I loveeeeee auto racing... Seriously. Its an addiction. If you ask any of my previous roommates, they can attest to the fact that I willingly stayed up every weekend until 6am to watch the fly-away Formula One races. Shit, at four years old I drew the Monaco circuit on 3 sheets of 24 x 48 inch foam board, and I pushed my Hot Wheels cars to the limit on that track. I remember TV footage of the drivers going one handed while up-shifting out of the chicane and through the swimming pool section in Monaco, spurring my insane devotion to this carbon fibre religion. Being one of the coolest tracks, this first edition of favorite laps is going to feature a couple memorable Monaco GP videos.
This video is an onboard pole position lap from my favorite driver Jenson Button. He was incredibly quick in 2009 with a car that no one had expected to be successful, especially after his 2008 campaign was horrendous. Button went on the win the grand prix the following day, his first win in Monaco!
Ayrton Senna was hands down the King of Monaco. This footage from 1990 shows how bumpy this street circuit is. So cool to see him shifting gears with a proper 6-speed manual gearbox!
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