Monaco

The Circuit de Monaco is the ultimate test of psychological endurance and driver concentration in world motorsport. Track width is practically nonexistent, and the steel barriers are entirely unforgiving, waiting to punish a millimeter of misjudgment with a broken suspension. Teams must utilize specialized, widened steering racks just to physically navigate the impossibly tight 50 km/h Fairmont Hairpin.

Maximum aerodynamic downforce and highly compliant, soft suspension setups are used to scrape every ounce of mechanical grip from the painted public roads. Drivers must build their speed incredibly slowly over practice sessions, finding their braking markers and visually spotting their apexes while grazing the guardrails, as overtaking during the race is famously impossible.