How F1 owns MONACO!

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Every year billionaires and celebrities flock to Monaco just to watch Formula 1 - but how much of a grasp does Formula 1 have over the small principality of Monaco? The F1 Monaco GP is one the crown jewel of motorsport and part of the motorsport triple crown. In this video I will give you some Monaco F1 behind the scenes insights while taking you on a Monaco F1 track walk. I will also fill you in on some important Monaco GP history and explain exactly how much this event does for the second smallest country in the world!
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@jancam464 29 күн бұрын

I guess there won't be a "What the Drivers drove to the track" video this week since so many live there and can just ride a bike from their apartments.

@DirtyHarryz 29 күн бұрын

He said it in the last video🍻

@inflatable2 29 күн бұрын

Many can even walk probably..

@Ho3n3r 28 күн бұрын

Next week's video: What shoes did the drivers wear to the track?

@vegardodavinci5046 21 күн бұрын

«What the drivers biked to the track» perhaps

@ulrichhaepp2657 29 күн бұрын

And, what is also world famous: The oceanographic museum ( The first worldwide) sitting right on top of the cliff besides the Palace. Was founded by the First Principal in the 1900, who even was one of the co founders of oceanographic science at all.Spectacular!!!

@Brooks__EU 24 күн бұрын

Visited that one quite a few years ago and loved it.

@simon8723 29 күн бұрын

Any chance you can show us a before and after editing of cars exiting the tunnel? I know you being so good at getting it right in the camera, mere mortals would love to see what it looks like right from raw…….

@KymIllman 29 күн бұрын

Can do that, yes in an upcoming video

@CallieMasters5000 29 күн бұрын

@@KymIllmanThe tunnel is really just the road below the Fairmont Hotel. Other tunnels were dug to put the train station inside the mountain too.

@Perfectlyhonest22 28 күн бұрын

Went to the 1976 Monaco GP and watched it from the hillside below the palace. The year Lauda had his horrible accident and Hunt won the world championship. We stayed in Nice, rented motor bikes to travel between the two places and took the train there on race day. Still have the print race program

@tuftofflowers 28 күн бұрын

how cool!!!

@-GGarcia- 29 күн бұрын

I had the opportunity to visit Monaco while I was studying abroad in Lyon, France in 2012. Such a beautiful place, this video really brought me back to those days. Excellent video once again Kym! 👏👏

@nordimejia5790 29 күн бұрын

ok. good flexing

@user-rf3mk7nv5c 29 күн бұрын

These behind the scenes insights at different tracks are brilliant Kym. 👌

@viper7327 29 күн бұрын

Flying out tomorrow for the F1 weekend! Can't wait 😊

@harryladejo2 28 күн бұрын

Enjoy!

@markstewart9666 27 күн бұрын

Love this, real life behind the scenes, staying very passionate !

@KymIllman 27 күн бұрын

That’s the spirit

@frankkottwitz6279 19 күн бұрын

Another great video appreciating all the great views and your hard work.

@tedm.3961 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for bringing us along!!

@heth91 29 күн бұрын

I dont get the people that want Monaco out of the calendar because its boring for the race… Who cares it is such an unbelievable and legendary race and it just is F1. If you think about Monaco one of the first things that comes to your mind is F1 and thats not only for F1 fans.

@Karincl7 27 күн бұрын

Propably new fans for me f1 is monaco, silverstone and francorchamps. Never without them

@ukejem 28 күн бұрын

Loving these videos!! Especially because you’ve posted it before the race- makes me excited for the action. Love how you mix in photography info, with food, track, accommodation, driver…. You pack in so many interesting facts and footage. And like the background music too. Awesome 👏🏻

@steveneppler5301 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tour, Kym...Loved it!👍

@KymIllman 29 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@jimwolfe4286 29 күн бұрын

Another Terrific Video , Kym !!....I'll get up early on 26 May and watch the Monaco G.P. on TV .....Thank you for taking US to Monaco !

@lukeh2440 29 күн бұрын

Great vids Kym. Love the unique content

@saif7507 29 күн бұрын

Not related to F1 but an interesting tidbit if you’re interested. There is a white Renault Truck at 8:42. Interestingly it was designed by non other than Marcella Gandini, the designer behind the Lamborghini Countach and Miura.

@billB101 29 күн бұрын

Love Monaco, been watching for 30 odd years and it's still one of my favourite races of the year.

@bernardtan3639 28 күн бұрын

Hi! Kym. Monaco is a dream destination for many tourists and F1 fans. An expensive place indeed. Hope to watch a F1 race and visit this beautiful country one day. Cheers!🥂 Thank You for sharing this lovely video 👍🏻👍🏻

@dawnfaller4535 25 күн бұрын

Exceptional B.T.S. content of Monaco 🏎️ Kym! Thank you! 🙏🏽 Looking forward to the race tomorrow & your very informative follow ups! Cheers! 🙌🏽👌🏽🎉

@susannerhode-js7lu 24 күн бұрын

Thanks Kym. I love the behind the scenes look.

@thijsjonker8983 29 күн бұрын

You deserve more subscribers, great insight into F1!

@alexmaina6960 24 күн бұрын

Waaao so informative& comprehensive that tour was..you don’t get that much close to monaco even on pay tv. Many thanks here.

@kenwhitfield219 27 күн бұрын

I will probably never get the wonderful opportunity to visit Monaco, certainly during the GP, so it is great for you to give us this unbelievable personal tour. Thanks, great job! STAY PASSIONATE!

@vintagevinylvets1187 28 күн бұрын

Thanks Kym! This is our favorite time of the year in racing-Monaco and the Indy 500!🏁🙏🏻🏁

@ghostdragon9221 29 күн бұрын

Great vid. If you ever have the time, I would love a video on how you decide what your track side locations for shooting will be. You could do it track by track. Have fun this weekend.

@David-vz5hg 29 күн бұрын

Best video IMHO you have done, thank you

@simondavies438 28 күн бұрын

Great insight Kym. Thank you very much. 😎

@chuck8772 27 күн бұрын

This was a great and insightful video. Pretty cool to see what goes on beyond the race fence

@dirtbike4life420 29 күн бұрын

great video, thanks Kym. one day I would like to visit Monaco for a race so this helps me know what to expect. however ive settled for Montreal this year. see you there!

@TitomalanguitO 29 күн бұрын

Excelent content!

@danielbrown4579 29 күн бұрын

Great insights as always Kym. 👏🏽

@user-xv1nc7ns7n 29 күн бұрын

A great report and I agree that the Monaco Grand Prix is the prettiest of the grand prix races.

@CaptainRon1913 27 күн бұрын

Also one of the most boring F1 races, albeit the most spectacle

@abobharding 29 күн бұрын

I was there in 1991, fantastic race need to go back, great video by the way

@stephenkeough7975 29 күн бұрын

I absolutely loved Monaco GP, I was there at the 2011 and totally agree with the affordability, during the weekend there were market stalls set up at the outside of Antony Noghes corner inside the circuit selling ham and cheese baguettes for 4 euro and I found a volunteer stall selling 500mm Heineken cans for 5 euro! We sat in 2 positions, on the Saturday for qualifying a great little grandstand at Antony Noghes where you see the cars going into the pit entry and also turning into the start finish straight, wonderful position and on Sunday we were in the main grandstand opposite the harbour and we walked the circuit after the race and then joined in on the party.If you go to 1 GP in your life it has to Monaco. Enjoy your weekend Kym.

@ukejem 28 күн бұрын

Wonder if it’s still the same price this long later.. and with the massive growth of F1?

@gamerriley 29 күн бұрын

Great video Kym, thanks for the Monaco insight!!

@KymIllman 29 күн бұрын

Any time!

@clintonmorris1945 26 күн бұрын

Another great video Kym, on the selfie shots of yourself it looks as video stabilising wasnt turned on . Little bit of jelly movements.

@byronservies4043 29 күн бұрын

I have 3 of Kym's prints from his web site, one of which is Lando exiting the tunnel. It's great.

@ollie.n1302 29 күн бұрын

Could I ask what the photo was called? I would love to purchase one😀Thanks

@byronservies4043 29 күн бұрын

@@ollie.n1302 F1 Wall Art, Lando Norris Monaco Tunnel on Canvas. Monaco 2021, I think.

@drs_888 27 күн бұрын

All your videos are a must watch now… Great content, Kym!

@KymIllman 27 күн бұрын

Super news.

@williamkulp4190 29 күн бұрын

thank you,,,,,you do the best vids.........well done........

@KL-ii1xt 29 күн бұрын

My fav race of the year as well.. been there once and did not found he prices reasonable for food, stayed in Nice and used the train daily etc as you mentioned for food etc def heading there again..as always keep these great videos coming !!!

@ZachJohnson5 27 күн бұрын

great video thanks for the insight, bucket list race forsure.

@andyrobinson2493 29 күн бұрын

Went last year for the Formula E race, so the accommodation was cheaper than the F1 weekend. Loved the place and will go back. Very surprised it was good value to eat out. If you want and can afford the luxury, then great, as a tourist you can shop and eat like a local and its has a great atmosphere around the streets that again surprised me.

@davidsheridan2267 28 күн бұрын

Brilliant video Kym

@viunetwork5142 27 күн бұрын

Really nice content. Thank you for you effort and the insights. This is better than TV stuff.

@KymIllman 27 күн бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@charlottelanvin7095 25 күн бұрын

This didn't age well. I just heard a photographer was taken to hospital following today's 1st lap crash. Hope that wasn't you, Kym. Thoughts and prayers with the injured guy obvs

@geoffneish2074 12 күн бұрын

Hello Kym, I'm a new subscriber and really enjoying all your content! My brother attended the 1991 Monaco race, we bought scalper tickets and sat in the first set of grand stands after the tunnel and chicane, we were getting pelted with rub wevwere seating so close! PRICELESS!!!! Best, however, was an "extremely cool track Marshall," allowing us to stand several meters inside the tunnel during practice. WOW, felt like every molecular of my being wanting to explode!! Looking forward to more of your coverage of the Canadian GP, my home race. What an embarrassment the Montreal Police ruined the race weekend for so many fans!! 🤔😡

@jimmcculloch3786 26 күн бұрын

Great vid' as always and nice of you to include the young lady at the end, lol. Love Monaco, the State and the race :)

@douglasberry7933 28 күн бұрын

One of your best videos. I love the on the ground perspective you gave us.

@KymIllman 28 күн бұрын

I appreciate that!

@WINGSANDRAILS 25 күн бұрын

Nice inside video of Monaco!!

@marcus_programmer 28 күн бұрын

Kym I love your videos..always following you from Kenya

@maxi2406 26 күн бұрын

You sir are a story teller and without annoying ai music.

@simonkevnorris 27 күн бұрын

When I've been to Monaco (1989 and 1992) I've stayed in Nice near the train station with some mates that travelled from Canada and Australia. I did stay one night at the Youth Hostel in Menton. The stairs to the hostel are a killer!

@watchlover8297 27 күн бұрын

Great video as always Kym

@KymIllman 26 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@ianmason3040 28 күн бұрын

Nice video Kym, interesting and nice to see it from your perspective. I don't often comment (sorry about that), your son is always a nice addition - must be nice to spend time with him whilst your working 👍

@KymIllman 28 күн бұрын

It’s fun I can assure you

@alman6581 21 күн бұрын

Thanks Kym Always enjoy your run downs. And agree - perhaps the best course in the world..........for various reasons. Some of others. I love the history and urban closeness myself. Thanks again

@rickywick 28 күн бұрын

Really love your video's Kym!! one little request, can you talk a bit about the Monaco motorhomes? Especially the Red Bull Energy Station. Can find info about the station itself, but not about it's location, and the other teams places.

@Lambda_Archive 29 күн бұрын

thanks Kym, my favourite photographer

@jzzsxm 29 күн бұрын

Monaco - where Blanton's bourbon just sits there on the shelf at MSRP next to Johnnie Walker Red

@provisio8833 28 күн бұрын

Blanton's is only in short supply in the US, can get it easier in Canada

@fotoline 28 күн бұрын

A budget traveler can stay in Nice and surrounding area during both the Cannes Film Festival and the Monaco GP, and do both events easily, thanks to frequent rail service throughout the French and Italian Riviera. The trick is to plan and book very early, because the best deals gets snapped up quickly.

@kennethnielsen3864 28 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@ayobamigbola9827 29 күн бұрын

I always enjoy your videos...

@mark82421 28 күн бұрын

Nice video and some good pointers about pricing as it is the bias that everything is extremely expensive in Monaco.... so not everything as said !

@stv24p1 27 күн бұрын

Ngl i love these videos. 🔥🔥👍

@UnwiredRA 28 күн бұрын

You’re so easy to spot on the live stream coverage because of that hat 😂 love the content!

@KymIllman 28 күн бұрын

Just one hat left for sale now out of the first drop

@pgale 28 күн бұрын

Great Vid

@Jackbyrne77 28 күн бұрын

Cheers for the video Kym. Can’t believe what they did to the Casino Square area a couple of years ago by removing the fountain and paving over the area. No doubt it’s more efficient for day-to-day traffic but just utterly removed the character of that view from the grandstand.

@the_lost_navigator7266 29 күн бұрын

Great video, thanks for the tour. I think id prefer to go and watch the historic racing as there is a greater variety of cars and leas people there. Maybe one day .

@checkStyle45 29 күн бұрын

Remarkable content creation amd quality. You can start a business of coaching how to do it so smooth.

@janicecefia7619 29 күн бұрын

Saw you kym on tv in Queensland standing next to horner at the Italian race last weekend, love your hat 👒 ❤️❤️🦘🐨🇦🇺

@jeffschulkin2446 28 күн бұрын

Fantastic video- thanks

@KymIllman 28 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@Dixlive 29 күн бұрын

We really blessed to have Kym we finally know much about F1 life

@KymIllman 29 күн бұрын

Happy to share what I know with you

@EderL.A 29 күн бұрын

My favorite F1 journalist

@KymIllman 29 күн бұрын

Merci!

@osamadarwish2188 29 күн бұрын

Beautiful content, lovable character

@goyoy6433 28 күн бұрын

Went to NICE, FR because a friend wanted to. Looked on the map and decided to drive to Monaco. We could believe how reasonable the cocktails were there. 8 EUROs and we were expecting to pay 25 or more. The thrill was driving through the tunnel I had in television since I was 7...loved that visit.

@stevemartin8516 27 күн бұрын

Kym, you should try and find Motor Yacht Loon which is there ATM, the captain Paul Clarke is also a Perth boy!

@heliumtrophy 27 күн бұрын

Was lucky enough to win tickets to the Monaco GP back in 2000.....the mystique that you mention is just another level. You almost feel like a gatecrasher in some ways just being there and just soaking up the beauty of the place for however short you're there. Always mega. Lovely video but seriously how expensive is Perth?

@gracechadi 29 күн бұрын

*I love opulence. I hate poverty - there's nothing good about it. Thank you for sharing Kym. Excited for more Monaco content ❤️!*

@kendahl7922 29 күн бұрын

Fun to see your walk about…those apartments being built in the water outside the Fairmont hotel are called Mara Terra and cost up to about $150M euro for the half dozen or so villas ..competition now 2025 after COVID delay..

@josephreber525 29 күн бұрын

Outstanding 👍👍

@kevinenglish1976 29 күн бұрын

Interesting video. Cheers

@KymIllman 29 күн бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@liebs1973 28 күн бұрын

Wow just stunning

@Rey-fk2zt 29 күн бұрын

7:48 that looks so good

@duck8280 28 күн бұрын

Facts

@DevanSabaratnam 28 күн бұрын

Never been to the race, but have fond memories of walking the actual track during off season, and sprinting around that Casino hairpin as fast as the F1 cars take it so I could brag I was as fast as Formula 1 racer! 😆 Also stood on the spot that Senna crashed out while leading by a big margin and reflected on the great man. Bonus was that I did that walk with my best friend, and a random stranger we met who it turned out used to work at McLaren back in the 80's, so we shared some good stories during that afternoon in the Monaco sun...

@SahilVohra56 29 күн бұрын

@Kym have you done one yet on how F1 photographers make money? Be very interesting to get across that one.

@PeopleWatchingMarcus 23 күн бұрын

I save these restaurant recommendations. Pretending to myself that I'll visit Monaco sometime

@TuEIite 23 күн бұрын

Good content

@RetailRipper 29 күн бұрын

are all shooting points the same every time you visit a track or do you have to scout around before?

@zappetta_ 28 күн бұрын

i've been inmonaco for the first time last week for a job thing, is been weird being there in person. the place doesnt feel real.

@SuperBase5 28 күн бұрын

I think i saw the sirocco boat there. It’s in the TV series Below Deck

@MacPac78 28 күн бұрын

the "Stay Passionate" woman is stunning!

@l8k647 28 күн бұрын

Love F1. I hope I can afford to attend a race one day. Still a bit out of reach, but looks very beautiful on television.

@bits2646 27 күн бұрын

Love the Monaco GP, nothing can match it, except maybe aussie GPs, the atmosphere down under is also nuts, but the Monaco is a special package. BTW, best it to stay near Nice and then just take a heli about 5-10 minutes to heliport in Monaco and go from there, takes away many problems from having a car during GP in Monaco...

@robertleeimages 28 күн бұрын

First of all thanks for the fantastic insight into the photography spots around the track, secondly how do you decide which spot you're going to shoot from on race day as I'm guessing you're pretty much confined to that stretch of track once there meaning you probably shoot different locations during the practice sessions and qualifying? Thirdly the bass guitar track at 6min 58sec, do you know who's playing it as it sounds very distinct and in the style of a guy who recently passed away, the bass player from Nu Shooz Gary Fountaine

@jj47761 28 күн бұрын

Monaco is the greatest event until the race starts

@cjq57 29 күн бұрын

Monaco F1 race on my to do list😊

@shenekaa1797 29 күн бұрын

New to Kym’s content❤. Is there a video on how he got started shooting Grand Prix?

@spac18 29 күн бұрын

yup

@MostAmazingEverything 28 күн бұрын

That new swimming pool in the huge land expansion has underwater windows that look into the sea, maybe we can see you in there next year kym 😉

@KymIllman 28 күн бұрын

Wow, that’s a game changer

@gary5481 28 күн бұрын

I reckon you're underestimating the value of the boats in the marina, by a considerable amount. The E Sysman channel did a walk around last weekend & there were at least 10 boats, that exceeded the $100 million mark. My guess would be closer to $4 billion. Great video, nevertheless. It's my favourite GP of the year, not necessarily for the excitement, which is not guaranteed, but for the history & for the strategies which are the best way of gaining position on a track, on which it is notoriously difficult to overtake. The 1st one I was probably able to watch broadcast live, would've been 76 or 77, when TV first came to South Africa 🇿🇦 & my first live GP, at the track would've been the SA GP at Kyalami in 67. Over the years, I had the opportunities to see most of the greats & am forever grateful to my Dad, who was motorsport mad, for giving me those opportunities, particularly in the years 67 to 73, when he was a volunteer timekeeper for Ferrari for the GP's & 9 Hours.