 8 7 DARK Thomas BUGATTI 59/50BIII 1938  4 6 BALZ Willi MASERATI 6CM 1937 s/n 1547  Start of the Class A  Class B in the Fairmont Hairpin, better known as Loews  24 2 BALZ Willi MASERATI 250F 1958 s/n 2533  66 4 BUNCOMBE Alex JAGUAR C TYPE 1952 s/n XKC 018  18 2 DELANE John SCIROCCO F1 (BRM) 1962  7 3 GOODMAN John FERRARI 312B 1971 s/n 005  22 2 ARTAM Cengiz MARCH 701 1970  10 2 LYONS Judith SURTEES TS9 1971  35 2 FOLCH-R Joaquin FERRARI 312T3 1978  4 1 WILLS Roger TYRRELL P34 1976  22 1 HAGAN James ENSIGN N177 1977  40 1 HANCOCK Oliver SURTEES TS19 1976  8 1 VERDON-ROE Bobby McLAREN M26 1977  25 2 Paolo BARILLA MARTINI Mk34 (Alfa-Romeo) 1981 |
Monaco, 11.-13.05.2012
The second weekend in May saw the 8th edition of the biannual Monaco Historic Grand Prix to start a very busy month in the classic car scene. Within three weeks classic car enthusiasts from all over the world can visit the best of racing, rally and concours with the Monaco HGP, the Mille Miglia and the Concorso d´Eleganza in south Europe.
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The beginning was the very prestigious city Grand Prix that uses the closed off Monaco race track for the regular Grand Prix in 2 weeks time. 7 classes with single seaters dating from before WW2 to 1978 plus a sports car race remembering the 1952 edition were started on Sunday for races between 30 and 45 minutes after two practice days. After the very intensive race in the Formula 3 two years ago the amount of cars entered required the split of the practice sessions and a heat on Saturday to cut down the field to a reasonable size as to many cars with different pace are very dangerous on a narrow track like the city centre of Monaco.
But not just race fans came to Monaco to watch the races but also many collectors visited the three auctions at the weekend: Bonhams, Coys and especially RM Auctions who could tie on their successive 2010 sale in the principality.
We have put together a small preview of the things to come as we will report both on the races and the auctions in the next days together with the reports on the following Mille Miglia and the Villa d´Este Concours.
Report & Images: Peter Singhof ... www.ClassicCarPhotography.de
8th Grand Prix de Monaco Historique Results
Serie A: Pre-1952 voiturettes and Grand Prix cars
Ranking | Nationality | 1. Julian Bronson | Great Britain | 2. Paddins Dowling | Republic of Ireland | 3. Michael Gans | Switzerland |
Serie B: Pre-1961 voiturettes Grand Prix and Formula 2 cars
Ranking | Nationality | 1. Roger Wills | Great Britain | 2. Gary Pearson | Great Britain | 3. Barrie Baxter | Great Britain |
Serie C: Pre-1953 sports cars and prototypes
Ranking | Nationality | 1. Alex Buncombe | Great Britain | 2. John Ure | Great Britain | 3. Carlos Monteverde | Great Britain |
Serie D: Pre-1966 rear-engined F1 Grand Prix cars
Ranking | Nationality | 1. Andy Middlehurst | Great Britain | 2. Sidney Hoole | Great Britain | 3. Paul Drayson | Great Britain |
Serie E: Pre-1973 3.0-litre Formula 1 cars
Ranking | Nationality | 1. Duncan Dayton | USA | 2. Michael Fitzgerald | USA | 3. Andrew Smith | Great Britain |
Serie F: 1973-78 3.0-litre Formula 1 cars
Ranking | Nationality | 1. Michael Lyons | Great Britain | 2. Bobby Verdon-Roe | Great Britain | 3. Mauro Pane | Italy |
Serie G: Pre-1985 Formula 3, 2000cc
Ranking | Nationality | 1. Ben Barker | Great Britain | 2. Matteo Marzotto | Italy | 3. Paolo Barilla | Italy |
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