Royal family member flipped Fiat 500 while razzing it around Monaco GP circuit

06 May 2024 , 11:02

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Pierre Casiraghi (L) said he flipped his Fiat 500 while driving around Monaco (Image: FilmMagic)

Pierre Casiraghi, who is a member of the Monaco royal family, has recalled how he managed to flip his Fiat 500 while speeding around the streets of Monte Carlo.

The 36-year-old, who is eighth in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne, said he loves driving the Italian car because even at low speeds it feels like you're racing, reports the Daily Star. While speaking to British former Formula One driver David Coulthard and former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan on the Formula For Success podcast, he said: "I love the Fiat 500 because basically at 40kmh, or 50kmh, if you take a turn it's very fast for those cars.

"I could feel like I was racing, but I was just at 40, 45, 50kmh, still at the speed limits of the town. But if you take a curve full speed at 40 you can flip these things. So it was a way for me to have fun.

"I flipped one once in Monaco," he added, referring to a particularly speedy drive he took around the streets of Monte Carlo, mirroring the circuit used in the Monaco Grand Prix.

Casiraghi said he loved his Fiat 500 so much that he went out and bought two more, adding: "I have a little collection with my brother. I have an Abarth 1000, 1962. Then I have a little Fiat 600 ambulance from the late seventies, so it was an actual ambulance in Italy."

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Coulthard, who spent 14 years as an F1 driver, winning 13 Grand Prix races, then quipped: "That's very useful for a night out."

Casiraghi is eighth in line to the throne of Monaco (Getty Images)

Casiraghi is the youngest of three children of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and her late husband, Stefano Casiraghi. He's also the maternal-line grandson of Rainier III, the late father of Albert II, Prince of Monaco.

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