Answer & explanation
The official answer, with Fermi’s reasoning step by step.
Answer & explanation
Official answer
161.7
miles
How to estimate it
Fermi’s official “Napkin math”
The easiest place to start is how long a Grand Prix lasts, about an hour and a half. Monaco is all tight corners through city streets, so what do the cars average? Nowhere near top speed. Call it 100 miles an hour.
- Race length
- 1.5 hours
- Average speed
- × 100 mph
- 1.5 × 100
- ≈ 150 miles
The easiest place to start is how long a Grand Prix lasts, about an hour and a half. Monaco is all tight corners through city streets, so what do the cars average? Nowhere near top speed. Call it 150 kilometers an hour.
- Race length
- 1.5 hours
- Average speed
- × 150 km/h
- 1.5 × 150
- ≈ 225 km
Rounded assumptions may give a slightly different estimate. The official answer above is the game’s reference value.
Source calculation & reference
- Monaco circuit length (formula1.com)
- 3.337 km
- Race laps
- × 78
- 3.337 × 78
- = 260.286 km
- 260.286 ÷ 1.609
- ≈ 161.7 miles
Reference cited by Fermi: Formula 1 Monaco circuit page · FIA Sporting Regulations Art. B2.5.2
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