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Formula 1 Grand Prix cars with turbo engines will be able to take part in the 15th Grand Prix de Monaco Historique in April 2026. Changes to FIA regulations will enable the Organizing and Selection Committee at Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM) to reserve a specific class for them, as originally planned for 2022, when the Race G was introduced, for F1 single-seaters that raced at Monaco Grand Prix from 1981 to 1985.
The stars, however, and to the delight of those nostalgic for F1’s golden age, are likely to remain the 3-liter-engined single-seaters. Generally equipped with Ford Cosworth DFV V8s, their advent in 1966 fundamentally changed the image and reputation of F1. An expected field of 80 to 100 cars in Race D to G, all generally in a state of perfect preservation, capable of racing faster than fifty years ago on the streets of Monaco, in much better grip conditions and in complete safety.
Keen to preserve the identity of the Grand Prix, the organizers decided to keep the Race A1, reserved exclusively for pre-war cars, considering that the Bugatti cars (35, 37 and 51) and the Maserati are the DNA of the Monaco Grand Prix.
For the rest, the Race A2 (post-war, front-engines) and the Race C (sportscars) will continue unchanged, as will the five other F1 grids, which will present the evolution of Grand Prix racing over almost 40 years (from 1946 to 1985). Several tributes and anniversaries are already planned, in the authentic and majestic setting of the Principality’s circuit, and several fine pages of motor racing history will be turned, with sound, vibrations and smells included, during this 15th edition of Grand Prix Historique de Monaco:
100 years ago (1926), Maserati made its racing debut. In addition to their potential presence in the Race A1 (eligible models range type 26, 26B, 26C, 26M till 4CL passing through 8C, 4CM, V8RI, 8CM, 6C-34, 6CM and 8CTF), the beautiful and rebellious Italians involved in the Race A2 are, in addition to the 250F (Winners with Stirling Moss 70 years ago (1956) and with Juan-Manuel Fangio in 1957), the 4CL, 4CLT/48, A6GCM and A6GCM. In Race C, the ACM still hopes to count on the participation of 150S, 250S, and 300S.
80 years ago (1946), the first Gordini imagined by Amédée, the great French wizard of Italian descent, came out, and 70 years ago (1956), it was the last appearance, at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, of a Gordini in the championship. It wasn’t until Matra, in 1967 at Monaco, that a blue car appeared again in F1.
60 years ago (1966), new F1 engine regulations (3-liter, no turbo) came into force, allowing McLaren to make its Grand Prix debut. At the wheel was the brand’s founder, Bruce McLaren, winner of Monaco Grand Prix in 1962 in a Cooper-Climax that is now often entered in the historic version. Six decades later, the English team, now managed by Zak Brown, is at the forefront of modern F1 (Winner of the Constructors’ World Championship in 2024 for the first time since the late 90s). McLaren’s record in Monaco speaks for itself: 58 participations, with 15 wins, 11 pole positions and 28 podium finishes! However, the English brand’s last win in the Principality already dates back to 2008, thanks to a certain Lewis Hamilton.
It was also 60 years ago (1966), Guy Ligier made his debut in Formula One with a Cooper… powered by a Maserati V12 engine! 10 years later, 50 years ago (1976), Ligier made its F1 debut as Manufacturer at the Brazilian GP, with a Matra-powered JS5 driven by Jacques Laffite, which later became a JS7 in 1977. The car’s first claim to fame was a pole position in Italy, on the fast Monza track, thanks to the monstrous power of its French V12 engine. That same year, the young Alain Prost, future four-time F1 world champion, made his single-seater debut (and won the French Formula Renault Championship), following his victory in Volant Elf at Circuit Paul Ricard.
30 years ago (1996), Thanks to Olivier Panis, Ligier won its only Monaco Grand Prix, the only post-war victory for a French car. Above all, it was Ligier’s last F1 success (9 in all) before the French team was sold to Flavio Briatore, who then passed it on to Alain Prost.
Provisional programme
Eight races will take place, restricted to cars that took part in international races and which satisfy the regulations for the relevant period, as follows
RACE A1 – LOUIS CHIRON – Prewar Grand Prix cars and Voiturettes
Class 1 : Grand Prix cars (over 1500cc)
Class 2 : Voiturettes (below 1500cc)
RACE A2 – JUAN MANUEL FANGIO – Front-engine Grand Prix cars built before 1961
Class 1 : Cars built between January 1, 1946 and December 31, 1953 fitted with a supercharged engine of
maximum capacity 1500cc or with non-supercharged engine of maximum capacity 4500cc
Class 2 : Formula 2 cars built before December 31, 1953, with non-supercharged engine and a maximum engine
capacity of 2000cc
Class 3 : Formula 1 cars built between January 1, 1954 and December 31, 1960 with non-supercharged engines
of a maximum capacity 2500cc, or supercharged engines of maximum capacity 750cc
Class 4 : Cars outside classes 1-2-3 but having a historical connection with those entered in the F1 World
Championship between 1950 and 1960
RACE B – GRAHAM HILL – Rear-engine, 1500, F1 GP cars from 1961 to 1965 and F2 from 1956 to 1960
Class 1 : F2 built between January 1, 1956 and December 31, 1960
Class 2 : Cars equipped with a 4 or 6 cylinder engine
Class 3 : Cars equipped with a 8 or 12 cylinder engine
RACE C – VITTORIO MARZOTTO – Front-engine Sport Racing cars from 1952 to 1957
Class 1 : Cars with an engine capacity of less than to 2L
Class 2 : Cars with an engine capacity of more than 2L fitted with drum brake
Class 3 : Cars with an engine capacity of more than 2L fitted with disk brakes
RACE D – JACKIE STEWART – F1 Grand Prix cars 3L from 1966 to 1972
Class 1 : Cars built or raced in F1Grands Prix between January 1, 1966 and December 31, 1969
Class 2 : Cars built between January 1, 1970 and December 31, 1972, equipped with a Ford-Cosworth DFV engine
Class 3 :Cars built between January 1, 1970 and December 31, 1972, equipped with other engines
RACE E – NIKI LAUDA – F1 Grand Prix cars 3L from 1973 to 1976
Class 1: Cars equipped with a Ford-Cosworth DFV engine
Class 2 : Cars equipped with other engines
RACE F – GILLES VILLENEUVE – F1 Grand Prix cars 3L from 1977 to 1980
Class 1 : Cars not designed to exploit the ground effect
Class 2 : Cars designed to exploit the ground effect, equipped with a Ford-Cosworth DFV engine
Class 3 : Cars designed to exploit the ground effect, equipped with other engines
RACE G – AYRTON SENNA – F1 Grand Prix cars from 1981 to 1985
Class 1 : Cars equipped with aspirated engine
Class 2 : Cars equipped with a Turbo engine
Following the six-year renewal of the agreement between the Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM) and the Formula One Group on November 14 last year, the ACM’s Events Organising Committee is today unveiling the dates of the track events that will be held until 2031.
In 2025, spring in the Principality will see the Monaco E-Prix held for the first time over 2 days, on 03 & 04 May. This will be followed by the 82nd Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco, on 22-25 May.
From 2026, the events calendar of the legendary Circuit de Monaco will change. In accordance with the agreements signed with the promotor, the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco will now take place every first weekend in June. In addition, there will now be 3 weeks between each event. It should be noted that these dates are subject to approval of the calendar by the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council.
The Grand Prix de Monaco Historique will continue to be held every other year. Consequently, even-numbered years will begin with the historic event at the end of April, before moving on to the Monaco E-Prix in mid-May and the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco at the beginning of June.
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The potential dates for the Monaco E-Prix from 2027 are subject to the renewal of the current contract with the Promoter.
They had to wait two years, but the thousands of nostalgic fans who came to the 14th Grand Prix de Monaco Historique over the weekend were in for a treat: more than 200 gleaming vintage racing cars, in perfect condition and capable of remarkable performances. So many talented drivers, both professional and amateur, and above all a public that was more than ever in attendance, especially women and younger spectators. After the success of the 7th E-Prix at the end of April, the Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM) has once again proved that it knows how to organise outstanding motor sport events to perfection.
Cars first. There were over 50 makes represented and Lotus took the lion’s share of the honours, with 3 victories in 8 events on Sunday for the legendary brand founded by Colin Chapman : Andy Middlehurst in the B-Series, at the wheel of a Lotus 25 once driven by Jim Clark; Max Smith-Hilliard in the C-Series, the one for sports cars from the 1950s; and just like the icing on an English cake, Japan’s Katsuoka Kubota in the D-Series, aboard a priceless Lotus 72 which allowed Ronnie Peterson to claim a podium spot at Monaco F1 Grand Prix, in 1973.
And that’s not all. Other legendary makes of motor sport also shone, starting with ERA in the A1 Series, that of pre-war small cars and Grand Prix cars, thanks to an Irishman, Paddins Dowling, who was untouchable throughout the weekend. The same goes for Germany’s Claudia Hürtgen in her Ferrari Dino 246, who finished 20 seconds ahead in the A2 race, early on Sunday morning.
Lotus, McLaren, Hesketh, March on top!
‘Last but not least’, as the English say, on the top of the menu, there were four series for modern or recent F1s, powered by naturally-aspirated V8 or V12 engines, all of which had raced between the end of the 60s and the beginning of the 80s. In F1, these now legendary cars had to make way for turbocharged F1 cars, then hybrid powered F1s. But not in Monaco, where their more powerful heirs are too difficult for amateurs and collectors to drive.
So a Lotus won the D-Series, followed by a McLaren M23 in the E-Series, a Hesketh 308 in the F-Series and a March 821 in the G-Series. Beating a myriad of other brands, such as Ferrari, Williams, Brabham, Tyrrell, Arrows, Shadow, Benetton, etc. Three British brands, with two British drivers, Stuart Hall (2 wins) and Michael Lyons, who were very effective in these single-seaters, all of them built before they were born.
Tributes to Ayrton Senna
On this subject of birth, Hall was born in 1984, the same year when Ayrton Senna appeared in F1, and when his star began to rise during a Monaco Grand Prix that has gone down in history. Senna’s career was the main theme of this weekend like no other, with a parade of his single-seaters on Saturday (Toleman, Lotus, McLaren), then the presence of the Senna family (Bianca, Paola, Bruno) in the paddock and on the princely podium on Sunday, to reward the last winner of the day, Stuart Hall, who left with an original figurine representing the Brazilian champion.
Ayrton Senna, Gilles Villeneuve, Niki Lauda, Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill, Louis Chiron, Juan Manuel Fangio and Vittorio Marzotto are names written in gold letters in the F1 and ACM books. They were mentioned by fans and commentators throughout the weekend, as they were allocated to the eight series of cars, spread in chronological order. With a figurine inspired by comic strip hero “Antoine le Pilote” for each winner on Sunday. In front of a delighted audience.
This is the other lesson to be learned from this 14th edition of Grand Prix de Monaco Historique : classic car racing is no longer the preserve of a minority of older and wealthy fans; it now attracts a younger, more feminine audience, at events that have become great popular festivals. Because there’s noise, fighting on the track, friendly drivers that you can talk to and, above all, racing cars that are works of art. Cars that ordinary people can admire, touch, see and hear, on site or via streaming platforms. With a charm that is unaffected by the passage of time. Quite the opposite, in fact.
The last race of this wonderful weekend, and of a long Sunday, was the G-Series, a vibrant tribute to Ayrton Senna in the presence of several members of his family (Bianca, Paola and Bruno who gave the cups and awards on the podium). And as luck would have it, a driver born in 1984, Briton Stuart Hall, won the race. In 1984, the year the Brazilian star began to rise in the F1 sky, during a memorable race in the Principality of Monaco that was interrupted by a deluge of rain. Forty years later, the sun was out and 39-year-old Stuart Hall let no one stop him from winning for the second time on Sunday. It was also his 5th win in a Monaco Grand Prix (Historique), following an inaugural success in 2016 and two more in 2022. On paper, he is now on a par with his glorious elder Graham Hill, a five-time F1 winner in the Principality in the last century. “I have to thank the stewards, because they did a fantastic job throughout the weekend”, emphasised the hero of the day, who has also made his mark in endurance racing, in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) and at Le Mans 24 Hours (4th in 2007). A very fine winner, in a March 821 which had never won at Monaco… until this Sunday. Thanks to the talent of its driver, it beat two Lotuses, those of Marco Werner and Michael Lyons, and three Tyrrells. Two reference brands and benchmarks in the long history of F1.
The afternoon was cut short for the cars entered in F1 from 1977 to 1980, grouped together in the “Gilles Villeneuve” F-Series: the race was red-flagged three times due to too many on-track incidents. The hardest part had been done the day before for Michael Lyons, who took pole on Saturday in his blue Hesketh 308 E, carrying the colours of a famous men’s magazine. The 33-year-old Briton only had to get off the mark in the two standing starts and the flying start to claim his 8th win in the Principality since 2012, on a circuit he loves. Behind the lucky winner, two splendid yellow Fittipaldis, ‘made in Brazil’, completed the podium: the F5A of Miles Griffiths, a compatriot of Lyons, and the F6A of Jonathan Cochet, the French Formula 3 champion in 2000.
The insatiable British marque, founded by Colin Chapman, continued its raid on Sunday at the 14th Grand Prix Historique de Monaco by winning the C-Series after the D and E Series earlier in the day. This C-Series, again this year, bore the name of Vittorio Marzotto and dedicated to front-engined sports cars from 1952 to 1957. Surprised at the start, Max Smith-Hilliard led a superb comeback at the wheel of his Lotus MK X, which was at the top of the timesheets on Friday afternoon. His daring driving was marked by two very aggressive manoeuvres which were studied at length by the race directors: the first on Richard Wilson’s Maserati 250 S at the Casino turn, the second at the Portier bend, when he dived on the apex. With his rivals out of the way, the Briton in the Graham Hill tribute helmet was on course for victory, far ahead of Claudia Hürtgen, who started from 4th on the grid. She was very attentive in her Maserati 300 S and finished in 2nd place, taking her second podium finish of the day after her win in the A2-Series. The podium was completed by Niklas Halusa in a 1954 Jaguar D-Type.
Two years ago, the public and competitors discovered trophies inspired by Yvon Amiel’s comic strip Antoine le Pilote. For this 14th edition of Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, new figurines have been produced, slightly reworked to fit in even better with the drivers representing the 8 Series contested in the Principality, from the A1, christened “Louis Chiron”, to the G “Ayrton Senna”.
A comic strip character to give children aged 5 to 105 their first taste of motor sport, now available in a dozen albums, including an English version of “Antoine le Pilote au Grand Prix de Monaco”. This character was born under the fingers of Yvon Amiel and Fernando Grande, and is now an ambassador for motor racing to the general public.
At the instigation of the Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM), the pair have designed and produced 8 “MGPH Legends Trophy” bearing the effigy of the drivers who each give their name to a category. On Sunday, the Juan Manuel Fangio statuette was presented to the winner of the A2 Series, Claudia Hürtgen, by Rùben Fangio, son of the five-time World Champion, and signed by Yvon Amiel. Then, throughout the day, the other winners of the day receive replicas of Louis Chiron, Graham Hill, Vittorio Marzotto, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Gilles Villeneuve and finally Ayrton Senna, which will be awarded after the last race in the presence of the family of the driver celebrated during the weekend.
It’s a wonderful initiative, in keeping with the spirit of the Historic Monaco Grand Prix: sharing the heritage left by motor sport over nearly a century across the generations.
In the E-Series (F1 single-seaters built between 1973 and 1976), dubbed the “Niki Lauda” race, England’s Stuart Hall, who started from pole position, triumphed with an all-white 1973 McLaren M23 carrying the Y of the Yardley cosmetics brand. In the end, he came out on top against two compatriots, very well-equipped like himself, Nicholas Padmore (Lotus 77) and Michael Lyons (McLaren M26, ex-James-Hunt). But he didn’t need to beat Marco Werner because the very experienced German, a three-time winner of Le Mans 24 Hours, was forced to retire in his Lotus 76 from the 1974 season (ex-Ronnie Peterson). This is already Stuart Hall’s 4th win in the Principality, after the inaugural one in 2016 and two more in 2022. And it may not be the last, with two more F1 races scheduled for Sunday afternoon.
The D-Series race, sponsored by Sir Jackie Stewart (12 laps) was exclusive to F1 cars from the 1966 to 1972 seasons, equipped with naturally-aspirated 3-litre engines. Michael Lyons, who started from pole position, looked set to resume his winning ways in the Principality, at the wheel of a pretty 1971 Surtees TS9, but a mechanical problem at the Rascasse forced the Englishman to return to the pits, passing the lead to Katsuaki Kubota (Lotus 72). The 62-year-old Japanese driver, who had already won here in 2014, was very emotional after passing the finish line: “I think a lot about my father today, because he passed away at the end of April. He helped me a lot to become a driver“, said the winner before climbing onto the podium, like Ronnie Peterson in the same car, in Monaco, in 1973 (3rd). He was joined on the podium by Britain’s Matthew Wrigley (March 721), who started on the second row, and ‘Mr John of B’, in a superb Matra MS120 with a V12 engine. A special mention goes to Adrian Newey, the brilliant engineer from Red Bull Racing, who finished a superb 4th, just off the podium, in a red 1968 Lotus 49B built ten years after he was born. Time flies…
Five wins in Monaco. Just like the late Graham Hill, who lends his name to this B-Series at the 14th Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, Andy Middlehurst has won again in the Principality. And this for the 5th time: 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and now 2024, in a 1962 Lotus 25 which won several Grands Prix in the hands of the great Jim Clark. It’s a well-born single-seater whose record of achievements continues to grow. In this series reserved for F1 cars from the early 1960s, with 1500cc engines, Middlehurst, who started from pole position, had to hold off ‘Joe’ Colasacco, a winner here in 2004 and 2022, until the 10th and final lap. Thanks to the qualities of his 1964 Ferrari 1512 (ex-John Surtees and Lorenzo Bandini), the American got off to an excellent start, jumped from the second row of the grid and then kept up the suspense right to the end, finishing only 7 tenths behind the winner. The podium was completed by another Briton, Mark Shaw, in another Lotus, ahead of the venerable Brabham BT7 of Lukas Halusa and the Cooper T71/73 of Christopher Drake. This did not look like a B-Series at all!
