THE CIRCUIT, SECTOR BY SECTOR
19 corners across 3.337 km — segment-by-segment, compared to their cousins on the calendar.
3.337 km through the streets of the Principality: the slowest, narrowest and oldest circuit on the calendar, its layout essentially unchanged since 1929. A single DRS zone, almost no run-off, and barriers centimetres from the apex at every corner. The Fairmont hairpin is the slowest corner in all of Formula 1, and the tunnel is the only stretch taken flat-out under cover, at racing speed. Qualifying matters more than the race here: overtaking is nearly impossible, and pole position is half the Grand Prix.
Sainte Dévote
After the start/finish straight and the circuit's only DRS zone, they arrive at around 270 km/h and brake hard for Sainte Dévote, a narrow, blind right that tightens between the walls and starts to climb. It is the start funnel: on lap one, with the field bunched, it is the most chaotic point of the year. On a flying lap a clean exit matters because it sets up the entire climb to Casino that follows.
CIRCUIT MAP
Click any track section to read its breakdown
- APEX SPEED
- 100KM/H
- GEAR
- 2ª
- LENGTH
- 250M
Click any track section to read its breakdown
| Compound | Regular | Sprint |
|---|---|---|
| HardC3 | 2 | 2 |
| MediumC4 | 3 | 4 |
| SoftC5 | 8 | 6 |
 Intermediate | 4 | 4 |
 Wet | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 20 | 19 |
FIA Sporting Regulations Art. 30 (2026): 13 dry sets at a regular GP, 12 at a Sprint, + 4 inter + 3 wet.
Each part declared in the Thursday FIA submission form, grouped by team and type (performance, circuit-specific, reliability).
Pending — publishes on race-week Thursday (~17h GMT-3).
↑ Apex speeds and gears estimated from the latest available edition. Narratives and corner comparisons are editorial.