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MONACO HISTORICS GRAND PRIX
Roar of racing history on the streets of Monte-Carlo

Vintage classis race cars at Monaco historics photoThe Historic Vintage car races held every two years in the streets of Monte Carlo one week before the annual May running Grand Prix of Monaco with the screaming technical wonder of the modern Grand Prix circus, was a marvelous display of 60 years of racing cars. Cars from historic eras careen around the modern Monaco circuit. A Lotus driven by Jim Clark, and Maserati driven by Alberto Ascari, Niki Lauda’s winning championship Ferrari, the three Tyrells of Jackie Stewart all on the same track over two days of carbureted fumes from throaty pipes of Cooper, March, Clay Regazzoni Ferrari and vintach lotus at monaco historis grand prix photoBrabham, BRM, front engine and rear racing by the years of competition. While the modern technical precision of the modern Formula One car is an amazing thing, it is a testament to the love of racing to see drivers throwing these mostly privately owned, sometimes multi-million dollar one-of-a-kind museum pieces around the tight, narrow streets on the razor edge of control. Causing the admonition for a safe race from Grand Marshal, Formula One and and LeMans racing great Jackie Ikxx, “The car is fast, the track is narrow, if you make a mistake, you pay cash. Sometimes a lot of cash.”

Monaco Historic Grand Prix Race Dates 2010 - May 8-9

The Grand Prix of Monaco is hugely popular and extremely crowded and expensive, but for the same atmosphere and a bit of nostalgia, attending the historics is a much more relaxed affair, allowing you to get toe close to these magnificent machines in the public paddock between races. You can actually find a hotel room in Monaco during the Historics at a price to fit a budget and can see the Riviera principality without the crowds and madness of the full Grand Prix the following week.

 

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Ferrari at Monaco Historics Grand Prix photoThe highlight of the 2006 Monaco Historic Grand Prix race was to be the “Parade of Ferraris”. The planned grand display of the Formula 1 Grand Prix history of the famous Italian racingFerrari driven by schumacher hauled away at Monaco photo marque ran into a snag, literally - when one of the drivers ran into another in the hairpin turn, the whole parade came to a screeching halt, with the valuable cars driven in their competition days by the likes of Michael Scumacher and Jean Alesi had to be hauled away on trucks. Watch Ferrari Video.

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Getting to Monaco? Fly into Cote a’Azur airport in Nice and rent a car or take the train. If staying in Nice (see THREE CHOICE HOTEL BARGAINS IN NICE), the train ride is about 15-20 minutes to Monte-Carlo with a one-way fare of about 6 euros. Passes can be purchased at SNCF kiosks in Nice Gare main station and stops along line for multiple trips. © Bargain Travel Europe

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