Monaco Grand Prix: Top 5 Races of all time

#1 - The Race That Nobody Wanted to Win

Patrese won the most incredible Monaco GP ever in 1982.

Nothing, not even 1996, can top what happened back in 1982 for sheer chaos. Rene Arnoux started the race from pole position and held the lead going into Turn 1 as his teammate, Alain Prost, made excellent progress up the field by passing both Riccardo Patrese and Bruno Giacomelli in the early stages. Things were looking good for a Renault 1-2 until Arnoux spun at the Swimming Pool and was out with a stalled engine on Lap 14.

Prost assumed the lead and held it all the way until Lap 73 of 76 when the rain began to fall and he violently slammed into the barriers at the Chicane. Riccardo Patrese only had to keep going in his Brabham to win but he couldn’t manage it, spinning at the hairpin and handing the lead to Didier Pironi.

However, the Ferrari was a very thirsty car and Pironi stopped in the tunnel just over a lap later after running out of fuel. Andrea de Cesaris or Derek Daly would’ve taken the lead but both had separate incidents and they joined the ever-growing list of retirements thanks to an empty fuel tank and an accident, respectively.

Incredibly, this now meant that Patrese once again took the lead to win his first Grand Prix. Pironi was classified second and de Cesaris was third despite both of them running out of fuel.

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That's our picks for the best Monaco GPs of all-time, but which is your favourite? 1982 or another classic? Let us know in the comments below!