ABSTRACT
The Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500 are globally renowned as pinnacle annual events on the international motor-racing calendar. The Monaco Grand Prix has averaged above four million viewers in the United Kingdom alone since 2013. The Indy 500 offers 33 cars racing at full throttle for the majority of the race. At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the cars consistently race in excess of 225 mph around the large four kilometre oval. Contemporary motorsport not long pre-dates the Indianapolis 500, beginning in France in the 1890s. Deaths to competitors and spectators during the 1903 Paris-to-Madrid race forced the French government to ban road racing, a pattern replicated in other nations. The origins of both IndyCar racing and Formula One were steeped in amateurism. Based upon the European Grand Prix series of the 1920s and 1930s, the Formula One World Championship was established in 1950, with seven "official" races that included the Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500.
