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What does a lap of Monaco in a McLaren feel like? Restrained

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Formula 1 offered media and VIPs hot laps in supercars around Monaco for the first time.

The McLaren 720S was driven by test driver Andre D'Cruz , a McLaren test driver.

A lap around Monaco is claustrophobic -- thrillingly, relentlessly so.

The layout of Monaco has remained largely unchanged since 1929 , 21 years before the first official F1 race.

Formula 1 has introduced a mandatory two -stop strategy for the first time in Monaco .

The rule is designed to inject some chaos into Sunday 's often-processional race.

The tweak has already scrambled minds in the paddock.

It won't magically make the cars narrower or overtaking easier, but it gives the drivers a reason to push.

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