The British F1 ace says he loves flying around the ruthless La Rascasse turn and diving out of the Tunnel at full-pelt of this, the most historic F1 circuit, on the calendar.So far, the sport’s governing body have resisted making sweeping changes around this brutal street circuit.
And Hamilton wants it to stay that way, otherwise he says F1 could become boring if it is too safe.
He said: “This is definitely the most raw circuit to drive. It is the coolest atmosphere.
“I always talk about the tracks where you have run-off areas and how we seem to have more and more of them. “I liked it back in the day when there was grass behind the kerb and if you touched it, then you would spin off. “That’s why I love this track more than any of the others. This is a track where it is still old school.
“It is the hardest track in the world and I hope it stays that way. It has been like that since way back in the past.
“Of course, it is important that we take steps to improve safety, that’s why the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association exists and the FIA work so hard on.
“It is important that we keep that, but if it becomes the safest sport in the world, it might not be the most exciting sport in the world.”
Hamilton, who lives in the towering Le Roccabella building in principality has been the victim here.
He famously crashed out at the Mirabeau corner during qualifying in 2009 when he was the world champion.
But he admits he’d still have the same instinct to race his heart out, even when safety was at a minimum in the 1950s.
He added: “I don’t think about crashing. There have been times where I have crashed and definitely felt that I have been blessed that the cars as so safe nowadays.
The Sun
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