What do each of the corner names at Monaco mean?
Behind the Circuit de Monaco's first turn, which is a tight right-hander, there is a small chapel. It was built in honour of Saint Devota, an early-fourth-century martyr and the patron saint of Monaco. The small chapel is often obscured by crash barriers and sponsor signs on race weekends, so it’s unlikely that you’ll catch a glimpse of it on TV.
This is not so much a turn as a slight bend in the road as the cars accelerate and climb the hill away from Sainte Devote. Beau Rivage literally means "beautiful seashore”, of which the Cote d'Azur has plenty.
Jules Massenet was a famous French opera composer. The long, left-hand corner which bears his name skirts by the Monaco opera house, which has a bust of Massenet in front of it.
The Monte Carlo Casino is the most famous building in Monaco. The area in front of the casino is filled with gardens, and the cars blast by mere metres from the entrance.
Named after the nearby Mirabeau hotel, Mirabeau Haute (turn 5) is twinned with Mirabeau Bas, with haute meaning high, as turn 5 is an elevated corner.
Turn 6: Grand Hotel Hairpin
This hairpin is one of the most easily recognisable corners in F1, despite the fact that the name keeps changing, based on who owns the hotel overlooking it, the corner was previously known as the Loews, Fairmont and Station Hairpin. It is taken by modern grand prix cars at approximately 65 kph.
The lower elevation corner that twins with turn 5 at the Mirabeau Hotel.
This corner is named after one of Monaco's neighbourhoods adjacent to the sea, which happens to be nearby this corner, and is known as Le Portier.
It’s pretty self explanatory where the name came from here, the tunnel is not really a corner in the usual sense. It is more like a sweeping straightaway, complicated by the different lighting and aerodynamic conditions when compared to the rest of the circuit.
Turn 10/11: Nouvelle Chicane
There has always been a chicane at this location on the circuit. Originally, it was called the Chicane du Port—pretty self-explanatory. In 1986, the chicane was reprofiled and renamed the Nouvelle ("new") Chicane. When FE raced on the full Monaco track recently, they adapted the chicane slightly and dubbed it the New-Nouvelle Chicane.
A small tobacco shop on the outside of this left-hand bend gave this corner its name.
Turns 13-16: Swimming Pool
Until 1973, there was a straight run from Tabac to the final corner. Then, the Rainier III Nautical Stadium was constructed, necessitating a change in the design of the circuit. Now, there are essentially two chicanes which take the cars around the swimming pool. The first of these is also known as the Virage Louis Chiron, named after one of Monaco's three F1 drivers.
A rascasse is a type of scorpionfish found in the Mediterranean Sea. There was an old fisherman's bar in Monaco called La Rascasse, which gave its name to the corner, and now a newer restaurant with the same name stands on the inside of the Rascasse corner.
Turn 18: Virage Antony Noghes
The final corner of the circuit used to be another hairpin, called Gazometre, until the 1970s. When the corner was redesigned, it was named in honour of Antony Noghes, the founder of the Monaco Grand Prix.
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