UPDATE
14 May 2025
Apple Maps brings a custom Detailed City Experience to the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco
Starting later today, Apple Maps users and F1 fans can explore Monaco and the Grand Prix de Monaco like never before with a new Detailed City Experience and custom Formula 1 Grand Prix updates. These updates are being introduced in the lead-up to the Formula 1 TAG Heuer Grand Prix de Monaco 2025, which takes place May 23-25, and in advance of the highly anticipated premiere of Apple Original Films’ F1 The Movie, debuting in theaters worldwide next month.
“Apple Maps is the best way to navigate and explore the world, so we’re excited to bring this amazing experience to F1 fans and attendees of the Grand Prix de Monaco,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Services. “Whether fans are there in person or watching from afar, the beautifully designed Detailed City Experience and Monaco Grand Prix features give them an incredible view into Monaco, just in time for the race and the upcoming premiere of F1 The Movie.”
“They’ll be able to navigate the principality during the iconic Formula 1 TAG Heuer Grand Prix de Monaco 2025 and hunt down key landmarks in Monaco and the race, to truly feel part of the action ahead of the film’s launch at the end of June.”
Monaco Detailed City Experience
The new Detailed City Experience features custom-designed 3D Monégasque landmarks of iconic locations, including Casino de Monte-Carlo, Fairmont Monte Carlo, Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, Yacht Club de Monaco, and the F1 Paddock Club. Dark mode gives users an evening view of Monaco in a moonlit glow that activates at dusk.
The Detailed City Experience also features amazing details for road markings, land cover, trees, and public transit routes, as well as helpful navigation details like turn lanes, medians, bus and bike lanes, and pedestrian crossings. It also features a windshield view for drivers, which shows a road-level view as a user approaches complex interchanges, making it easier to see upcoming traffic conditions or the best lane for an approaching exit.
Grand Prix de Monaco Race Details
In time for the upcoming Grand Prix de Monaco, Apple Maps is also offering users, attendees, and F1 fans an in-depth way to explore and enjoy the race. The racetrack will be highlighted in Maps, and includes details like markers for each of the circuit’s iconic turns, along with 3D representations of grandstands, footbridges, the finish line, and more. Maps will also share advisories like road closures to help attendees get around as seamlessly as possible.
F1 The Movie Custom Guide
In celebration of next month’s release of Apple Original Films’ F1 The Movie, Maps users can also explore a custom Guide featuring the world’s most iconic F1 racetracks, including Monaco and other tracks featured in the film.
Hailing from Apple Studios, F1 The Movie is Apple Original Films’ highly anticipated Formula 1 feature film starring Brad Pitt, and from director Joseph Kosinski, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Plan B Entertainment, and seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton’s Dawn Apollo Films banner.
Dubbed “the greatest that never was,” Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was Formula 1’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling Formula 1 team that is on the verge of collapse. Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to Formula 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He’ll drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team’s hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny’s past catches up with him, and he finds that in Formula 1, your teammate is your fiercest competition — and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.
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