The Formula One World Championship began on a hot Saturday in May in the presence of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, at Silverstone.

The second race of the Formula 1 was set in Monaco, the race had a total of 19 drivers and was set in a nice but extremely sunny weather which had caused many accidents during the race. The first accident was done by driver Fagioli who had managed to spin through the barriers of the seaside waves and making the midfield almost totally wiped out of an open road as the road had been blocked by many crashed cars. Many of the racers had crashed and broken their car but Fagioli and González attempted to keep going but Fagioli had his car broken and González had his car burst into flames which led to him getting many severe second degree burns. The race had been won by Fagio at a time of: 3:13:18.7 and at an average speed of 98.701.

All eyes were on the defending champion Jackie Stewart and expectations were high that he would repeat the total domination of the previous year. He made his intentions clear with an emphatic win in the 1st GP cruising home half a minute ahead of the chasing pack. However, there was another driver intent on stealing his crown: Emerson Fittipaldi, a whirlwind of talent and youthful arrogance in his iconic black and gold Lotus 72.