F1 General | Joe Unplugged | 180 | The Monaco Problem: Is the Crown Jewel Broken?

2 Guys, A Girl, and F1 Podcast · Jun 3, 2026 · 17m

Listener Drew asks: would driving Monaco in the opposite direction make the racing better? It's a clever way of asking the real question — is F1's most prestigious race also its worst, and can anything actually fix it?

In this episode, Dick and Sabrina take that question to Joe Saward, who has been going to Monaco since the early 1980s and has a clear-eyed view of exactly what the circuit is and isn't. The short answer on reverse direction: you'd need to demolish several hotels. The longer answer is more interesting.

Joe walks through the history of how Monaco came to host a Grand Prix at all…