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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.
Provisional Program
Publication of the Supplementary Regulations & Opening date for entries: Friday 20th August 2021
Closing date for entries: Friday 24th September 2021
Entry list publication: Friday 1st October 2021
LEG 1 : CHATEAUNEUF / VALENCE – Wednesday 20/10/2021
Start CHATEAUNEUF – Château du Mollard (Loire)
RS 1 – Saint-Just / Graix (Loire)
RS 2 – Vanosc / Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid (Ardèche / Haute-Loire)
RS 3 – Lalouvesc / Labatie-d’Andaure (Ardèche)
Arrival VALENCE – Champ de Mars (Drôme)
LEG 2 : VALENCE / VALENCE – Thursday 21/10/2021 Morning
Départ VALENCE – Champ de Mars (Drôme)
RS 4 – Champis / Lamastre (Ardèche)
RS 5 – Le Cheylard / Marcols-les-Eaux (Ardèche)
RS 6 – Albon-d’Ardèche / Saint-Barthélemy-le-Meil (Ardèche)
Arrival VALENCE – Champ de Mars (Drôme)
LEG 3 : VALENCE / VALENCE – Thursday 21/10/2021 Afternoon
Start VALENCE – Champ de Mars (Drôme)
RS 7 – Barbières / Combovin (Drôme)
Arrival VALENCE – Champ de Mars (Drôme)
LEG 4 : VALENCE / MONACO – Friday 22/10/2021
Start VALENCE – Champ de Mars (Drôme)
Passage Control at MONTOISON – Parking du Stade (Drôme)
RS 8 – Saint-Nazaire-le-Désert / La Motte-Chalancon (Drôme)
RS 9 – Montauban-sur-l’Ouvèze / Villebois-les-Pins (Drôme)
Passage Control at LARAGNE-MONTÉGLIN – Place des Aires (Hautes-Alpes)
RS 10 – Valbelle / Saint-Etienne-les-Orgues (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
RS 11 – La Palud-sur-Verdon / La Palud-sur-Verdon (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
Arrival MONACO
LEG 5 : MONACO / MONACO – Saturday 23/10/2021
Start MONACO
RS 12 – Col de Gratteloup / Vidauban (Var)
RS 13 – Grimaud / Gonfaron (Var)
Passage Control at LUC-EN-PROVENCE – DN7 (Var)
RS 14 – La Motte / Bagnols-en-Forêt (Var)
RS 15 – Pont de Pré-Claou / Montauroux (Var)
Arrival MONACO
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.
| EVENT | ROUND | LOCATION | DATE |
| 1 | 1 & 2 | Diriyah, Saudi Arabia | 17 & 18/12/2021 |
| 2 | 3 | Santiago, Chile | 15/01/2022 |
| 3 | 4 | Mexico City, Mexico | 12/02/2022 |
| 4 | 5 | Cape Town, South Africa* | 26/02/2022 |
| 5 | 6 | China (TBC) | 19/03/2022 |
| 6 | 7 | Rome, Italy | 09/04/2022 |
| 7 | 8 | Monaco, Monaco | 30/04/2022 |
| 8 | 9 | Berlin, Germany | 14/05/2022 |
| 9 | 10 | TBC | 04/06/2022 |
| 10 | 11 | Vancouver, Canada* | 02/07/2022 |
| 11 | 12 | New York City, USA | 16/07/2022 |
| 12 | 13 & 14 | London, UK | 30 & 31/07/2022 |
| 13 | 15 & 16 | Seoul, South Korea* | 13 & 14/08/2022 |
* Subject to track homologation
You can already download and file your Pre-registration form (Competitors Information Section). Official Registration will be open from Friday, August 20th, 2021.
Véritable compétition routière, réservée aux véhicules 100% Électrique et 100% Hydrogène, cette épreuve de régularité est désormais très prisée des constructeurs et préparateurs automobiles, venus démontrer pour l’occasion et en conditions réelles, le potentiel technologique et avant-gardiste de leurs véhicules. Depuis sa nouvelle dénomination en 2016, succédant ainsi au Rallye Monte-Carlo des Véhicules Électriques (de 1995 à 1999), au Rallye Monte-Carlo Fuel Cell & Hybrids (2005, 2006), au Rallye Monte-Carlo des Véhicules à Energie Alternative (de 2007 à 2011) et au Rallye Monte-Carlo des Energies Nouvelles / Rallye Monte-Carlo ZENN (de 2012 à 2015), ce 5e opus de l’E-Rallye Monte-Carlo compte pour la Coupe E-Rallye de Régularité de la FIA 2021.
Par définition, les E-Rallyes ont pour objectif de promouvoir les nouvelles technologies automobiles, conçues pour émettre les plus faibles quantités possibles de polluants, de particules fines et de CO2. Ils visent également à encourager les pilotes à adopter une conduite écoresponsable, la priorité étant accordée à la protection de l’environnement et à la transition du secteur des transports, via l’utilisation de l’électricité comme source d’énergie de propulsion des véhicules. Et c’est justement ce que l’Automobile Club de Monaco s’efforce de démontrer depuis plus de 20 ans, en poursuivant avec insistance et conviction son rôle de précurseur. L’Automobile Club de Monaco est force de proposition en la matière. Cette épreuve dédiée aux véhicules de nouvelle génération a évolué sans cesse au fil des années, pour correspondre toujours un peu plus au modernisme.
Partenaire historique de l’Automobile Club, eBorn, le réseau public de ravitaillement avec aujourd’hui 1200 bornes réparties dans 11 départements du grand Sud-Est, revient dans l’aventure en mettant à disposition ses points de rechargement situés le long des routes du E-Rallye Monte-Carlo.
Des bornes de recharge pour véhicules électriques seront également fournies dans les parcs par EVBox, partenaire technique du E-Rallye Monte-Carlo. Leader sur le marché de la mobilité électrique, EVBox accélère la mobilité durable en fournissant des infrastructures de recharge intelligentes et évolutives et un logiciel de supervision aux véhicules électriques du monde entier. Filiale d’ENGIE, EVBox a produit plus de 150 000 points de charge, actuellement en fonctionnement dans plus de 70 pays. Avec des solutions de recharge à domicile, en entreprise, commerciales et publiques, EVBox contribue à la construction d’un avenir où les transports du quotidien sont sans émissions. Les voitures inscrites sont de nouvelle génération, représentant plus d’une dizaine de constructeurs automobiles, aussi bien avec les modèles électriques que les voitures à pile à combustible, alimentées à l’hydrogène…
Defending Porsche Supercup champion Larry ten Voorde left it to no other driver to open, in style, the 2021 edition of this very spectacular series, this morning in the streets of the Principality. Starting from pole position, the Dutchman won without knowing the slightest concern, ahead of New Zealander Jaxon Evans, a talented member of the Porsche Junior Team, and Frenchman Dorian Boccolacci, an ex-Formula 2 driver, who completed the podium of his very first Supercup race.
This race was interrupted a few seconds after the start by a red flag following a big pile-up between Sainte-Dévote and the Casino, which forced the marshals of the ACM to do, once again, a big job of evacuation of the most damaged car, then sweeping debris on the track, while adding special sawdust to the traces of oil. After a handful of minutes, the race started again and the logic of qualifying on Friday morning was respected, until the end, with the top 3 qualifyers on the podium and three French drivers in the Top 10: Boccolacci, Florian Latorre (5th) and Steven Palette (10th).
There will be 8 Supercup rounds again this year, still raising the curtain on F1, and still in Europe. The Porsche Supercup was created in 1993 and was then ruled by Jost Capito, who went on to rally, as Ford’s big boss in the WRC, and who is now the new Williams F1 Team Principal.
Zane Maloney, a native of Barbados, won Race 2 of the Regional Formula by Alpine at noon on Sunday, starting in pole position and leading from start to finish a race interrupted several times by red or yellow flags. The first major incident was a pile-up a few seconds after the start, at the beginning of Lap 1, when all 28 cars went up towards the Casino. The red flags came out and all drivers went back to the pits. Maloney, whose model in life is Lewis Hamilton, of Grenada’s origins, another island in the Caribbean, was the British F4 champion in 2019 and is the next British motor racing hopeful, just like Lando Norris and George Russell before him.
Maloney finished ahead of a couple of French drivers: Isack Hadjar, 16, a member of the FFSA Academy and winner of Race 1 on Saturday, who put pressure on him throughout the race and finished only half a second behind him, with best lap as a bonus; and Hadrien David, who perfectly managed his start on the second row of the grid and contained the assaults of Paul Aron until the Estonian, 2nd of the series before Monaco and closely followed by Mercedes, hit the barriers at Sainte-Dévote and had to retire.
Frenchman Théo Pourchaire (ART GP), starting on pole position, won Race 3 of the Formula 2 schedule, the Feature Race (42 laps) without a hitch, becoming the youngest winner in the history of Formula 2 (ex-GP2) while succeeding on the prize list to another Frenchman, Anthoine Hubert, the winner in 2019 and then tragically killed in an accident at Spa-Francorchamps.
Pourchaire, who debuts in F2 this year, had well prepared his case by finishing 7th in Race 1 on Friday, then 4th in Race 2 this Saturday morning. He made no mistake whatsoever and waited until Lap 30 to change tires, at a time when his lead was enough for his team not to panic and do whatever it took, in order, without losing any time.
This was not the case with the Prema team of his main rival, Russian Robert Shwartzman, who missed this crucial and obligatory tire change when the driver, for most of the race, had put intense pressure. on Pourchaire, staying one or two seconds behind him, at the mercy of a potential mistake that never happened.
Because of the failure of his team, the Russian had to settle for 4th place, behind Pourchaire, Australian Oscar Piastri (Prema) who finished three seconds behind the French ART GP driver, for his second podium in two days, just like Brazilian Felipe Drugovich (Uni-Virtuosi) who finished 14 seconds back. Chinese Guanyu Zhou (Uni-Virtuosi) is still leading the series thanks to his win in the Sprint Race on Friday. He waited until the last moment to change his tires and finished 5th. He now leads the title chase ahead of Piastri and Pourchaire: the French rookie is now 3rd and an obvious title candidate, in only his first Formula 2 season.
It was a perfect day for the French and Monegasque colors: pole position for Charles Leclerc in F1 and two Marseillaises for Pourchaire in F2 and Isack Hadjar in Formula Alpine. Roll on Sunday for the last day of this already historic weekend, from all points of view …
There will be three more occasions to celebrate, on Sunday, in the streets of the Principality: the 78th Monaco Formula One Grand Prix, with a Monegasque driver in pole position for the first time since Louis Chiron in 1936, long before the World Championship was created in 1950. Charles Leclerc, the local hero, will start at 3 pm for 78 laps with Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) next to him.
Two other races are planned, as curtain-raisers in the morning: the first round of the 2021 season in the glamourous Porsche Supercup (10:30 am, 17 laps), with Dorian Boccolacci on the second row, and Race 2 of Formula Regional by Alpine (12:00 pm, 30 minutes), with three French drivers in the race including Isack Hadjar, who won Race 1 on Saturday, and two very fast young girls, Spaniard Mari Boya and Swiss Lena Bühler.
It will surely be another day to remember for motor racing fans in Monaco.
Liam Lawson (Hitech GP) has been disqualified four hours after winning Race 2 on the Formula 2 schedule, early Saturday morning, and Briton Dan Ticktum (Carlin) has been declared the winner, ahead of Australian Oscar Piastri (Prema), Estonia’s Juri Vips (Hitech GP) and Frenchman Théo Pourchaire (ART GP) who will start from pole position at the end of the afternoon (5.15pm) for Race 3.
« A defined throttle pedal progressivity map programmed in position 1 of the steering wheel throttle map rotary knob must be used during all formation lap starts and race starts until the car speed reaches 50 km/h. Car 07 used a different throttle map at the race start » : this is the official explanation given by the Race Direction after examining all the data of Lawson’s car.
Ticktum is the most experienced of the F2 drivers, entered in his 4th F2 season. He never managed to pass Lawson but finished ahead of Piastri who then managed to resist the assaults of Vips until the end of the race. Pourchaire had not even tried to resist Vips, preferring instead to continue accumulating experience in preparation for the Main Race, late Saturday afternoon.
China’s Guanyu Zhou (Uni-Virtuosi), the leader of the championship when arriving in Monaco, made history by winning Race 1 on Friday. He therefore started 10th (inverted grid) equipped with rain tyres, just like all of his comrades, because the track was wet. He then made a daring bet by switching on super-soft tires shortly before half-race, on a track which was gradually drying out. But a failed bet, so he returned to the pit to put on some wet tires again and then wisely decided to give up, with no hope of taking any points.
Race 3 is scheduled for Saturday afternoon, at 5:15 pm, for 40 laps. A Frenchman will start on pole position, Théo Pourchaire, and he will do everything he can to succeed the late Anthoine Hubert on the winners list.
Young Frenchman Isack Hadjar, aged 16 only, won Race 1 of the Formula Regional by Alpine on Saturday, starting from pole position and leading from start to finish in front of his teammate at R-Ace Racing, Zane Maloney, from Barbados, who finished seven seconds back despite a last safety car having nullified the efforts of Hadjar to take cover.
It was a total demonstration for the young Parisian who went through karting then followed the courses of the famous Winfield driving school (winner of the Winfield Trophy 2019) and finished 3rd last year in the French Formula 4 Championship. He never doubted, he made no mistake, so he deservedly stepped on the podium of the princely lodge to be presented with a superb trophy from the hands of Michel Ferry, the vice-president in charge of Sport for Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM).
Behind Hadjar and Maloney, who aspires to succeed one day Lewis Hamilton, from the Grenada island next to Barbados, a nice duel pitted Estonian Paul Aron, currently 2nd in the championship and closely followed by Mercedes, against another Frenchman supported by Alpine, Hadrien David, who had set the best time in free practice Thursday morning.
David tried everything but Aron didn’t give up and deserved his podium. Young Spaniard Mari Boya started 9th and finished 9th scoring a couple of points, ahead of 18 boys. She will be 5th on the grid on Sunday morning for Race 2 and aiming at a podium which would be historic in the Principality. Last but not least, the leader of the championship before Monaco, Switzerland’s Grégoire Saucy, had an anonymous race. He was stuck in 10th place when he went straight at Sainte-Dévote, which ended his hopes of scoring a consolation point behind Mari Boya. He will have a second opportunity to shine on Sunday morning.
