Monaco's all-time top 10 qualifiers
Some drivers were simply born to wring the necks of their cars around the winding streets of Monaco for a single, flat-out blast. Edd Straw picks out the top 10 qualifiers from the history of grand prix racing's most prestigious event
Starting position has always been critical at Monaco, a track where merely being faster than someone in race conditions has never been a guarantee of being able to overtake.
Since 1933, the grid order has been dictated by practice speed (before that, it was drawn by ballot), and some drivers have often been able to pull a great lap out of the bag when they really needed to.
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