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It was the last session of the day and German Marco Werner, in a 40-year-old Lotus 87, finished at the top of the timesheets in the free practice session of the G Series, dubbed “Ayrton Senna” and reserved to F1s produced between 1981 and 1985, at the beginning of the era of turbo engines. Triple winner of Le Mans 24 Hours, Werner was almost two seconds faster than gentleman driver Christophe d’Ansembourg, at the wheel of a 1981 Williams FW07C, driven that year by reigning World Champion Alan Jones (2nd in Monaco). Werner’s great rival, Britain’s Michael Lyons, had to settle for 6th position, in his 1983 Lotus 92. Qualifying will start Saturday morning at 8:15 a.m. with the B Series opening another beautiful day on the Monaco Circuit.
Free practice for the F Series, at the end of the afternoon, allowed the British drivers to shine with a thousand lights: seven drivers of his Gracious Majesty in the Top 7, followed by Monaco’s Fred Lajoux, at the wheel of his black and gold Arrows, the one and only non-Brit in the Top 10.
Michael Lyons, in a blue Hesketh 308 carrying the colors of Penthouse magazine, was the fastest, in 1:31.265, while completing only 11 laps, ahead of the Tyrrell (ex-Alboreto) of Michael Cantillon, followed by Miles Griffiths, in a yellow 1977 Fittipaldi, and David Shaw in a 1979 Williams FW06, the year before Alan Jones won the world title. As for Nicolas Matile, the Monegasque florist, he took a very honorable 13th place on Friday the 13th of this 13th edition…
Very elegant in an immaculate white overall, Esteban Gutierrez, former F1 driver with Sauber and Haas between 2013 and 2016 (60 GPs contested, 6 points scored), returned with great pleasure to the streets of the Principality in a BRM belonging to the legend of Mexican motorsport: a 1970 BRM P153 that won the same year at the Belgian GP with Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel.
“This car is part of history so I’m very proud to drive it. But it’s not easy, the engine is very powerful and it slides a lot, especially in the S of the Piscine“, says Esteban. “The trickiest part is the exit from the tunnel, because you arrive very quickly and you have to brake hard while dropping the gear ratios. It’s very + mechanical +“, adds the Mexican driver, now converted to endurance, in WEC, after having considered for a time getting into Formula E. “I like driving these old cars, I had already done it at Goodwood“, Esteban adds. And it shows.
Emmanuele Pirro, Marco Werner, multiple winners of Le Mans 24 Hours with Audi, Roberto Moreno, a former Benetton F1 driver, but also Mrs Claudia Hurtgen, Jean-Denis Delétraz and Toni Seiler, Roald Goethe and Michael Lyons, three times victorious the year last, in beautiful single-seaters: Embassy-Hills, Shadows, McLarens, a Ferrari and above all a whole lot of Lotus F1 cars.
The E Series of the 13th GP de Monaco Historique was eagerly awaited and it did not disappoint, with incredible lap times for cars produced in the 70s, around a minute and a half per lap. Also note the presence of a 1975 Ensign driven by Guillaume Roman for the great debut of the Ayari Classic team in historic races. It has just been founded in Montélimar by former driver Soheil Ayari who will be back on track in June, at the French Historic GP, at the wheel of a Ligier JS21.
HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco launched the 13th edition of Grand Prix de Monaco Historique on Friday morning by spending a long time in the paddock where more than 180 exceptional cars and their experienced drivers were waiting to finally be able to enter the mythical track which will be reserved for them all weekend.
Welcomed by Michel Ferry, Vice-President of the Automobile Club of Monaco (ACM) in charge of Sport, and by Gery Mestre, President of the Classic Cars Commission, Prince Albert had a long talk with Monegasque driver Frédéric Lajoux entered as in 2018, in the F Series, driving a superb black and gold Arrows, dating from 1978. Also with the aim of paying tribute to young Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert, tragically deceased at Spa-Francorchamps in August 2019 .
While His Serene Highness wandered around the paddock, the first three series, A1, A2 and B, allowed the ACM stewards, already well trained by the Monaco E-Prix 15 days ago, to get on the job. They were very efficient, as always, in Sainte-Dévote and La Rascasse following small shocks against the safety barriers or minor incidents with limited damage, and there was no need to wave red flags.
The first quality lap times fell to A1 series drivers, notably the venerable ERAs of Nicholas Topliss (Class 1) and Mark Gillies (Class 2), pre-war cars (voiturettes) managing to beat a pack of Bugattis, Maseratis and other Alfa Romeos.
In the B series, under the expert eyes of Clive Chapman, son of Colin Chapman and boss of the Lotus Classic Cars team, a car from the English brand that was the fastest: the Lotus 21 of 1961, with a Climax engine, entered for Mark Shaw, a regular customer of the event, who beat Joseph Colasacco’s Ferrari and Christopher Drake’s Cooper-Ford.
All eight series were on the menu of this opening day of the 13th GP de Monaco Historique, including a huge number of Lotus cars to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the passing of Colin Chapman . Most of them in English green livery, the famous “Racing Green” often seen in the 60s, or in black and gold livery, as was the case in the 70s. To the delight of nostalgics!!!
An artist whose work we were able to admire last year at the Collection de Voitures de S.A.S. le Prince of Monaco, of which paintings, driver statues, figurines, art cars and also a magnificent sculpture interpretation of Ayrton Senna’s Lotus 97T.
Together with his colleague from Geneva, Fernando Grande, Yvon Amiel has designed and produced 8 Trophy’s, each an effigy of the 8 drivers who’s names headline a series of races. From Louis Chiron and Aytron Senna to Juan Manuel Fangio, Vittorio Marzotto, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda and Gilles Villeneuve.
A very nice reward for the winning drivers of each race, who will all go home with a unique and original work of art.
In addition to winning the H.S.H. the Prince of Monaco’s Cup, the winners of each race will each leave with a unique and original work of art… just like the Historic Monaco Grand Prix!
*Antoine le pilote, hero for kids aged 5 till 105. 15 albums to date, published by Gilletta.
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
In the context of the 5th Monaco E-Prix (30 April 2022), 13th Monaco Historic Grand Prix (13 to 15 May 2022) and 79th Monaco Grand Prix (26 to 29 May 2022), the Automobile Club de Monaco would like to inform you of the Opening of the “Resident Access” Office, located in Square Gastaud, from Monday 7 March 2022.
The office will be open to residents, companies and VTCs from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm, for the issue of passes only.
Registrations must be made in advance on the dedicated website: https://riverains.acm.mc/
Contact : +377 97 77 95 70 – [email protected]
For specific “Boat Access” requests, documents will be issued directly at the SEPM (Société d’Exploitation des Ports de Monaco), located at 30, Quai l’Hirondelle, from 25 April to 29 May, from 9am to 1pm and from 2pm to 5pm.
Contact : +377 97 77 30 14 – [email protected]
In May, bring back into the Monaco Grand Prix History.
The Ticketing Office of the 13rd edition of Monaco Grand Prix Historic is now open (13-15 May 2022).
Book now your tickets for this unique event which will be held in spring 2022:
The Automobile Club de Monaco organizes since 1997 the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, always running two weeks before the Monaco de Formula 1 Grand Prix. This thirteenth edition will take place from May 13 to May 15, 2022. Cars that can participate are listed below, sorted by races and classes, restricted to cars that took part in International Races & that are in conformity with the regulations for the relevant period.
RACE A : LOUIS CHIRON – Front-engine Grand Prix cars built before 1960
Class 1 : Pre-war Grand Prix cars
Class 2 : Pre-war Voiturettes
Class 3 : 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 4 : Formula 2 cars built before December 31, 1953, with non-supercharged engine and a maximum engine capacity of 2000cc
Class 5 : 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 6 : Cars outside classes 3-4-5 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 Grand Prix cars from 1961 to 1965 and F2
Class 1 : F2 built between January 1, 1956 and December 31, 1960
Class 2 : Cars equipped with a 4 or 6 cylinders engine
Class 3 : Cars equipped with a 8 or 12 cylinders engine
RACE C : VITTORIO MARZOTTO – Front-engine Sport Racing cars from 1952 to 1957
Class 1 : Cars equipped with capacity engine 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 F1 Grand Prix in 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 designed not 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 3L from 1981 to 1985
Class 1 : Cars equipped with aspirated engine.
