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Trackside with Mr Monaco

Trackside with Mr Monaco

The head of the principality's Grand Prix organising body may have been at every race in Monte Carlo since 1967, but today's drivers astound him.

Christian Tornatore is proud of the safety improvements made over the years. 

'I

think they are extraordinaire, amazing,” says Christian Tornatore of the drivers who compete in the annual Monaco Grand Prix, which takes place this Sunday. “They have not even a thousandth of a second of rest. On other tracks you can think about something different on the big straights … you can look at your dashboard and so on. Here it is impossible if you want to finish the race.”

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