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Fast Track To Net Zerø

I STARTED RACING AT A YOUNG AGE, working up through the ranks until reaching Formula 1. I’m a four-time Le Mans Champion and World Endurance Champion. I joined Formula E—the all-electric racing serie...

By Sébastien Buemi

Sports

The Magic Of Senna

I WAS BORN IN SÃO PAULO IN 1983, but this Principality, with its shimmering coastline and rich racing history, became more than just a residence—it became the backdrop of my life’s mo...

By Bruno Senna

Sports

Chasing Perfection

RACING THROUGH the narrow streets of Monaco in a Formula 1 car is an experience that defies description. Lap after lap, you’re kissing the walls with the tires, teasing the limits of...

By Oscar Piastri

Sports

Taking A Hit For Formula 1. Twice.

MY TIME IN FORMULA 1 was anything but ordinary. I made my debut in 1994 with team Simtek and then moved to Footwork Arrows in 1995. Across my career, I competed in 18 Grand Prix races, and while I did...

By Taki Inoue

The Food Scene

Cars And Caviar

I AM A VERY FRIENDLY GUY. I love everyone. But in my profession, it’s tough to build real friendships. I’m always working, flying between my two restaurants in Monaco and New York, and when I’m not working, I’m spending time with my family and kids. And then there’s my age—you don’t...

By Antonio Salvatore

Trends

Thinking Outside The Shoe Box

Jeff and Joe Foster founded Reebok running shoes in 1958. The industry wasn’t entirely new to the brothers in Bolton, England. Their grandfather’s company, J.W. Foster & Sons, had been in the business since 1895 and their shoes were worn by Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell at the 1924 Paris Olympics...

By Joe Foster

Sports

The Three Monacoteers

I WAS BORN IN HYÈRES, France, in 1988. Back then, my parents were working together in their hairdressing salon. After a few years, they divorced. I lived with my mother between Hyères and Marseille before she met Hervé Leclerc and fell in love. We moved to Monaco with him when I was five. At the time, I was trying to process all these changes: a new, clean city with huge boats and sports cars everywhere, a new school (l’école des Dominicaines) run by Dominican sisters, and a new...

By Lorenzo Tolotta-Leclerc

WORLD

A Yachting Renaissance

FOR DECADES, Monaco has been the lodestar of the superyacht world, its port bristling with vessels that defy imagination in scale and splendor. The annual Monaco Yacht Show, a dazzling pageant of nautical ingenuity, draws the planet’s most visionary shipbuilders, designers, and entr...

By Ferruccio Rossi

Sports

The Craftsmen

I DIDN’T GROW UP dreaming of checkered flags, I grew up with the smell of earth, not burnt rubber. In Courroux, a small Swiss village nestled in the canton of Jura, life follows the tempo of the seasons. It’s quiet. Honest. Grounded. If you’d asked anyone in my neighborhood what I’d...

By Grégoire Saucy

Sports

Victory Lap

IN 2012, I achieved something I had dreamed of since childhood—winning the GP2 race on the streets of my hometown, Monaco. And not just winning, but doing it from pole position, in a race that saw no safety car—an extreme rarity on this unforgiving circuit. Minutes after crossing th...

By Johnny Cecotto Jr.

Talk Of The Rock

Wheel Of Fortune

It was reported she deplored the idea of gambling and even refused a visit to the Palais du Prince. Based on historical evidence and a smidgen of fiction, Jon Bryant re-imagines Victoria's Monaco escapade on one auspicious evening in 1882. TIRED FROM THE STEEP SLOPES of th...

By Jon Bryant

ON THE VIDEO DIGITAL COVER

Experience the allure of Monaco's elite with The Monegasque Digital Video Cover, showcasing a captivating lineup of illustrious monegasque personalities.

Antonio Salvatore

Antonio Salvatore - A Food Editor for The Monegasque™ , covering culinary art and food trends, Michelin-starred chef Antonio Salvatore was born in Basilicata, Italy, and has traveled extensively, honing his craft in Spain, England, and Russia. Now based in Monaco, he serves refined contemporary Italian cuisine at Rampoldi’s exclusive five-table setting, using top-quality ingredients from Menton, San Remo, and Southern Italy. His signature dishes include bottoni di vitello tonnato, cabri dodici ore, and texture di cioccolato, while at the brasserie, he reimagines classic dishes with a modern twist.

Sports

ALL IN THE FAMILY

My grandfather, Giovanni, was born and raised in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. In 1950, he moved to Venezuela as there were little work opportunities in Italy at the time. He started a mechanic workshop and raced in amateur car championships. In 1956, my dad Johnny was born in Caracas. Growing up in his father’s mechanic workshop, he learned and absorbed everything related to engines and cars. And he proceeded in racing motorbikes in the 70s, single seaters up to Formula 1 in the 80...

By Jonathan Cecotto

PARITY IN THE PADDOCK

MOTORSPORT has long been considered a male-dominated world—a high-speed, high-stakes arena where only a few women have managed to carve out a space for themselves. While history remembers trailblazers like Michèle Mouton, who shattered stereotypes in rallying, or Lella Lombardi, the only woman to score points in Formula 1 (other than Monaco), she qualified for every 1975 season race), the reality is that women in motorsport have remained the exception rather than the rule. The n...

By Deborah Mayer

The Food Scene

POSH NOSH

AS A BRIT LIVING in the South of France for a number of years, I was both curious and intrigued when I heard a British-inspired restaurant was coming to Monaco. In my experience, French friends aren’t exactly kind when it comes to English cuisine—in fact, I’d say they can be downright rude! “What even is English cuisine?” I’ve been asked countless times. “Apart from meat with fruit compote?” is another favorite. So, you can imagine my surprise when I learned that the legendary...

By Suzanna Chambers

Technology

TO RACE OR TO NOT RACE?

SPRING HAS DESCENDED upon the sun-dappled streets of Monaco, where the air hums with the promise of the Grand Prix. The Principality is alive with anticipation: marketing savants devise ever more ingenious ways to capitalize on the adage “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday,” while sponsors polish their brands for one of the year’s most dazzling spectacles. For those entwined in this high-octane world—drivers, engineers, executives—the race is not merel...

By H.I.R.H. Archduke Carl Christian of Austria

Sports

LAP BY LAP LEGENDS

IN OUR SUNLIT PRINCIPALITY, where Mediterranean streets twist like a coiled spring, Formula One finds its most indelible stage. The Monaco Grand Prix is no mere race; it is a ritual, a collision of glamour and grit that has defined motor racing for nearly a century. What better moment to reflect on this legacy than with the drivers and insiders who have shaped it—Johnny and Jonathan Cecotto, Lorenzo Leclerc, Maro Engel, Deborah Mayer, and Oscar Piastri—and giving them voice i...

By Luiz F. Costa Macambira

PERSON OF INTEREST

THE KING OF CLAY

AS WITH MOST ATP GAMES he played, Rafael Nadal perfectly remembers his first win at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on April 17, 2005. “That was an amazing match, special for many reasons,” says the tennis legend. “Guillermo Coria was the player in the best form and the man to beat on clay. It really meant a lot to me and I still remember that match, together with the one we played later in Rome.” For Nadal, “Monte Carlo is arguably the club with the most beautiful view of the wh...

By Nancy Heslin

LIVING

FLOATING DREAMS

ABOUT TWENTY YEARS AGO, I encountered a concept that captured my imagination: The World, the first and—so far—only ship offering permanent residences on board and continuously circumnavigating the globe. The idea fascinated me. I remember looking at the floor plans, exploring the details, and for a time I was tempted to purchase a residence on board. I didn’t end up doing so, however, this did set the stage for something much bigger—a vision that eventually became ULYSSIA. As a...

By Frank Binder

L'Art De Vivre

DRIVING INNOVATION

IN THE ELECTRIFYING REALM of Formula One, where split-second decisions and raw talent propel drivers to glory, the spectacle of speed is nothing short of mesmerizing. Each victory lap, each podium finish, is a triumph of human skill—an artistry that commands global attention. Yet, as the champagne sprays and the cameras flash, it’s easy to overlook the intricate machinery of collaboration humming beneath the surface. Behind every driver stands a legion of engineers, strategists,...

By Paris Baloumis

MONAPINION^TM

Thoughts, arguments, opinions and reflections

Helga Piaget

Working Across Generations To Protect Life's Greatest Commodity
Luiz F. Costa Macambira

We are not just a publication; and for sure not another luxury magazine
Maren Tschinkel

My goal is to inspire others with my approach to health
H.I.R.H. Archduke Carl Christian of Austria

A Bentley, a legacy, and the art of acquiring well

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