5 best races at the F1 Monaco Grand Prix

2004 Monaco Grand Prix

Italy’s Jarno Trulli won the race from pole

It is remembered as a great race from Jarno Trulli who held and fought for his position over the 77 laps race.

Jarno Trulli started the race on pole, with BAR's Jenson Button following him.

His teammate Fernando Alonso, and Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher occupied the second row. After two aborted starts, which included Olivier Panis stalling his Toyota and Trulli's Renault coolant leaking onto the track, the SC lap began. Panis stalled again and started the race from the pits.

As the race began, BAR's Takuma Sato made an excellent start, moving from eighth to fourth in seconds. On the third lap, smoke became visible from Sato's engine and eventually it exploded spectacularly releasing an enormous cloud of smoke.

Distracted by which Sauber's Giancarlo Fisichella collided with McLaren’s David Coulthard and overturned. Both drivers left unhurt but out of the race. Safety car was deployed until lap 8, when race restarted; Jarno Trulli set three fastest laps in continuance.

Over the course of the race, Trulli received tough competition from Schumacher and Alonso but after Schumacher’s retirement and Alonso’s inability to make a maneuver on the narrow circuit, Jarno Trulli saw the chequered flag and his victory that he had been seeking for a long time.