Formula 1: Top 5 greatest races, Monaco Grand Prix

View of part of the Monaco street circuit
View of part of the Monaco street circuit

#4 - 2004 - Winner: Jarno Trulli

Jarno Trulli alongside Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button
Jarno Trulli alongside Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button

When you look down the list of Monaco Grand Prix winners, the list posts some incredible names including Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Graham Hill, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber and...Jarno Trulli?

After taking his first and only pole position in Formula 1 for Renault in Monaco, the Italian driver put in an amazing drive, putting in a number of great laps to come out with the lead late into the race.

Over the course of the race, Schumacher, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Mark Webber, Takuma Sato and others crashed out, leaving only 10 of the original 20 starters to finish the race.

Sato's engine exploded spectacularly quite early into the race, and Alonso famously accused Ralf Schumacher of dangerous driving after he crashed due to a failed overtake of the lapped German. Michael Schumacher also ran into trouble, crashing under the safety car after being thrown off by Juan Pablo Montoya's weaving on track.

At the end of it all, Jarno Trulli held off a ferocious Jenson Button to take his one and only win in Formula One, and what a way to take it, in the crown jewel that is the Monaco Grand Prix.

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