grand Prix. It shows Ayrton Senna’s #8 McLaren MP4/8, which he drove to victory at the 1993 event. More »

Chatting about Ayrton Senna’s greatest qualifying lap

Peter Orosz — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT

Yeah, it’s that lap. Laps, in fact. His third race for McLaren, the 1988 Monaco Grand Prix, when Ayrton Senna got himself into the mother of all flow experiences and out-qualified Alain Prost by a second and a half, then out-qualified himself lap after lap in the McLaren MP4/4: More »

The 2011 Monaco Grand Prix in Crayola

Peter Orosz — Mon, 30 May 2011 16:00:00 EDT

A third of the way into the season, and here’s Monaco. It takes brains to win at Monaco. It also takes luck. And more luck. This year’s race was a showcase of what’s awesome about this antediluvian Grand Prix, and also of what makes Monaco so terribly irritating, for 2011 was a teeth-gnashing coitus interruptus of a mind-blowing Grand Prix. Warning: spoilers. More »

Watch Rosberg's and Perez's Monaco Grand Prix crashes side-by-side

Mike Spinelli — Sat, 28 May 2011 18:00:00 EDT

There was an eerie similarity to the crashes of Sergio Perez (left) and Nico Rosberg (right) during the run-up to the Monaco Grand Prix. One major difference separated them, however. Perez hit a safety barrier. Rosberg miraculously skidded past it. More »

Truck fire burns new patch of Monaco F1 track

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 25 May 2011 10:45:00 EDT

A pickup fire scorched part of the Monaco circuit ahead of the big F1 race this weekend, according to Martin Brundle. Crews are repairing the tarmac, which is at the turn in point to the track's first corner. (H/T Quattro-LUVR!) More »

Holy Ferruccio! A Lamborghini Countach Safety Car

Peter Orosz — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:30:00 EDT

Surely this must classify as a warp event in ‘80s teenage bedroom poster physics. The only thing missing is Farrah Fawcett frolicking on the engine cover. Click for another picture! More »

Rubens Barrichello’s Monster Monaco Crash

Peter Orosz — Mon, 24 May 2010 10:30:00 EDT

A suspension failure on the Brazilian veteran’s Williams race car at last week’s Monaco Grand Prix shows how fast and brutal a single error in Formula One can be. More »

Five Reasons Monaco Is The Grandest Of Grands Prix

Sam Smith — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:00:00 EDT

The oldest race on the Formula 1 calendar is also one of the most glamorous and most dangerous. The 68th running of the Monaco Grand Prix took place last weekend. Miss it? Here's why you should pay attention. More »

Monaco GP Kicks Off, Still Looks Glamorous

Peter Orosz — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:30:00 EDT

The Monaco Grand Prix may be pointless and outdated, but it still can’t be beat for looks. The 68th race weekend since 1929 has kicked off with Fernando Alonso of Ferrari leading the timesheets in practice. More »

New Iron Man 2 Footage Blows Up Monaco Grand Prix Track

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST

Along with more footage of Tony Stark's psuedo-F1 racer getting Whiplashed a la the first Iron Man 2 Trailer, this behind-the-scenes footage shows a new Rolls-Royce getting spanked on the Circuit de Monaco. Oh, and Scarlett Johansson. More »

Ayrton Senna On The Very Edge

Peter Orosz — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:40:00 EST

Bereft of Honda power yet still supernaturally fast, Senna here is zooming for his record-breaking sixth and last win at the 1993 Monaco Grand Prix. More »

Formula One Through Tilt-Shift Lenses

Peter Orosz — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Originally developed for architectural photography, tilting and shifting lenses are much more than gadgets for turning cars into toys. Professionals even use them to document the ins and outs of Formula One. Mega-sized gallery below. More »

Jenson Button, Brawn GP Win Rain-Soaked, Red-Flagged Malaysian Grand Prix

Peter Orosz — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Following his second pole, Jenson Button of Brawn GP maintains his immaculate record in a race suspended after 31 laps of torrential rain. BMW's Nick Heidfeld and Toyota's Timo Glock round out an unusual podium. More »

1968 Monaco Grand Prix In 8mm Glory

Mark Arnold — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDT

This silent Super-8 film of the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix is the perfect time warp to watch in contrast to the dazzling spectacle of the recent Singapore Grand Prix. The raw footage of the then-savage sport captures the essence of what a street-circuit F1 race was 40 years ago. For better or for worse, things have certainly changed. Film below the jump. More »

Max Mosley Threatens FIA Will Go To Crap If He's Ousted, Officially Channeling Nixon

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:40:00 EDT

We'd rather not devote time to Max Mosley and his ongoing attempts to screw up racing like he's screwed up his life, but the story keeps getting crazier and crazier. After being asked to avoid F1 events and, basically, being benched for Monaco, Mosley has issued a letter stating that FIA will be ruined and Formula One destroyed if he's voted out in the big "vote of no confidence" meeting this June. This is basically the Nixon approach. The nation will be ruined and the media, who are blowing everything out of proportion for political reasons, will win. Snippets from the crazy letter discovered by Autosport.com below. More »

Max Mosley Turning Tables On F1 Teams, Avoiding Them At Monaco

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Remember how that small group of F1 participants (just drivers, staff, team bosses and sponsors) were developing an elaborate system to avoid Max Mosley at Monaco? They were going to hire spies and scouts to follow his movements and make sure that when Mosley tried to find someone they'd have it so someone would say they had just left the place that someone else had said they had just been before. Basically, the Monaco Grand Prix was going to turn into one long Abbot & Costello routine. But then the FIA decided to strip Mosley of his official title, for the event, instead putting Mosley's Deputy in charge. More »