I don't know about living there, but I've followed Formula 1 for almost 50 years and the Monaco F1 Grand Prix circuit is one of the last of the true classic circuits left.
Monaco, Spa, Suzuka, and Monza are some of the best and most iconic tracks in the world.
Believe it or not, a modern Formula 1 car has basically the same footprint as a Chevrolet Tahoe
A 2022 Formula 1 car was 5.5 meters, and 2.0 meters in width. Or 11.00 m². By comparison, a 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe is 5.35m in length, and 2.06m in width. Or 11.02 m².
Sure, they only weigh 800kg (1760lbs), but we're basically racing full-size body-on-frame SUVs at this point. I guess we can be glad they're not yet the size of a Suburban, but yikes.
Michael Schumacher's 1995 Benetton-Renault B195 was 4350mm x 1990mm, or 8.66m².
Ayrton Senna's 1988 McLaren-Honda MP4/4 was 4394mm x 2134mm, or 9.37m².
Niki Lauda's 1977 Ferrari 312T was 4143mm x 2030mm, or 8.41m²
Jim Clark's 1965 Lotus-Climax 33 was 3604mm x 1650mm, or 5.95m².
Spa and Suzuka are great tracks. Monaco and Monza are horrible tracks. The only reason they don't remove Monaco is that it has this air of glitter.
Winners were made by the best-qualifying racer’s team simply being ill prepared to service their car. Other factors are accidents and weather conditions that could possibly destroy what would otherwise be a perfect strategy.
Personally, I feel no race in Monaco was boring until you can actually say nothing really interesting happened in hindsight. But the race itself always has me at the edge of my seat no matter if there’s a chance to have excited talks around the water cooler on Monday.
Cars used to be 1.8m wide before they became 2.0m wide. I'd prefer smaller to see the technical brilliance work with less.
Really hard thing to do without making the cars less safe as the modern crash structures are one do the main reasons for the size.
The plan is also to remove MGU-h (waste engine heat to electricity) and add active aero while still keeping the cars roughly as fast as current regulation ones.