With almost a month to go before the start of the “circuit events”, the entire Corps of Marshals is mobilising this weekend for the traditional Training Camp. Between learning the right gestures for the newcomers and general revisions for the more experienced, the 650 volunteers present are preparing with rigour and professionalism for the three upcoming events (Monaco E-Prix – 30 April / Grand Prix de Monaco Historique – 13-15 May / Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco – 26-29 May).

Founded 50 years ago by the will of the President of the Automobile Club de Monaco, Me Michel Boéri, the Marshals Training Course, offers to all the teams about 10 workshops (First Aid / Pre-video / Intervention / Post-video / Rail + Cric workshop / Electrical Risks / “Gazelle” timed course / Flags and signaling circuit / Fire).

A warm and studious atmosphere reigned under the mild spring sunshine offered for the occasion by the Principality of Monaco. Familiarising oneself with the new procedures and reworking what has been learned were the watchwords of the weekend. Founded 50 years ago by the President of the Automobile Club de Monaco, Me Michel Boéri, the Marshals Training Camp offers all the teams a couple of several workshops (First Aid / Pre-video / Intervention / Post-video / Rail + Jack Workshop / Electrical Risks / “Gazelle” timed course / Flags and signaling circuit / Fire).

The objective is to test the reflexes, physical and reasoning skills of each candidate. Accustomed each year to the famous fire intervention and extraction of the driver, the Commissaires were able to rework the right gestures to gain in efficiency and control, with the precious and efficient advice of the Monaco Fire Brigade.

This spectacular workshop, which has been part of the course programme for the past 15 years, underlines the importance of working on fire control and driver evacuation procedures in a very short time. In May, our Commissaires will in particular be subjected to the control of fire resulting from methanol, a fuel present in the petrol of certain Historic Grand Prix cars and invisible to the naked eye. The use of specific extinguishers is therefore required.

What’s new in 2022?

The Marshals have been given theoretical and practical training on the electrical risks involved with single-seaters in Formula 1 and Formula E. In order to get as close as possible to the conditions they will be confronted with during the race, LED lights have been installed on one of the test cars. The aim here is to reproduce the colour system (green/red/blue) used on the single-seaters, which informs the intervention personnel about the danger or otherwise of the electrical risk in the event of a problem.

Another novelty this year: the installation of a new plate, with the aim of simulating as well as possible an extraction of the car on track by the flat bottom.

Finally, it should be noted that the entire course is now computerised by a team of developers from the Corps of Marshals, in order to have a complete overview of each workshop (accounting and assessment of the volunteers on each post).

Handling the flags

On Sunday, the last highlight of the weekend was the flag handling under the Chapiteau de Fontvieille. In this workshop, different race scenarios are studied in order to work specifically on the application of the rules of signalling on the track. rules on the track.

In figures

In 2022, the Automobile Club de Monaco’s Corps of Marshals will mobilise nearly 650 people on each of the three circuit events. Among them, there will be 72 new candidates, 52 technical stewards and nearly a hundred people in charge of the management.

See you on April 12 for the General Meeting organised at the Espace Léo Ferré, then on the weekend of April 23 & 24 for the handover of equipment, one week before the 5th Monaco E-Prix (April 30).

How to become Marshal?

All the conditions for applying are specified in the following document:

https://acm.mc/corps-des-commissaires-2/devenir-commissaire-de-lacm/

Registration for the 2023 track events will begin on Monday 05 September 2022.

For further information, please contact the Secretariat of the Corps of Marshals by phone at (+377) 93 15 26 16

Composed of more than 670 Marshals, the Corps ensure the safety and the smooth running of all the events organized by the ACM, both on circuit and on road. These commissaires are present at the events, with their passion and dedication, always voluntary in their commitment but professional in the execution of their missions, which now require in-depth knowledge of the regulations and perfect mastery of new techniques (computers, GPS, etc.). In this very special year, marked by an unprecedented international crisis, the Corps of Marshals has nevertheless managed to successfully carry out all its missions, thanks to the respect of an extremely strict health protocol, meeting all the recommendations of the FIA and the Monegasque and French health authorities.

Thus, in 2021, the Corps of Marshals has been successfully involved in the 5 events organized by the Automobile Club de Monaco:

– 89th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo;

– 4th Monaco E-Prix;

– 12th Monaco Historic Grand Prix;

– 78th Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix;

– 5th E-Rallye Monte-Carlo.

In addition to this, there were of course the various Circuit and Rally training courses which were essential to maintain and reinforce the skills of the teams. Despite these extremely restrictive conditions, the Corps of Marshals has managed to maintain the “Club” spirit that is its strength, bringing together people from different backgrounds driven by a common passion for motor sport. Through their self-sacrifice and efforts, these volunteers, who do not count their hours and who often work in difficult conditions, are an indispensable cog in the success of the various events organized by the Automobile Club de Monaco. The Corps of Marshals is a large family of passionate volunteers who, through their internationally recognized professionalism and efficiency, have led this institution to become a reference in its field…

2022 CALENDAR OF ACM EVENTS

– 17-23 January: 90^th MONTE-CARLO AUTOMOBILE RALLY

– 27 January – 2 February: 24^th MONTE-CARLO HISTORICAL RALLY

– 30 April: 5^th MONACO E-PRIX

– 13-15 May: 13^th MONACO HISTORIC GRAND PRIX

– 26-29 May: 79^th MONACO GRAND PRIX

– 19-23 October*: 6^th MONTE-CARLO E-RALLY / 22nd MONTE-CARLO ZENN RALLY

* Date to be confirmed

The “CRIC” is to the Rally what the Marshals training camp is to the Grands Prix… Mean by “CRIC”: Circuit Road Instructions to the Commissioners. It took place in Monaco , 6 December 2015.

Allow everyone to find their marks before the major 2016 events, this is the purpose of the CRIC. The initial target of this field operation was to test all the actors in real conditions as desired by the training committee of the Corps of Marshals of the Automobile Club de Monaco .

A real practice that has assessed the teams in place, on a course made up for the 84^th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo or especially for a regularity stage dedicated for the 19^th Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique or the 17^th Rallye Monte-Carlo Carlo ZENN “Zero Emission / No Noise”.

In addition to the timing control and standards, practices on which the all the Commissioners’ teams have had to train a whole series of possible events, known and likely to mobilize the security device were simulated, according to multiple scenarios provided, taking into account regularly occurring events and incidents in the events organized each year.

Commissioners of the teams, each under the direction of their Chief, have thus relayed on various positions start and finish to complete including the usual timing work after completing all the installation of operations hardware provided by the different providers.

Throughout this beautiful Sunday, several members of the body of training committee of the Corps of Marshals Board has ensured the monitoring and evaluation of all the participant. It ended with a debriefing and assessment, to prepare with confidence for the next 3 rallies organized by ACM between January, February and October 2016.

84^th RALLYE AUTOMOBILE MONTE-CARLO
from 18^th to 24^th January 2016

19^th RALLYE MONTE-CARLO HISTORIQUE
from 27^th January to 3^rd February 2016

17^th RALLYE MONTE-CARLO ZENN
from 13^rd to 16^th october 2016

The “CRIC” is to the Rally what the Marshals training camp is to the Grands Prix… Mean by “CRIC”: Circuit Road Information to the Commissioners. It took place on the night of 17 to 18 December 2014.

The space of a very long evening, the annual training session was organized to “allow everyone to find their marks before the major events of 2015,” as repeatedly stressed by Bernard Richelmi, President of the Corps of Marshals of the Automobile Club de Monaco .

The initial target of this field operation was to test all the actors in real conditions as desired by the training committee of the Corps of Marshals of the Automobile Club de Monaco .

A real practice that has assessed the teams in place on a course made up for the 83rd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, a Special Stage, to cross three times, and three parks (Regroup, Service and Parc Fermé) and for the Regularity Zones (18^th Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique, 16^th Rallye Monte-Carlo des Energies Nouvelles, 6^th Rallye Monte-Carlo ZENN – Zero Emission / No Noise), with a loop of four zones and two regularity Parc Fermé.

Start was given in Fontvieille area  – headquarters of the operation for the occasion – shortly before 20h00, to a dozen of competitors for  ensuring the proper functioning of the simulation with experienced drivers, all  members of the Commission of the Historic Vehicules of the ACM.

In addition to the timing control and standards (Via GPS and Tag/Heuer – SIT Time keeping), practices on which the Commissioners teams have had to train a whole series of possible events, known and likely to mobilize the security device were simulated, according to multiple scenarios provided, taking into account regularly occurring events and incidents in the events organized each year.

Commissioners of the teams, each under the direction of their Chief, have thus relayed on various positions start and finish to complete including the usual timing work after completing all the installation of operations hardware provided by the different providers.

Throughout this long evening, several members of the body of training committee of the Corps of Marshals Board has ensured the monitoring and evaluation of all the participant. It ended with a debriefing and assessment, to prepare with confidence for the next 4 rallies organized by ACM between January, February and March 2015.

83^rd RALLYE AUTOMOBILE MONTE-CARLO

du 19 au 25 janvier 2015

18^th RALLYE MONTE-CARLO HISTORIQUE

du 28 janvier au 4 février 2015

 16^th RALLYE MONTE-CARLO DES ÉNERGIES NOUVELLES

du 18 au 22 mars 2015

6^th RALLYE MONTE-CARLO ZENN

du 20 au 22 mars 2015

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