This is the most complete lap of the Monaco Grand Prix Circuit that you can legally drive, but you can also walk or cycle.

Monaco is arguably F1’s most famous track. It was on the calendar for the first year of the modern Formula 1 World Championship in 1950 and has been held every year without interruption since 1955. The circuit has been revised several times over the years, but still retains the basic layout it has had since 1929. The last major change occurred in 2004 when a permanent pit complex was built in the swimming pool section of the circuit, replacing the cramped temporary facility previously used. Monaco’s tight and twisty layout presents a unique challenge for F1 drivers. Nelson Piquet famously compared driving at Monaco to ‘riding a bicycle around your living room’. Overtaking at F1’s shortest track is virtually impossible, there is no room for error given the tight confines of the circuit and there is little downtime each lap – over the course of the 78 lap race, a driver will make almost 5000 gear changes.

The 18 corners:

Turn 1 - Sainte Devote: Behind the Circuit de Monaco's first turn, a tight right-hander, is a small chapel. It was built in honour of Saint Devota, an early-fourth-century martyr and the patron saint of Monaco. The chapel is usually obscured by crash barriers and corporate signage on race weekends, so you will probably never catch a glimpse of it on TV.

Turn 2 - Beau Rivage: This is not so much a turn as a slight bend in the road as the cars accelerate and climb the hill away from Sainte Devote. Beau Rivage means "beautiful seashore" in English, of which the Cote d'Azur has plenty.

Turn 3 - Massenet: Jules Massenet was a famous French opera composer. The long, left-hand corner which bears his name skirts the Monaco opera house, which has a bust of Massenet in front of it.

Turn 4 - Casino Square: The Monte Carlo Casino is the most famous building in Monaco. The area in front of the casino is filled with gardens and the grand prix cars blast by just metres from the entrance. Interestingly, citizens of Monaco are not allowed to gamble at the casino—a holdover law from the 19th century.

Turn 5 - Mirabeau Haute (high): The high (haute) and low (bas) Mirabeau corners sandwich the famous hairpin and are named for the old Hotel Mirabeau, nearby.

Turn 6 - Grand Hotel Hairpin: The hairpin is one of the most easily recognisable corners in F1. The name keeps changing, based on who owns the hotel overlooking it—the corner was previously known as the Loews, Fairmont and Station Hairpin—and is taken by modern grand prix cars at approximately 65 kph, according to the FIA's circuit map.

Turn 7 - Mirabeau Bas (low): The high (haute) and low (bas) Mirabeau corners sandwich the famous hairpin and are named for the old Hotel Mirabeau, nearby.

Turn 8 - Portier: One of Monaco's neighbourhoods adjacent to the sea, and near this corner, is known as Le Portier. A "portier" or porter, in English, was the lowest order of Roman Catholic seminarians. Ayrton Senna famously crashed at this corner while leading the 1988 Monaco Grand Prix, handing the victory to his teammate and rival, Alain Prost.

Turn 9 - The Tunnel: The tunnel is not a corner in the usual sense. It is more like a sweeping straightaway, complicated by the different lighting and aerodynamic conditions when compared to the rest of the circuit. The exit of the tunnel, as the cars brake for the next turn, is one of the only overtaking opportunities on the circuit.

Turns 10/11 - Nouvelle Chicane: There has always been a chicane at this location on the circuit. Originally, it was called the Chicane du Port—pretty self-explanatory. In 1986, the chicane was reprofiled and renamed the Nouvelle ("new") Chicane.

Turn 12 - Tabac: A small tobacco shop on the outside of this left-hand bend gave this corner its name. This is where the mega-yachts can park very close to the circuit.

Turns 13 to 16 - Swimming Pool Complex: Until 1973, there was a straight run from Tabac to the final corner. That year, the Rainier III Nautical Stadium was constructed, necessitating a change in the design of the circuit. Now, there are essentially two chicanes which take the cars around the swimming pool. The first of these is also known as the Virage Louis Chiron, named after one of Monaco's three F1 drivers. Chiron finished third at the first F1 world championship Monaco Grand Prix in 1950.

Turn 17 - La Rascasse: A rascasse is a type of scorpionfish found in the Mediterranean Sea. According to locals, there was an old fisherman's bar in Monaco called La Rascasse, which gave its name to the corner, and now a newer restaurant with the same name stands on the inside of the Rascasse corner.

Turn 18 - Virage Antony Noghes: The final corner of the circuit used to be another hairpin, called Gazometre, until the 1970s. When the corner was redesigned, it was named in honour of Antony Noghes, the founder of the Monaco Grand Prix. In 2010, Michael Schumacher passed Fernando Alonso in this corner on the last lap. The race was still under a safety car, although it had pulled into the pits, and Schumacher was given a 20-second penalty for his manoeuvre.

Now onto the start and finish straight to complete your lap of the Monaco Grand Prix.