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The 2012 Monaco Grand Prix in numbers


36,000 – Monaco’s population, who fit into an area of 1.98 km2 (0.76 sq mi) and as such make the country the world’s most densely populated

4,836 – The number of gear changes undertaken by a car completing the full race distance (62 per lap)

1929  - The year that the Monaco Grand Prix was first held on the streets of Monte Carlo

1215 - Monaco was founded in this year as a colony of Genoa

285 – The top speed reached in KPH (177 MPH) in this year’s race, measured in the speed trap

151 – The average lap speed in KPH (94 MPH) of the cars during the Grand Prix

73 – The number of Championship points each now held by both Red Bull Racing Drivers, Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, after the race

56 – The number of minutes it takes an average person to walk the width of the country

25.079 - The total time in seconds (from pit lane entry to exit) of Red Bull Racing’s fastest pit stop of the day (Sebastian Vettel) - the third quickest overall

25 – The total number of pit stops made during the Grand Prix

6 – Following Mark Webber’s victory, the number of individual race winners during the first six races of the 2012 F1 season -   the first time such a thing has happened in the sport’s history

3 – The number of weeks it takes to dismantle the circuit after the Grand Prix each year, half the time it takes to set it up before hand

2 – At roughly the same size as New York’s Central Park, Monaco is the second smallest nation in the world (after the Vatican City).

1 - Monaco Grand Prix winner, Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber

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