F1's 2004 Monaco Diamond Heist: $250,000 Stone LOST!

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An F1 team lost a $250,000 diamond during the Monaco Grand Prix in one of the strangest ways imaginable-and it’s still missing today.
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Back in 2004, Jaguar F1 was up against the ropes with a losing record and a parent company running out of patience. So the team hatched a plan make some noise-to promote the heist movie Ocean's 12, it attached two real (and uninsured) $250K diamonds to the nose of its cars and ran them in the Monaco Grand Prix.
If that sounds risky... you're right. Just six corners into the race, Jaguar's rookie driver Christian Klien crashed. And when track workers pulled his car out of the barriers, the diamond was gone, never to be seen again.
So what really happened? Did a lucky fan walk away with an incredible souvenir, or was the whole thing a setup for a real-life Ocean's-style heist?
0:00 Who Took It?
0:39 Jaguar F1's Struggles
2:16 The Plan Comes Together
3:36 Race Day in Monaco
4:12 The Crash
4:48 What Really Happened
6:40 The Aftermath
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@SB-dw6hz Ай бұрын

what a coincidence! i once found a diamond on the street in Monaco!

@drive Ай бұрын

they’re like cigarette butts over there

@arnavwaghmare3324 Ай бұрын

Done on purpose by someone on the inside lol

@cwisted5308 19 күн бұрын

Personally I think they swapped it for a replica as a stunt. No chance insurance would ever let it happen. The movies are about heists they did this on purpose for viral PR marketing. They did a good job because its still being talked about today

@13jmilne 24 күн бұрын

Charles Leclerc's karting career started the very next year 🤔🤔🤔

@Erik_The_Viking Ай бұрын

Wouldn't surprise me if it was an inside job. That was the going theory among a lot of F1 fans at the time, including myself.

@F1jones Ай бұрын

(if so) it wouldn't be the last time the Milton Keynes team was involved in a heist of epic proportions.

@VeloceNoto 27 күн бұрын

Didn’t a similar event occur with a diamond decorated helmet that Kimi wore one year at Monaco?

@Angry_Squirrel555 28 күн бұрын

There was a corner worker who had a nice deposit into his retirement account.

@urbanstrencan 29 күн бұрын

Just crazy story, proper movie script 😂😂😂

@innerspace56 Ай бұрын

Jaguar and Ford did produce the AWD X-Type around this time. They should've rallied that beast. Maybe not in the WRC but that would've been a real hoot on the regional rally scene..

@ScottOmatic 29 күн бұрын

This was viral marketing.

@thechumpsbeendumped.7797 Ай бұрын

The team is Jag-u-are nt Jag-wah.

@drive Ай бұрын

not on this side of the pond!

@thechumpsbeendumped.7797 Ай бұрын

@@drive I can't help that, but that's what they are called. Should we revert to calling Dion Warwick by the English pronunciation of her last name or respect her wishes and call her War-wick?

@benn454 25 күн бұрын

@@thechumpsbeendumped.7797 That IS how you pronounce Warwick. Aren't regional accents fun? Lighten up, Francis.

@thechumpsbeendumped.7797 24 күн бұрын

@@benn454 And that IS how the company that was founded in britain pronounce their name. Jag-u-are it’s always been and will always be.

@benn454 24 күн бұрын

@@thechumpsbeendumped.7797 I don't care where they were founded or how they pronounce it. In the US, it's Jag-wire. Get over it.