How Did Monaco's Famous Corners Get Their Names?

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  • Опубликовано: 23 май 2016
  • Monaco's street circuit is home to some of the most recognisable turns on the F1 calendar - but how did they get their names?
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  • @eugenechang9827
    @eugenechang9827 4 года назад +619

    NO HEROICS INTO SAINT DEVOTE PLEASE.

    • @mulsanne1
      @mulsanne1 4 года назад +41

      W E R E A M O N G S T T H E P A C K A N D T O S T A Y I N O N E P I E C E

    • @TheConfidentNoob
      @TheConfidentNoob 3 года назад +2

      Laughable PC Errors Aarava reference😂

    • @tundetheepic8631
      @tundetheepic8631 3 года назад +1

      code master game

    • @egg_roblox4492
      @egg_roblox4492 2 года назад +2

      New F1 2021 Game: No heroics into Saint Devote

    • @damarfadlan9251
      @damarfadlan9251 Год назад

      @@egg_roblox4492 Shioriko Mifune to Ayumu Uehara in 2023: No heroics into St. Devote please, Uehara san.

  • @AdrianFerrari
    @AdrianFerrari 8 лет назад +1077

    Please make this in all circuits of the season that has corners' names!

    • @flloydi7631
      @flloydi7631 8 лет назад +1

      Yes please

    • @BrianLufia
      @BrianLufia 8 лет назад +46

      And maybe someday there is a video about the corners names in sotchi if they get different names like Turn 1, Turn 2, Turn 3 etc... :D

    • @AdrianFerrari
      @AdrianFerrari 8 лет назад +35

      Flowo​ lol "turn 1 means first corner, turn 2 is the second"

    • @crestgamez
      @crestgamez 8 лет назад +28

      Singapore: Turn 1, Turn 2, Turn 3, Turn 4, After turn 4, turn 6, turn 7, turn 8, turn 9, turn "singapore sling" 10...etc.

    • @JacobGames66
      @JacobGames66 8 лет назад +32

      how spa's corner with no name got it's name :P

  • @TheLeewi98
    @TheLeewi98 8 лет назад +218

    La rascassamecassame as it was said by richard hammond

  • @djyorinori
    @djyorinori 8 лет назад +200

    0:02 - Sainte Dévote
    0:19 - Beau Rivage
    0:35 - Massenet
    0:54 - Cassino Square
    1:10 - Mirabeau
    1:24 - Hairpin (Loews)
    1:42 - Portier
    2:10 - Tabac
    2:26 - Swimming Pool
    2:42 - Rascasse
    2:59 - Antonhy Noghes

    • @rick.05
      @rick.05 4 года назад +1

      Why they skipped some corners?

    • @salmanahjum-mathee9055
      @salmanahjum-mathee9055 3 года назад +4

      @@rick.05 they forgot the chicane after the tunnel

    • @irfanysff
      @irfanysff 3 года назад +3

      Sometimes i heard the hairpin also known as the grand hotel

    • @shariquemukadam2744
      @shariquemukadam2744 3 года назад

      @@salmanahjum-mathee9055 because it's just a chicane, no name

    • @shariquemukadam2744
      @shariquemukadam2744 3 года назад

      Careful, he's a hero

  • @karl-benediktbecker901
    @karl-benediktbecker901 8 лет назад +387

    I thought "the hairpin" is called "loews"?!

    • @JustinNator98
      @JustinNator98 8 лет назад +71

      No more, it had the name from a Hotel called Loews, but since that Hotel got sold (and got a new name) it is just called "The Hairpin", thats what i know, but could be that it is a bit different

    • @karl-benediktbecker901
      @karl-benediktbecker901 8 лет назад +8

      JustiNator​​ I think its a bit...sad

    • @TeamNoLimits865
      @TeamNoLimits865 8 лет назад +41

      Now it's called the Fairmont Haiprin since the Loews got bought out by Fairmont

    • @martijnkosters9024
      @martijnkosters9024 8 лет назад +27

      +MotorSportChannel865 yet everyone still calls it Loews, really

    • @JustinNator98
      @JustinNator98 8 лет назад +4

      +Martijn Kösters True! The swiss commentator calls it loews all the time (same for austria and one of the german's i think)

  • @F1Legend33
    @F1Legend33 7 лет назад +11

    Portier is my favorite. What comes to mind is when I first drove around this track before I was even into F1 in Gran Turismo 5. From going into the sharp right hander and hugging the barrier to getting a breathtaking view of the Mediterranean, it's one helluva corner.

  • @desert3213
    @desert3213 8 лет назад +87

    What about Novelle Chicane?

  • @justarandomguy4873
    @justarandomguy4873 5 лет назад +14

    La Rascasse, a corner where drivers dare to overtake their rivals, sometimes it ends good (Bianchi on Kobayashi 2014/Leclerc on Grosjean 2019) but sometimes doesn't (Perez on a Toro Rosso 2017/Leclerc on Hulkenberg 2019)

  • @ijustfelldown
    @ijustfelldown 3 года назад +3

    I miss the old logo so much.

  • @nicholascox4545
    @nicholascox4545 7 лет назад +13

    Dude, F1 has finally got a modern media presence. I am so damn impressed with your youtube chanel. Keep going, this is the stuff we have been missing!!!

  • @ThePanthersdkfz
    @ThePanthersdkfz 8 лет назад +46

    1:07 even official F1 content creators miss the real sound of F1 xD

  • @MSTF1
    @MSTF1 8 лет назад +51

    Heh, I'm not the only one who re-uploads my old stuff.

  • @sampizza463
    @sampizza463 6 лет назад +9

    1:51 Zombie Ayrton.

  • @yoelelectron
    @yoelelectron 8 лет назад +72

    harpin?
    lowe's corner... because the old Hotel's name was so

    • @AlvinDarmawan05
      @AlvinDarmawan05 8 лет назад +8

      Loews

    • @HandlesSuck123
      @HandlesSuck123 8 лет назад

      Don't know if it's still called that due to the Hotel being bought out.

    • @ulysse21
      @ulysse21 5 лет назад +1

      @GhostsKuriboh Then Moews,, then Fairmont... actually I don't know why hotels keep changing theire names while other buisesses don't

  • @Lakitu886
    @Lakitu886 7 лет назад +9

    1:25 HAIRRPIIN TIME

  • @corbinselanne7990
    @corbinselanne7990 2 года назад +3

    Turn 1: No heroics into Sainte Devote please
    Massanet: Beware understeer
    Mirabeau: Nico Rosberg famously had a mishap here
    Hairpin: Unlike the one in Montreal, this one's way too slow to safely attempt "Hairpin Time"
    Portier: So, did anyone else see the number 94 Sauber C36 on its left side against the outside barrier?
    Nouvelle: Well, there went Leclerc's brakes, to the misfortune of Brendon Hartley
    Tabac: I believe that was Crashtor Maldonado who bumped the backmarker...
    Swimming Pool: The right-hander for the second half is easy to botch
    Rascasse: Schumi famously had a mishap here

  • @walnut5
    @walnut5 8 лет назад +1

    Great content coming from the F1 channel this year

  • @empressofpyrr9147
    @empressofpyrr9147 8 лет назад

    Great insight! Thanks :D

  • @tvwatcher90
    @tvwatcher90 8 лет назад

    i was so lucky that i was able to go last year here, not for the race weekend but again, its amazing

  • @sergiodavid5025
    @sergiodavid5025 8 лет назад +3

    Que grandes momentos se han vivido en estas curvas :)

  • @mocool05
    @mocool05 8 лет назад

    Nice. Would mind a video like this before every gp

  • @photourstorino2001
    @photourstorino2001 7 лет назад

    good info, thanks

  • @randome.p.wvideos
    @randome.p.wvideos 3 года назад +2

    There’s actually two Mirabeau’s. The top one which is before the hairpin which is called Mirabeau Haute and then the corner between the hairpin and Portier which is called Mirabeau Bas

  • @sir_vival3087
    @sir_vival3087 8 лет назад

    Thanks great video :D

  • @marcossonicracer
    @marcossonicracer 6 лет назад +4

    I think Tabac is the most challenging corner in the world... yes, even more than Eau Rouge, Senna's S or the Loews Hairpin. i never get it right on the games, too high speed to be done correctly and any mistake can lead you into the wall.

  • @juanin200
    @juanin200 5 лет назад +1

    I came back here because I just watched Cars 2 (yeah, for the first time), and in the Italian race there's a turn that's a complete nod to the Hairpin, it's the tightest corner of the race and it's a downhill to the "casino bridge", the circuit looks nothing like Monaco and it's on Italy, but that turn is definitively the Hairpin

  • @TheConfidentNoob
    @TheConfidentNoob 3 года назад +12

    No HeRoIcS iNtO sAiNt DeVoTe PlEaSe, *we're amongst the pack and just need to stay in one piece*

  • @RickyPro888
    @RickyPro888 8 лет назад +1

    1:26 isn't it the Loewes Hairpin?

  • @swine13
    @swine13 4 года назад +2

    Before you read the comments, here is a run-down of the contents.
    1) "wasnt the hairpin called Loews?"
    2) "get rid of nouvelle chicane"
    3) "dont forget nouvelle chicane"
    4) "track is boring/needs more overtakes"
    5) complaints about editing/pronunciation/everything
    6) my childish-ass joke about monza
    And that's about it.

  • @master-kq3nw
    @master-kq3nw Год назад

    legendary circiut my favorite turn is nouvelle chicane tabac begore tinnel now you dont see the sea some bulidings there harbour marina before tunnel you can see the boats in distance i miss that

  • @drs_tgc5446
    @drs_tgc5446 8 лет назад +5

    Please do this for silverstone as well!

  • @nutella5404
    @nutella5404 6 лет назад

    Monaco by MKTO will be blasting in my headphones when I go to Monaco for f1!

  • @RJSRdg
    @RJSRdg 3 года назад +1

    Much better than Turn 1, Turn 2, Turn 3 etc...

  • @MikeyMUnited
    @MikeyMUnited 6 лет назад

    Unofficially I've heard commentators call the exit of the hairpin "lower Mirabeau" (just before the bridge leading to Portier). Thanks for the video, I knew some of these but not the stories behind all of them.

    • @RJSRdg
      @RJSRdg 3 года назад +1

      I've also heard that corner called "First Portier" and the one after the bridge "Second Portier"

  • @MrMaxila
    @MrMaxila 6 лет назад

    Really interesting!

  • @MiniKonstii
    @MiniKonstii 8 лет назад +4

    Re-uploading old videos when the circuit had changed?
    As of last year Tabac has been made tighter on the exit yet the video says it hasn't changed

    • @RJSRdg
      @RJSRdg 3 года назад

      Tabac had changed before then. Prior to the late 60s,the circuit ran along what is now the pitlane, and the pits were (I think) on the front near Rascasse, so Tabac was a wider corner than it has been in recent years. Then in the early 70s, the main circuit was diverted along the front past the swimming pool, and the old part of the circuit became the pitlane. allowing more pit garages to be built.

  • @itstimeforham
    @itstimeforham 2 года назад

    The hotel ‘action’ joke 😏

  • @200LKRetro
    @200LKRetro 8 лет назад +41

    I can hardly believe it that people could complain on Monaco its track! It's the highlight of the whole season together with Spa and Monza. "No overtaking..." "Boring track", blah blah blah...

    • @JakeNossiter
      @JakeNossiter 8 лет назад +1

      Apart from there is actually only about 15 overtakes per race

    • @200LKRetro
      @200LKRetro 8 лет назад +1

      +Nossy 123 So? Do you think only overtakes makes a race good?

    • @200LKRetro
      @200LKRetro 8 лет назад +1

      +michael wallach Well I prefer retirements, crashes could easily go wrong and someone could serious hurt and probably die, so.....I prefer retirements.

    • @200LKRetro
      @200LKRetro 8 лет назад +1

      +michael wallach I know what you mean, but I still don't want to see the drivers die in their cars.

    • @JakeNossiter
      @JakeNossiter 8 лет назад +7

      +200LiterKopter Yes overtaking does make a good race, every other championship has more overtaking than F1 or at least the majority. Monaco is just overrated imo

  • @garethwilliams3819
    @garethwilliams3819 7 лет назад +2

    The only circuit where I can name nearly all of the corners, including Silverstone (being British).

  • @shaikolm
    @shaikolm 4 года назад +2

    No heroics into Sainte devote please

  • @SkampyMAN
    @SkampyMAN 2 года назад +1

    Why did I get this recommended now? I literally thought that it´s a new video...

  • @sanggiling6851
    @sanggiling6851 3 года назад

    Zepter is most iconic for pass the tunnel

  • @Philippos.
    @Philippos. 5 лет назад +1

    1:09 best place 😂😂😂

  • @swine13
    @swine13 4 года назад +1

    What i really want to know, though, is what is the name of that turn at monza. If i say the first thing i think of, its almost like a parabola shaped turn before the main straight... like the main defining feature of it is a parabola and a car. Parabola-car... now obviously, the F1 that i know would never name a turn something cheap and unimaginative like "Parabolica", so i have to wonder what name they picked for it in the end. 🤔

  • @80Design
    @80Design 8 лет назад

    Make this for the others tracks too!

  • @vaibhavjosh6606
    @vaibhavjosh6606 6 лет назад

    Do Spa and Silvestone!

  • @PSLRacing
    @PSLRacing 8 лет назад +40

    Am I going mad but didn't they upload this last year? Nice way to milk your videos, just keep re-uploading them!

    • @matthewgannon722
      @matthewgannon722 8 лет назад +6

      Shouldn't you be studying ;)

    • @TeamNorthwayUK
      @TeamNorthwayUK 8 лет назад +7

      Here it was, almost exactly the same last year: ruclips.net/video/Ozt6GD-PclA/видео.html

    • @alexcapayannidis3809
      @alexcapayannidis3809 8 лет назад

      +Matthew Gannon what?

    • @sCoryvo
      @sCoryvo 8 лет назад

      i think the video uploaded last year was a little shorter highlighting less corners. but im mot sure.

    • @sgtepicspeed3033
      @sgtepicspeed3033 8 лет назад +1

      And also highlighted some of last years events like in Mirabeau with Ricciardo's overtake on Raikkonen

  • @EdgyNumber1
    @EdgyNumber1 4 года назад +1

    Are there any old photos or footage of the old tobacconists at Tabac corner?

    • @RJSRdg
      @RJSRdg 3 года назад +1

      There's still one there. You can't normally see it during a race because the stands are in the way, but it's there on Google Maps and if you turn on Streetview and place yourself on Rue de La Piscine behind the big yachts near Tabac corner and turn the camera NW you can see it.

  • @kudajr
    @kudajr 7 дней назад

    Can't wait for the Leclerc corner

  • @user-du6xi3ex2c
    @user-du6xi3ex2c 6 лет назад +1

    Where is the Novelle chicane?
    Arguably the best chicane in F1 history.

  • @GrainneCarney
    @GrainneCarney 3 года назад

    I'm probably a bit weird but I refer to Rascasse & Noghes as Gas and Loews I still refer to as Station.......

  • @MimMdance
    @MimMdance 5 лет назад

    Where would you rather watch the race? Or where have you if you've been there?
    I suppose either a tall building in Beau Rivage or the exit of the tunnel area would be good for me.

    • @DrCanyonero
      @DrCanyonero 5 лет назад

      I have a soft spot for the swimmingpool entry. I'd find a nice spot there.

    • @swine13
      @swine13 4 года назад

      Middle of the left, right, left after the tunnel. Just up on the non-track bit.
      Id get railed by debris but wow what a spectacle. And water views!

  • @ducanh244
    @ducanh244 8 лет назад

    Really high hopes for both McHondas this weekend.Both em in championship points'll be cool.

  • @OtakuDeCarnitas109
    @OtakuDeCarnitas109 2 года назад +1

    Bro, who was the composer who made the banger in the background?

    • @muselibarnless
      @muselibarnless Год назад

      fr like every single f1 video had an amazing soundtrack

  • @carlmarino3397
    @carlmarino3397 3 года назад +1

    2:10 add an o

  • @vale.antoni
    @vale.antoni 7 лет назад

    Isn't the schichane after the tunnel called Neuvelle?

  • @Takhar7
    @Takhar7 8 лет назад +8

    Wasn't the Hairpin called Lowe's HP?

    • @vectro4284
      @vectro4284 8 лет назад

      Loews* XD it's name changed but i still call it Loews though

    • @Takhar7
      @Takhar7 8 лет назад +1

      Vectro666 turns out it was called Loew's (thanks, btw) because of the hotel facing down on it. The hotel is no longer the Loew's hotel, so therefore it is no longer called the Loew's hairpin

    • @vectro4284
      @vectro4284 8 лет назад

      +TickTak77 Okay, no problem XD i didn't even knew it changed name until i saw this video lol

  • @DannCaeruleum
    @DannCaeruleum 7 лет назад

    yeah yeah the chicane that's nice.. At least could of name this catchy tune

  • @jnguarin
    @jnguarin 8 лет назад

    Re-upload from 2015?

  • @damarfadlan9251
    @damarfadlan9251 Год назад

    2023: No Heroics into Monte Carlo please.

  • @hecker2309
    @hecker2309 4 года назад +1

    No heroics in Sainte Devote pls

  • @shouryashukla00
    @shouryashukla00 5 лет назад +1

    At 1:50
    The video says Senna crashed at the Portier In 1998
    But he died in 1994 didnt he?

  • @md7556
    @md7556 6 лет назад

    I think the Chicane after the Tunnel should get a name too

  • @CPatino1987
    @CPatino1987 4 года назад +2

    Hairpin? Fairmont? No, my friends. It will be forever LOEWS.

  • @mulsanne1
    @mulsanne1 4 года назад +1

    Monaco you say?
    *nO hERoIcS InTo SAiNt dEVote PleAsE*

  • @rakaadhitya2466
    @rakaadhitya2466 5 лет назад +1

    How about nouvelle chicane?

  • @OttoLandspersky
    @OttoLandspersky 4 года назад +3

    1:50 Senna 1998? Seriously?

    • @Kev1206_
      @Kev1206_ 4 года назад

      Lol he is saying 88

    • @OttoLandspersky
      @OttoLandspersky 4 года назад +1

      Kev.6101 I guess they updated it

    • @LHawkesDrums
      @LHawkesDrums 4 года назад

      @@OttoLandspersky I guess you heard wrong actuially hahaha, Unless they were re-upload the video, they couldnt have changed the audio like that LOL

  • @maxlantz_photo
    @maxlantz_photo 7 лет назад +1

    For me the Hairpin is for always the loews

  • @larstv5453
    @larstv5453 4 года назад

    If you are wondering what the Nouvelle Chicane is called because Nouvelle is French for ‘new’

  • @akashyadav-fh4vu
    @akashyadav-fh4vu 7 лет назад

    the speed of formula one cars at hairpin corner is my city speed limit :/

  • @bobbyk9148
    @bobbyk9148 8 лет назад

    Here we go, hairpin time!

  • @Panos125S
    @Panos125S 5 лет назад

    Portier : The Crucial Corner To Make An Overtaking With Sleepstreaming In The Exit Of The Tunnel.

  • @d3mise380
    @d3mise380 Год назад

    Surely I'm not the only person that thought the first corner was zandvoort

  • @SceneArtisan
    @SceneArtisan 8 лет назад

    I'm gonna hazard a guess here that there will be a re-upload of this video,..... shortly,. :P

  • @etipne
    @etipne 8 лет назад

    +Matthew Gannon lol

  • @miikalaurila
    @miikalaurila 8 лет назад +9

    1:51 1998?

  • @alvaroelfly1115
    @alvaroelfly1115 8 лет назад

    and what about "Lowes"

  • @wizelig8271
    @wizelig8271 6 лет назад +1

    Who's watching this in 2018?

    • @swine13
      @swine13 4 года назад

      Doesn't look like it.
      2 years on, though, and this comment is impressively every bit as pointless as it was the day it was written. 😅👍

  • @gianniaurilio8163
    @gianniaurilio8163 4 года назад

    Hairpin I thought it was called Loews

  • @georgemachine742
    @georgemachine742 4 года назад

    Tobac + o what do you get

  • @zidnyzidan
    @zidnyzidan 8 лет назад +2

    i thought the hairpin was name because the corner look like the real hairpin..

  • @aowkaowkao0745
    @aowkaowkao0745 7 лет назад

    Sound like DaveHax

  • @DukeTheRebel
    @DukeTheRebel 6 лет назад +4

    Did anyone else hear the narrator say 1998 and not 1988 when talking about Senna's crash?

  • @AxelSqueeze
    @AxelSqueeze 4 года назад +1

    Nouvelle chicane?

  • @MrDreamRugby
    @MrDreamRugby 6 лет назад +2

    I thought Portier was named like that so rich people could finally acknowledge the doormen they never thank from all the hotels.

  • @Tamburello_1994
    @Tamburello_1994 4 года назад

    Rose's Bar?

  • @danielmp2085
    @danielmp2085 Год назад

    Petition to rename Rascasse as Schumacher corner

  • @95tomz
    @95tomz 7 лет назад

    What about nouvelle chicane? Or is that too self-explanatory? :P

  • @geoffmacey8728
    @geoffmacey8728 5 лет назад +1

    pity with modern technology they couldn't cover the swimming pool for another straight

  • @reybee9577
    @reybee9577 7 лет назад +6

    nouvelle chicane?

    • @EntoSanto
      @EntoSanto 7 лет назад

      It died. RIP.

    • @Csmeau4
      @Csmeau4 6 лет назад +3

      Litterally means "New Chicane" in French. It's new because there used to be a straight in its place.

  • @isaacchua0405
    @isaacchua0405 8 лет назад +2

    you missed the chicane namae

    • @desert3213
      @desert3213 8 лет назад +1

      You mean Novelle Chikane?

    • @isaacchua0405
      @isaacchua0405 8 лет назад

      +desert 321 yes i knos what its called thanks

    • @traxracer
      @traxracer 8 лет назад +2

      Translated from french that means "New Chicane", its not really a name now is it?

    • @isaacchua0405
      @isaacchua0405 8 лет назад

      +traxracer if you used google translate then no i don't buy it, cause Sofea (with a capital S) translared from Malay to English is flippantly

    • @traxracer
      @traxracer 8 лет назад

      +Ginger Boy what? that makes no sense?

  • @max-packages3276
    @max-packages3276 2 года назад

    16❤

  • @DrLukasBurger
    @DrLukasBurger 3 года назад +1

    Thats got to be the most unprofessionally edited video F1 has ever put out

  • @Ditypo
    @Ditypo 7 лет назад

    are the monaco circuit barriers always up throughout the year or only when F1 comes to town?

  • @rideroundandstuff
    @rideroundandstuff 7 лет назад

    It’s so funny how they’re not allowed to say the name "Loews" anymore. Haha.

  • @hand1ification
    @hand1ification 6 лет назад

    make it for interlagos and bet you will mispel it as brazilian says

  • @jasperdejong1693
    @jasperdejong1693 6 лет назад +2

    If charles leqler wants to gamble is he allowed to?

    • @lsudx479
      @lsudx479 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah. Because the driver is Charles Leclerc. So Leqler can gamble - sounds like he'd be from Montreal.

    • @freezenexusblogspot
      @freezenexusblogspot 2 года назад

      He won't be even allowed inside. Crazy if you ask me

  • @thenextjeymar8658
    @thenextjeymar8658 6 лет назад

    I would absolutely love it if Liberty Media managed to get Martin Brundle to do these videos, his voice with his interpretation of things and idioms would be a delightful listen.

  • @brianglennon1546
    @brianglennon1546 7 лет назад

    Idc what they want to call it to me the hairpin will always be called the Loews Hairpin.

  • @deafeningoctopus
    @deafeningoctopus 8 лет назад +9

    I reckon that Lewis' losing streak will end on Sunday.

    • @HandlesSuck123
      @HandlesSuck123 8 лет назад

      Doubt it. You have RBR possibly taking a win here.
      I'm not saying he won't win, I'm just saying there's a lot agaisnt him.

    • @deafeningoctopus
      @deafeningoctopus 8 лет назад +3

      URsuckishATlife In my opinion, RBR's win in spain was just down to luck because Mercedes collided. If they hadn't collided, Mercedes would have led home another boring 1-2 finish and Verstappen would have to settle for just being the youngest podium finisher. But then again, I might be wrong. Who knows until it happens?

    • @HandlesSuck123
      @HandlesSuck123 8 лет назад

      Deafening Octopus Yeah, RBR was lucky in Spain. But I'm not talking about that.

    • @deafeningoctopus
      @deafeningoctopus 8 лет назад +1

      URsuckishATlife I see

    • @GTAstuntz
      @GTAstuntz 8 лет назад

      RBR were lucky in Spain undoubtedly, but given that the RBR has arguably the best chassis on the grid (consequently more grip, which is more important than engine in Monaco), I won't bet against them winning! Also, as we all know, in Monaco it's easy to slip.