Historic Grand Prix of Monaco

Start of the 2014 Race F (Formula One 1973-1978)

The Historic Grand Prix of Monaco (also called the Monaco Historic Grand Prix depending upon the source) is a series of automotive races focused on historic motorsport. The event is typically held biennially two weeks before the Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco.

History

The first Monaco Historic Grand Prix was held in 1997 as part of the year-long celebrations marking the 700th anniversary of the Grimaldi family's presidency over Monaco. It had only been intended as a one-off event but became a huge success, leading to its continuation as a biennial event from 2000.

With the beginning of the Monaco ePrix Formula E race, the Historic Grand Prix continued to be held in even-numbered years and the ePrix in odd-numbered years. However the 12th edition was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead taking place on April 25, 2021, two weeks before the Monaco ePrix and four weeks before the Formula One Grand Prix. Subsequently, the circuit hosted an ePrix in 2022.

The 2010 running of the event was the seventh in the series. It featured eight races total, in various historic motorcar categories:

• Race A - Pre-1947 Voiturettes and Grand Prix cars
• Race B - Front-engined Grand Prix cars (1947–1960)
• Race C - Pre-1953 sports cars
• Race D - Formula 3, 1,000 cc (1964–1970)
• Race E - Rear-engined Grand Prix cars (1954–1965)
• Race F - Formula 1 (1966–1974)
• Race G - Formula 1 (1975–1978)
• Race H - Formula 3, 1,600 cc and 2,000 cc (1971–1984)

By the 9th running of the event in 2014, the number of races had been reduced to 7, and there had been some tweaking of the categories, better to distribute the competition: ^[1]

• A: Pre-war "Voiturettes" and Grand Prix Cars (up to 1939)
• B: F1 and F2 Grand Prix Cars (pre-1961)
• C: Sports cars (1952–1955)
• D: F1 Grand Prix Cars (1961–1965)
• E: F1 Grand Prix Cars (1966–1972)
• F: F1 Grand Prix Cars (1973–1978)
• G: Formula 3 Cars, 2,000cc (1974–1978)

For the 11th running of the event in 2018 the number of races remained, the division into categories based on the year of manufacturing has been adjusted again. ^[2] The following classes remained static for the 12th running of the event in 2021.

• Series A: Pre-war "Voiturettes" and Grand-Prix Cars, up to 1939
• Series B: Formula 1 and Formula 2 Grand Prix Cars, manufactured before 1961
• Series C: Sports Cars that ran from 1952 to 1957
• Series D: F1 Grand Prix Cars - 1500cc, from 1961 to 1965
• Series E: F1 Grand Prix Cars - from 1966 to 1972
• Series F: F1 Grand Prix Cars - from 1973 to 1976
• Series G: F1 Grand Prix Cars - from 1977 to 1980

Winners

Year	Série	Cars	Years	Laps	Race winner	Car
1997	A	Grand Prix - two-seater	Pre-1934	10	Jean-Louis Duret	Bugatti 35B
	B	Grand Prix	Pre-1952	10	Martin Stretton	Maserati 4CM
	C	Ferrari sports cars	Pre-1959	10	Frank Sytner	Ferrari 250 TR
	D	Grand Prix	Pre-1960	10	Rod Jolley	Cooper T51
	E	Sports cars	Pre-1960	10	Lindsay Owen-Jones	Maserati Tipo 61
	F	Grand Prix	Pre-1968	10	Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol	Lotus 49
	G	Formula Junior		10	Duncan Dayton	Cooper T67
2000	A	Grand Prix - two-seater	Pre-1934	10	Julian Majzub	Bugatti 35B
	B	Grand Prix - single-seater	Pre-1952	10	John Ure	ERA B
	C	Sports cars with drum brakes	Pre-1959	10	Claudia Hürtgen	Maserati 300S
	D	Grand Prix - front engine	Pre-1961	7	Martin Stretton	Ferrari 555 "Supersqualo"
	E	Formula Junior	1958-1963	10	Denis Welch	Merlyn Mk 5/7
	F	Grand Prix - rear engine	Pre-1966	10	Duncan Dayton	Brabham BT11
2002	A	Grand Prix - two-seater	Pre-1934	10	Charles Dean	Bugatti 51
	B	Grand Prix	Pre-1952	10	Julian Bronson	ERA B
	C	Sports cars	Pre-1959	10	David Franklin	Ferrari 750 Monza
	D	Grand Prix	Pre-1961	10	Martin Stretton	Connaught C
	E	Formula Junior - rear engine		10	Denis Welch	Merlyn Mk 5/7
	F	Grand Prix	Pre-1966	10	Frank Sytner	Brabham BT4
	G	Formula 1	Pre-1979	10	Martin Stretton	Tyrrell P34
2004	A	Grand Prix	Pre-1947	10	John Ure	ERA B
	B	Grand Prix - front engine	1947-1960	10	Duncan Dayton	Lotus 16
	C	Sports cars	Pre-1953	10	Flavien Marcais	Jaguar C-Type
	D	Formula Junior - front engine		10	Joe Colasacco	Stanguellini FJ
	E	Grand Prix - rear engine	1954-1965	10	Duncan Dayton	Brabham BT11
	F	Formula 1	1966-1976	15	Martin Stretton	Tyrrell P34
2006	A	Grand Prix	Pre-1947	10	Stefan Schollwoeck	Maserati 6CM
	B	Grand Prix - front engine	1947-1960	10	Duncan Dayton	Lotus 16
	C	Sports cars	Pre-1953	10	John Ure	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica (Mk2)
	D	Formula Junior - rear engine		10	Denis Welch	Merlyn Mk5/7
	E	Grand Prix - rear engine	1954-1965	10	Nick Wigley	Cooper T51
	F	Formula 1	1966-1974	15	Duncan Dayton	Brabham BT33
	G	Formula 1	1975-1978	15	Martin Stretton	Tyrrell P34
2008	A	Grand Prix	Pre-1947	10	Julian Bronson	ERA R4D
	B	Grand Prix - front engine	Pre-1961	10	Duncan Dayton	Lotus 16
	C	Sports cars and sports prototypes	Pre-1953	10	John Ure	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica (Mk2)
	D	Formula Junior		10	John Monson	BMC Mk1
	E	Grand Prix - rear engine	Pre-1966	10	Simon Hadfield	Lotus 21
	F	Formula 1 - 3 litre	Pre-1975	15	Duncan Dayton	Brabham BT33
	G	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1975-1978	15	Paul Edwards	Penske PC3
2010	A	Grand Prix	Pre-1947	10	Julian Bronson	ERA R4D
	B	Grand Prix - front engine	1947-1960	10	Duncan Dayton	Lotus 16
	C	Sports cars	Pre-1953	10	Carlos Monteverde	Jaguar C-Type
	D	Formula 3 – 1000 cm3	1964-1970	9	Christian Traber	Brabham BT21
	E	Grand Prix - rear engine	1954-1965	10	James King	Brabham BT7
	F	Formula 1	1966-1974	15	Duncan Dayton	Brabham BT33
	G	Formula 1	1975-1978	14	Bobby Verdon-Roe	McLaren M26
	H	Formula 3	1971-1973 (1600cc) 1974-1984 (2000cc)	10	Emanuele Pirro	Martini Mk34
2012	A	Voiturettes and Grand Prix	Pre-1952	10	Julian Bronson	ERA R4D
	B	Formula 1 and Formula 2	Pre-1961	10	Roger Wills	Cooper T51
	C	Sports cars and sports prototypes	Pre-1953	10	Alex Buncombe	Jaguar C-Type
	D	Grand Prix - rear engine	1961-1965	12	Andy Middlehurst	Lotus 25
	E	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1966-1972	18	Duncan Dayton	Brabham BT33
	F	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1973-1978	14	Michael Lyons	Hesketh 308E
	G	Formula 3 – 2000 cm3	Pre-1985	10	Ben Barker	Lola T670
2014	A	Voiturettes and Grand Prix	Pre-war	10	Matthew Grist	Alfa Romeo P3
	B	Formula 1 and Formula 2	Pre-1961	8	Roger Wills	Cooper T51
	C	Sports cars	1952-1955	10	Alex Buncombe	Jaguar C-Type
	D	Formula 1 – 1500 cm3	1961-1965	12	Andy Middlehurst	Lotus 25
	E	Formula 1	1966-1972	16	Katsuaki Kubota	Lotus 72
	F	Formula 1 - non ground effect	1973-1978	18	Michael Lyons	Hesketh 308E
	G	Formula 3 – 2000 cm3	1974-1978	18	Paolo Barilla	Chevron B34
2016	B	Formula 1 and Formula 2	Pre-1961	10	Tony Wood	Tec-Mec F415
	C	Sports cars	1952-1955	10	Chris Ward	Jaguar C-Type
	D	Formula Junior - front engine	1958-1960	10	Jonathon Hughes	Lola Mk2
	E	Formula 1 – 1500 cm3	1961-1965	12	Andy Middlehurst	Lotus 25
	F	Formula 1	1966-1972	18	Stuart Hall	McLaren M19A
	G	Formula 1	1973-1976	17	Alex Caffi	Ensign N176
2018	A	Grand Prix	Pre-war	10	Paddins Dowling	ERA R5B
	B	Formula 1 and Formula 2	Pre-1961	9	Tony Wood	Tec-Mec F415
	C	Sports cars - front engine	1952-1955	10	Chris Ward	Cooper T33 (Mk1)
	D	Formula 1	1961-1965	10	Andy Middlehurst	Lotus 25
	E	Formula 1	1966-1972	12	Björn Wirdheim	March 711
	F	Formula 1	1973-1976	18	Michael Lyons	McLaren M26
	G	Formula 1	1977-1980	18	Martin O'Connell	ATS D4
2021	A	Voiturettes and Grand Prix	Pre-war	10	Christian Traber	Talbot-Lago T150C "MD"
	B	Formula 1 and Formula 2	Pre-1961	10	Guillermo Fierro-Eleta	Maserati 250F
	C	Sports cars - front engine	1952-1957	10	Guillermo Fierro-Eleta	Maserati 300S
	D	Formula 1 – 1500 cm3	1961-1965	10	Mark Shaw	Lotus 21
	E	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1966-1972	12	Michael Lyons	Surtees TS9
	F	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1973-1976	17	Michael Lyons	McLaren M26
	G	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1977-1980	18	Michael Lyons	Hesketh 308E
2022	A1	Voiturettes and Grand Prix	Pre-war	7	Mark Gillies	ERA R3A
	A2	Formula 1 - front engine	Pre-1961	10	Claudia Hürtgen	Ferrari 246
	B	Formula 1 – 1500 cm3 Formula 2	1961-1965 1956-1960	10	Joe Colasacco	Ferrari 1512
	C	Sports cars - front engine	1952-1957	10	Frederic Wakeman	Cooper T38 (Mk2)
	D	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1966-1972	12	Stuart Hall	McLaren M19A
	E	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1973-1976	17	Stuart Hall	McLaren M23
	F	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1977-1980	18	Michael Lyons	Hesketh 308E
	G	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1981-1985	18	Marco Werner	Lotus 87B
2024	A1	Voiturettes and Grand Prix	Pre-war	10	Paddins Dowling	ERA R5B
	A2	Formula 1 - front engine	Pre-1961	10	Claudia Hürtgen	Ferrari Dino 246
	B	Formula 1 – 1500 cm3 Formula 2	1961-1965 1956-1960	10	Andy Middlehurst	Lotus 25
	C	Sports cars - front engine	1952-1957	10	Max Smith-Hilliard	Lotus 10
	D	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1966-1972	12	Katsuaki Kubota	Lotus 72
	E	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1973-1976	18	Stuart Hall	McLaren M23
	F	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1977-1980	5	Michael Lyons	Hesketh 308E
	G	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1981-1985	18	Stuart Hall	March 821

References

1. Historic Grand Prix schedule Accessed 2014-05-11
2. Historic Grand Prix Monaco Archived 2018-11-04 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2018-11-04

External links

• Official site
• Full race day live stream – coverage of 15 May 2022 on YouTube