Motorsport from A to Z through (Jacques) Ickx!
Long before Jacky Ickx became the great motorbike and car champion we all know, his father, Jacques, wrote sports columns for the Belgian daily newspaper “Les Sports” under the title “Tout autour de nous”. His sharp style, his pen dipped in vitriol and even curare earned him the title of journalist-writer in France. He was […]
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Race G: Lotus finishes with a hat-trick!
Scriptwriters could not have done it better: this 2022 edition, marked by a tribute to the death of Colin Chapman, in 1982, ended with a victory for German poleman Marco Werner in a Lotus 87 produced in… 1982, and even by a hat-trick for the mythical brand founded by the most brilliant engineer in all […]
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Race F: Michael Lyons, 7th "home win" in Monaco
Michael Lyons has now won 7 times in a Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, including four times (2012, 2014, 2021 and 2022) in the beautiful Hesketh 308 E (ex-Rupert Keegan) carrying the livery of Penthouse magazine, which he drove to perfection again to win Race F on Sunday. His task was made easier by the […]
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Leclerc-Ickx, a timeless parade
The demonstration was announced in the program of the 13th Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, but the content of the event had been kept secret. Jacky Ickx‘s presence in the paddock throughout the weekend, as well as the visit of Charles Leclerc planned for this Sunday, should have served as clues for the spectators. To […]
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Race C: Wakeman's Cooper beats the Maseratis
It was the one and only race for Sports Cars of the type authorized to compete in the streets of the Principality in 1952, 70 years ago, a Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday (cars with more than 2 liters of displacement) or a Prix de Monte-Carlo on Sunday (less than 2 litres). So it was […]
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