The Circuit — Circuit de Monaco

From the grid the cars sweep right into Sainte Dévote, then climb the hill of Beau Rivage to Massenet and the iconic Casino Square, crest blind and drop through Mirabeau to the Fairmont (Loews) Hairpin — the slowest corner in Formula 1, taken at barely 48 km/h, so tight the cars run extreme steering locks. Down to Portier, then the flat-out, dimly lit Tunnel with its bright, blind exit onto the harbour front and the heavy braking zone of the Nouvelle Chicane — the one realistic, and risky, overtaking spot on the lap. Through Tabac, the fast Swimming Pool esses snapping between the barriers, the tight Rascasse and Anthony Noghès back onto the pit straight.

The track is barely wider than the cars in places, there is no run-off — a mistake means the wall, not a gravel trap — and the corners are too slow and tight to carry a passing line. Teams run their maximum-downforce package because top speed is almost irrelevant; what matters is low-speed mechanical grip, traction out of the hairpins and a driver's confidence brushing the barriers. The result: the field tends to circulate in grid order, dirty air keeps a faster car bottled up behind a slower one, and track position is the whole game. That is the single fact every Monaco bet should start from — see how it shapes qualifying and the race-winner market.