This is a place to feel the raw energy of the racing machines in your eardrums. A quick left, and then a right-hand swing around the Casino. The tribune here is a great place for some palm trees and ocean backgrounds in your shots. At the Casino you can also book a table for a race day menu with ice-cold champagne, or if you have a room at the Hotel de Paris, look down from the balcony. T he cars descend towards the Mirrabeau curve, where Michael Brundle once had a car go over his head, and coolly said that it was one way to find out which tyres the driver was using.
T here are shops and restaurants along here that offer places at a price too.
At this tribune, that's what you'll see as the cars reach the Mediterranean and enter the slightly curving tunnel. Tunnel access is only for stewards, emergency crews, and lucky photographers with accreditation. W herever you are, you will see agency photographers walking the course during the race. F eel the force as the drivers come out of the tunnel, and watch them manoeuvre through the chicane. You're right by the marina at these tribunes, and can even watch the party people getting drunk on their yachts.