F1 Fastest Laps - Circuit de Monaco

[Brogan]

A list of all fastest laps achieved during the race for all F1 World Championship races held at Monaco.

I've used Monaco as it has been part of the championship since 1950 (except 1951 - 1954) and the circuit has remained almost unchanged.

Year	Time	Driver
1950	1:51.000	Juan Manuel Fangio
1955	1:42.400	Juan Manuel Fangio
1956	1:44.400	Juan Manuel Fangio
1957	1:45.600	Juan Manuel Fangio
1958	1:40.600	Mike Hawthorn
1959	1:40.400	Jack Brabham
1960	1:36.200	Bruce McLaren
1961	1:36.300	Stirling Moss & Richie Ginther
1962	1:35.500	Jim Clark
1963	1:34.500	John Surtees
1964	1:33.900	Graham Hill
1965	1:31.700	Graham Hill
1966	1:29.800	Lorenzo Bandini
1967	1:29.500	Jim Clark
1968	1:28.100	Richard Attwood
1969	1:25.100	Jackie Stewart
1970	1:23.200	Jochen Rindt
1971	1:22.200	Jackie Stewart
1972	1:40.000	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
1973	1:28.100	Emerson Fittipaldi
1974	1:27.900	Ronnie Peterson
1975	1:28.670	Patrick Depailler
1976	1:30.280	Clay Regazzoni
1977	1:31.070	Jody Scheckter
1978	1:28.650	Niki Lauda
1979	1:28.820	Patrick Depailler
1980	1:27.418	Carlos Reutemann
1981	1:27.470	Alan Jones
1982	1:26.354	Riccardo Patrese
1983	1:27.283	Nelson Piquet
1984	1:54.334	Ayrton Senna
1985	1:22.637	Michele Alboreto
1986	1:26.607	Alain Prost
1987	1:27.685	Ayrton Senna
1988	1:26.321	Ayrton Senna
1989	1:25.501	Alain Prost
1990	1:24.468	Ayrton Senna
1991	1:24.368	Alain Prost
1992	1:21.598	Nigel Mansell
1993	1:23.604	Alain Prost
1994	1:21.076	Michael Schumacher
1995	1:24.621	Jean Alesi
1996	1:25.205	Jean Alesi
1997	1:53.315	Michael Schumacher
1998	1:22.948	Mika Häkkinen
1999	1:22.259	Mika Häkkinen
2000	1:21.571	Mika Häkkinen
2001	1:19.424	David Coulthard
2002	1:18.023	Rubens Barrichello
2003	1:14.545	Kimi Räikkönen
2004	1:14.439	Michael Schumacher
2005	1:15.842	Michael Schumacher
2006	1:15.143	Michael Schumacher
2007	1:15.284	Fernando Alonso
2008	1:16.689	Kimi Räikkönen
2009	1:15.154	Felipe Massa

A chart plotting the fastest laps with some specific times highlighed.

 

[GeoffP]

There's another Schumacher record! The slowest and the fastest, fastest Monaco lap.

 

[Brogan]

Not quite.

Ayrton Senna has the slowest.

 

[GeoffP]

Ah, missed that one! It's one set of statistics that keeps pulling you back with the weather hic-ups and then the period rule changes to slow the cars down over the last 15-20 years

 

[Brogan]

Yes, the really slow laps are due to weather (except for 1950) but it's interesting to see the effect of rule changes on the lap times over the years and how the teams have countered.

Of course Monaco is a slow circuit so we would need to repeat the exercise on a "normal" circuit with a decent high speed straight to get a better idea.

Any suggestions which circuit would be a good candidate?
One that has been on the calendar for most of the last 59 years and hasn't undergone any significant layout changes.

 

[teabagyokel]

It has to be Monza!

 

[Brogan]

It has to be Monza!

That was my choice too although there have been some changes, especially after 1994.

The Monza thread is here: F1 Fastest Laps - Autodromo Nazionale Monza

 

[Galahad]

Although Monaco is probably the least-changed circuit over the last 60 years it has still undergone some pretty major changes from time to time:

1973: Swimming Pool, Rascasse and Antony Noghes corners added (previously it was a straight run from Tabac to a Hairpin (Gasometer) and then back along what is currently the main straight).

1976: Antony Noghes and Ste-Devote corners reprofiled and tightened.

1986: Nouvelle Chicane replaced Chicane du Port on the harbour front (much tighter and slower).

1997: First part of Swimming Pool section opened out (faster).

2003: Second part of Swimming Pool tightened, entry to Rascasse opened out.

Source: http://theracingline.net/racingcircuits/racingcircuits/

Hopefully this provides a bit of context for some of the lap time fluctuations.

 

[Brogan]

That's great, thanks GM.

Correlating those changes with the lap times, you can actually see the effect of most of them.