Ah, the Monaco GP. I was in Monaco once, in 2008, but unfortunately it was two days AFTER the Grand Prix. Couldn’t help it with the way our schedule worked out, but it felt sort of like drawing the winning numbers for LAST week’s lottery. At least I now have an authentic 2008 Grand Prix of Monaco T-shirt. Yippee!
Would still love to be there for the race one day. At least we got to walk most of the circuit, which was cool, and we got at least a little sense of the race weekend atmosphere as the harbor was still full of super yachts, and it was obvious that many of the fans were still around town.
Attended the 24th Monaco Grand Prix on May 22, 1966. My Marine unit was deployed with the U.S. Navy 6th Fleet on a Med cruise and our ship was in Cannes for liberty. Took the train (about 35 miles) from Cannes to Monaco. That year the winner was Jackie Stewart BRM, Lorenzo Bandini (Ferrari) 2nd, and Graham Hill BRM 3rd. The following year Bandini died at the Monaco Grand Prix as a result of a fiery crash.
The 1966 Monaco Grand Prix was featured in the movie Grand Prix that was released in late 1966. The day I was there they were shooting crowd scenes from a helicopter ... other scenes were shot earlier in the week.