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.