06.06.2026 21:20
Dozens of luxury yachts with a total value exceeding $4 billion docked in Monaco's harbor ahead of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. The qualifying rounds, marked by intense competition, were watched from the yachts believed to belong to famous businesspeople.
Before the Monaco Grand Prix, the most prestigious race on the Formula 1 calendar, the Monte Carlo streets and the Monaco port witnessed one of their historic days. Luxury superyachts belonging to the world's richest businesspeople and famous names anchored in the port, forming a billion-dollar floating city.
THE RACING PLEASURE OF BILLIONAIRES
The fierce competition on the track turned into a luxury race on the dazzling waters of the Mediterranean. Dozens of luxury yachts, with a total value exceeding $4 billion, filled Port Hercule. During the weekend, when world-famous businesspeople, billionaires, and high society flocked in, Formula 1 enthusiasts followed the qualifying rounds from the decks of these floating palaces.
BREATHTAKING COMPETITION IN QUALIFYING
On the narrow Monaco circuit, where drivers challenge walls with millimeter errors, a fierce battle unfolded for pole position. As the engine sounds echoed on the decks of yachts in the port, guests of the luxury boats witnessed the drivers' wheel-to-wheel struggle second by second.
POLE POSITION TO ANTONELLI
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli will start the season's 6th race, the Monaco Grand Prix, from the first position. The 19-year-old Italian driver of Mercedes, Antonelli, secured his fourth consecutive pole position in Monaco after China, Japan, and Miami with a time of 1 minute 12.051 seconds. Behind Antonelli by 0.043 seconds was Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen in second, and Ferrari's British driver Lewis Hamilton took third with a 0.228-second gap. The Monaco Grand Prix will start on Sunday at 16:00 Turkish time.