{"id":15148258,"date":"2026-06-08T14:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/why-monaco-magic-is-still-alive-and-well-in-f1-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:10:41","slug":"why-monaco-magic-is-still-alive-and-well-in-f1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/why-monaco-magic-is-still-alive-and-well-in-f1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Monaco magic is still alive and well in F1 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We won&#8217;t bore you with the usual Monaco tropes and cliches, but the time the Monte Carlo streets were big enough for grand prix racing has long passed, both in terms of the on-track product and the ever-increasing hordes of guests making life difficult for staff trying to do their jobs.<br \/>There are many practical reasons why Monaco shouldn&#8217;t work, and many commercial reasons why it does. But &#8230;<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/why-monaco-magic-is-still-alive-and-well-in-f1-2026\/10828407\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-F1&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www\">Keep reading<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/why-monaco-magic-is-still-alive-and-well-in-f1-2026\/10828407\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-F1&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sports \u2013 Racing \u2013 Motorsports.com \u2013 F1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We won&#8217;t bore you with the usual Monaco tropes and cliches, but the time the Monte Carlo streets were big enough for grand prix racing has long passed, both in terms of the on-track product and the ever-increasing hordes 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