It’s the Monaco Historic F1 Grand Prix this weekend!
From this Friday, May 13, the Grand Prix Historic F1 of Monaco begins, an event which brings together nearly 200 cars divided into eight series, which will compete in real races on the mythical circuit of Monaco.
This 13and edition of the Monaco Historic Grand Prix marks above all the entry into the running of a more modern Formula 1 field (Series G), with single-seaters which between 1981 and 1985 notably marked the end of the iconic Cosworth DFV V8 engine born in 1967. The story that Michele Alboreto, on the Tyrrell 011, won the last two Grand Prix in 1982 and 1983 with the robust English engine, yet competed with and then overwhelmed by the turbo engine introduced by Renault in 1977. C It was also at this time that Alain Prost won the first two of his 4 victories in Monaco, and the first of his 4 world titles. It is also the period that marks the emergence in Formula 1 and in the streets of the Principality of Ayrton Senna, imperial in the rain, with his Toleman in 1984.
This 2022 edition will also and above all be an opportunity to celebrate two anniversaries: The 40th anniversary of the death of Colin Chapman, the designer of the Lotuses and the 70th anniversary of the Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco contested outside the championship, reserved for cars in the category “sport” and not single-seaters. In this sense, an exceptionally rare line-up awaits the public this weekend in Monaco with eight starting grids, each as different as the next.
Broadcast television
If you can’t make it to Monaco this weekend (which is a shame), you can follow qualifying and the various routes live on the Automobile Club de Monaco’s YouTube channel. The first broadcast will begin this Saturday, May 14 at 8:00 a.m. with the qualifications (link below), but I invite you to go directly to the channel Youtube of the ACM to choose the session that interests you.