F1's 2004 Monaco Diamond Heist: $250,000 Stone LOST!

An F1 team lost a $250,000 diamond during the Monaco Grand Prix in one of the strangest ways imaginable—and it’s still missing today.

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Back in 2004, Jaguar F1 was up against the ropes with a losing record and a parent company running out of patience. So the team hatched a plan make some noise—to promote the heist movie Ocean's 12, it attached two real (and uninsured) $250K diamonds to the nose of its cars and ran them in the Monaco Grand Prix.

If that sounds risky... you're right. Just six corners into the race, Jaguar's rookie driver Christian Klien crashed. And when track workers pulled his car out of the barriers, the diamond was gone, never to be seen again.

So what really happened? Did a lucky fan walk away with an incredible souvenir, or was the whole thing a setup for a real-life Ocean's-style heist?

0:00 Who Took It?
0:39 Jaguar F1's Struggles
2:16 The Plan Comes Together
3:36 Race Day in Monaco
4:12 The Crash
4:48 What Really Happened
6:40 The Aftermath

Previous episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KShuhO1tSzI

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