Monaco has a message for the owners of high-powered vehicles planning to make their presence felt during Top Marques and the Formula 1 Grand Prix: get caught breaking the highway code and your car goes nowhere for five days.

The Government has announced that immediate 120-hour vehicle immobilisation will once again apply to any road traffic offence committed during Top Marques Monaco, running from 6th to 10th May, and the 83rd Formula 1 Louis Vuitton Grand Prix de Monaco, from 4th to 7th June.

The measures are a direct response to a pattern the government has identified around both events — unauthorised gatherings of sports cars that spill onto public roads and, all too often, generate dangerous driving, traffic violations and noise disturbance for residents. The gatherings are typically spontaneous and unplanned, which has historically made them difficult to police. The extended immobilisation period, already used at previous editions of both events, is designed to sharpen the deterrent considerably.

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