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]

Contact : +377 97 77 95 70 – [email protected] 

Contact :  +377 97 77 30 14 – [email protected]

Formula E and the Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM) announce today the ticket launch for the 2022 Monaco E-Prix scheduled for April 30.

The 19-turn, 3.337 km track will see the all-electric cars climb the hill at Sainte Dévote and travel through the iconic Place du Casino, Mirabeau, Grand Hotel Hairpin and Portier sector.

DS TECHEETAH’s Antonio Felix Da Costa claimed victory last season in one of the most exciting races in the history of Formula E with an audacious overtake at the exit of the tunnel on the final lap of the race.

The 2021 edition marked the inaugural outing on the full Circuit de Monaco for Formula E. A race that recorded 28 overtakes between the top six runners alone.

Tens of thousands of spectators are expected to fill the grandstands in the Principality with the Allianz E-village being hosted on the Quai Antoine 1er and offering the opportunity for fans to see and learn more about the latest prototypes and the cars of tomorrow, take on the challenge and compete on racing simulators to set the best lap on the simulators in the Gaming Arena and watch the racing action live on the giant screens.

Tickets for children under 16 accompanied by an adult are completely free. Access to the Allianz E-Village remains free for all. A single price of €30 is applied for grandstand entry via www.fiaformulae.com or www.monaco-eprix.com

Alberto Longo, Formula E Co-Founder & Chief Championship Officer: “The 2021 Monaco E-Prix was one of the most dramatic Formula E races we’ve ever seen and proved our cars can light up Monte Carlo. To be able to go to this legendary motorsport circuit is a privilege and to witness a thrilling and action-packed race is a chance not to be missed. Monaco’s hometeam, ROKiT Venturi Racing, are looking incredibly strong this season and I invite all motorsport lovers, families and residents alike to join us and potentially see a home win!”

Jérôme D’Ambrosio, Team Principal, ROKiT Venturi Racing: “The Monaco E-Prix has become a natural highlight on the motorsport calendar and, with the ROKiT Venturi Racing HQ just a few minutes walk from the iconic track, it is a home race for us in the truest sense. With 150 position changes during the Monaco E-Prix last year we had another reminder of the highly competitive and action-packed nature of Formula E racing that motorsport fans love. As proud flag-bearers for the Principality we definitely feel the benefit of the local supporters so it’s great news for us that they can attend this years race in full force. We will be preparing for the race as we do for any other race on the calendar with our sights firmly set on a consistent performance with a fight for the podium in our sights.”

Christian Tornatore, ACM General Commissioner : “ Being able to welcome the public again is a first satisfaction for all the teams of the Automobile Club de Monaco who, this year again, are organizing 3 international events in 5 weeks. I hope that on the occasion of this 5^th Monaco E-Prix, television viewers and spectators will be able to attend a race just as competitive as last year’s, which to this day remains and will remain in the annals of international motorsport …”

Tune-in to the Monaco E-Prix via L’Equipe and Eurosport on April 30, 2022.

Formula E and the FIA have today published the provisional calendar for the 2021/2022 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, following the FIA World Motor Sport Council.

Three new locations are featuring as part of a record 16-race season spanning 13 cities across five continents.

Formula E also confirmed the presence to the calendar of the Monaco E-Prix. The race in the Principality is moving from a biannual to an annual event following May’s hugely successful E-Prix.

Cap Town (South Africa), Vancouver (Canada) and Seoul (South Korea) join the host cities family of electric races.

* Subject to track homologation

Jaguar Racing posted the best two times of Free Practice 1, early morning on the Monaco track, with Sam Bird clocking a 1 :32.220 and Mitch Evans a 1 :32.253, only 33/1000 of a second behind his team-mate. On the full F1 layout (3.3 km), used for the first time this weekend in Formula E, all drivers enjoyed a 35-minute session since 10 minutes were lost because of a mechanical issue for Sergio Sette Camara (Dragon) who stopped at La Rascasse.

Mechanical issue for Sergio Sette Camara (Dragon)

The provisional Top 6 was completed by Robin Frijns (Virgin) in 3rd place, reigning champion Antonio Felix da Costa (DS Techeetah) in 4th and Pascal Wehrlein (Porsche) in 5th, ahead of World Championship leader Nyck de Vries (Mercedes EQ) in 6th place. A very promising result for five of the best current Formula E teams

In order to show how tough this day at the races will be, 15 drivers were grouped in one second in this very first session, the next one being scheduled for 10 :15 for 30 minutes only. Qualifying will start at noon, with 4 groups of 6 cars, and culminate with the Super Pole session, for the Top 6 drivers.

Evans faster than Bird

Free Practice 2 started, as scheduled, at 10 :15, for 30 minutes only, and finished with a similar result to FP1 : two Jaguars ahead, with only one change, Mitch Evans going faster than Sam Bird.

We had to wait for the last six minutes of this session until Max Günther (BMW) improved Bird’s time in FP1 : 1:32.105 thanks to a very useful power supplement (250 kW instead of 200) available, in order to prepare the mid-day qualification session. At that time, the German driver was ahead of his team-mate Jake Dennis, a rookie in FE this season but already a winner, at the end of Race 2 in Valencia last month.

However, on the complete 3.3km F1 track used for the first time this weekend by FE single-seaters, the perspective of a potential 1-2 for the BMW Andretti Team was first ruined by DS Techeetah, when Antonio Félix da Costa, the defending champion, clocking a very impressive 1:31.359. This was until Evans, the fastest Kiwi in the electric world, ended up with a 1:31.118 under the chequered flag marking the session end, ahead of team-mate Bird, only 185/1000th back. This was a good way to convince all potential spectators, around the track and on the internet, that they cannot afford to miss the qualification sessions, starting at noon : 4 groups of six cars, then Super Pole for the Top 6 drivers. Game on !

Portuguese defending Formula E champion Antonio Félix da Costa will start on pole for the 4^th Monaco E-Prix, Saturday at 16 :03, after achieving an almost perfect lap in 1:31.317 during the Super Pole session, three hours before the start of the 7th leg of the 2021 season.

Da Costa had already started on pole this season, for Race 1 in Valencia last month. He was only 12/1000th faster than Dutchman Robin Frijns. On the second row, Mitch Evans’s Jaguar will start next to another DS Techeetah driven by Jean-Eric Vergne, the winner in 2019 here and double Formula E FIA champion.

The leader of the World Championship, Nyck de Vries (Mercedes), had a terrible qualifying session and will start in 23rd place, at the back of the grid.

Super Pole :

1.    Da Costa ; 2. Frijns ; 3. Evans ; 4. Vergne ; 5. Günther ; 6. Rowland

Group 1 : Robin Frijns, Stoffel Vandoorne, Sam Bird, Nyck de Vries, Mitch Evans, René Rast

Robin Frijns 1:31.638

Mitch Evans + 0.134

René Rast + 0.487

Stoffel Vandoorne + 0.639

Sam Bird + 0.643

Nyck de Vries + 1.432

Group 2 : Nico Müller, Oliver Rowland, Jean-Eric Vergne, Jake Dennis, Edoardo Mortara, Pascal Wehrlein

Jean-Eric Vergne 1:31.839

Oliver Rowland + 0.011

Pascal Wehrlein + 0.061

Jake Dennis + 0.408

Edoardo Mortara + 0.490

Nico Müller + 0.505

Group 3 : Oliver Turvey, Antonio Félix Da Costa, Alexander Sims, André Lotterer, Nick Cassidy, Alex Lynn

Antonio Félix Da Costa : 1:31.832

Nick Cassidy : + 0.021

Alex Lynn : + 0.120

Alexander Sims : + 0.314

André Lotterer : + 0.507

Oliver Turvey : + 0.801

Group 4 : Sergio Sette Camara, Lucas di Grassi, Sébastien Buemi, Maximilian Günther, Norman Nato, Tom Blomqvist

Maximilian Günther 1:31.817

Norman Nato + 0.147

Sébastien Buemi + 0.392

Lucas di Grassi + 0.486

Tom Blomqvist + 0.813

Sergio Sette Camara OUT

There are 8 former winners of a race at Monaco Grand Prix, in three different categories, among the very competitive field of drivers entered in this year’s 4th Monaco E-Prix. Two of them won in F2, formerly called GP2, Sam Bird and Stoffel Vandoorne. Most of the 24 drivers know this track, except five who had never experienced the long F1 version (3.3km) until this morning.

In 2009, Oliver Turvey won a Formula Renault race in the streets of Monaco, then René Rast won as well the next two years, but aboard a Porsche entered in the very glamourous SuperCup. Another talented British driver, Sam Bird, beat all his rivals two years in a row, but in two different categories, Formula Renault in 2012, then GP2 (now F2) in 2013. That same year, Nico Müller won the Formula Renault race included in the schedule of the World Series by Renault. A rookie this year in FE, Norman Nato also won in this category, in 2014. And two weeks only after the first ever Monaco E-Prix, in May 2015, Stoffel Vandoorne won in GP2 (F2), just like Bird.

Two years later, in 2017, Oliver Rowland won the feature race in F2 (formerly GP2), on Saturday, while Nyck de Vries won the sprint race on Sunday morning. The Dutch wonder, who lead the FE World Championship after Valencia last month, for Mercedes EQ, doubled his tally in 2019, still in F2, when he won the feature race for ART Grand Prix.

Among the 24 drivers on the grid this Saturday, five only never used the track in F1 Grand Prix mode : Jake Dennis, Alexander Sims, André Lotterer, Nick Cassidy and Tom Blomqvist. They all discovered the 3.3km version this morning during free practice 1 and 2. Last but not least, five of them, as well, raced here in F1 : Seb Buemi, Jean-Eric Vergne, Stoffel Vandoorne, Pascal Werhlein, Luca di Grassi. The best result was achieved by JEV, 8th in 2013 in a Toro Rosso with a Ferrari engine.

Robin Frijns, the Dutch leader of the Envision Virgin team, is now leading the Formula E World Championship after the Monaco race, although he has not yet won a race in Season 7. Thanks to 62 points collected in 7 races and less than three months, he is ahead of three Top Teams, Mercedes EQ (De Vries 2nd, Vandoorne 6th), Jaguar (Evans 3rd, Bird 5th) and DS Techeetah (Da Costa 4th, Vergne 7th). All the drivers of these three teams have won at least one race this season, except Evans. Mercedes EQ is still leading the Constructors Championship, despite a terrible Saturday in the streets of the Principality (De Vries 20th, Vandoorne 22nd).

Formula E World Championship standings after Monaco (Race 7):

Drivers:

1. Frijns, 62 pts
2. De Vries, 57 pts
3. Evans, 54 pts
4. Da Costa, 52 pts
5. Bird, 49 pts
6. Vandoorne, 48 pts
7. Vergne, 46 pts

…

Constructors:

1. Mercedes EQ, 105 pts
2. Jaguar Racing, 103 pts
3. DS Techeetah, 98 pts
4. Envision Virgin, 81 pts

…

2015, first steps in the Principality for Formula E!

The history between the Monegasque circuit and electric races started in 2015. Launched few months ago in Pekin on September 2014, Formula E is the only single-seater motorsport championship that uses only electric cars and recognized by the FIA. 11 dates are on the calendar for this first season, with only temporary city-centre street circuits. 10 teams are enlisted on the Championship, who shows the interest of famous manufacturers as Renault, Audi or even Venturi.

For this first year, Monaco, with its legendary street circuit was a key essential venue for the promotor on its calendar. « This is the most traditional race in the history” said the Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag. “The first Grand Prix back to 14 April 1929. This remains a very important date. And this Saturday will also register as another historic moment for the Formula E and for Monaco as well. A special day for the whole motorsport. »

Round seven of the FIA Formula E Championship, the first edition of the Monaco ePrix took place on May 9, 2015, on a revisited track: 12-turns, 1.76km layout which uses the same start-finish line and pit complex but rather than continue up the hill to Casino Square the cars will take a sharp turn at Sainte Devote and re-join at the exit of the tunnel.
Monaco Grand Prix race winner (2004 / Renault) Jarno Trulli said: “I think it’s a reasonably good track and obviously the location is fantastic. It takes in half of the Formula 1 circuit, which is enough for the Formula E car and I’m sure it’s going to be good for overtaking. You can see that going down into the first corner there is a hairpin, then we head rearwards down towards the tunnel (Turn 3), where there is another hard braking with a possible overtaking point.”

The Italian driver was right. The start of this 2015 Monaco ePrix was marked by a big collision between Daniel Abt and Bruno Senna after few meters in the race, forcing the safety car to intervene.
Former Toro Rosso driver in F1, Sébastien Buemi, who claimed pole position, dominated the entirety of this first electric race in the history of the Principality. Despite the attempts of the Brazilian Lucas di Grassi (early pit stop), the Swiss driver of the e.dams Renault Team was the first to cross the finish line. The podium was complete by two Brazilians (di Grassi & Piquet). With the Fan Boost use, Jean-Eric Vergne did the fastest lap.
“Winning in Monaco is a special feeling. I knew nobody had ever won in Formula E starting from the pole position so I’m glad to get there”.

Suspense for the 4 following races on the Formula E calendar. This trio on the podium is now in the first 3 places. Few weeks later, Nelson Piquet Jr. will become the first driver to win the Formula E Championship, one point ahead of Sebastien Buemi. This first edition will remain a sporting success and in terms of public attendance with full grandstand on this Saturday 09 May.

Full race :

https://youtu.be/nLz5M6fWIIo

Photos : Michael Alesi / Jean-Marc Follete