Monaco, 13th - 15th of May, 2016
Already for the 10th time the Automobile Club of Monaco organized the
Historic Grand Prix on the most famous F1 track in the world. The very
demanding non-permanent track through the Mediterranean principality is an
institution since the early 1920s and one of the few tracks that will most
likely never disappear from the modern F1 calendar. All the best of every era
were fighting to win this drivers course at least once in their life to line up
among the greatest. For amateurs there is normally no chance to challenge
the narrow streets, unlike on permanent race tracks no track days or regular
race meetings give the possibility to look how it is like to drive “with a
helicopter in the living room” (a famous quote from Nelson Piquet). But every
second year the ACO gives the more or less ambitious drivers the
opportunity to meet their limits in the narrow streets between the guard rails
with the famous places like St. Devote, Casino Square, the hairpin, tunnel,
swimming pool chicane or Rascasse. Like in the previous 9 editions
certainly the 7 different race groups were filled with precious machinery and
especially the very active British racing scene was travelling to Monaco in
full force. Every major race car service shop for F1 cars have sent out their
mechanics to look after many cars in the provisional paddock in the harbor
and the permanent pit buildings as used by the F1.
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