The Grand Prix de Monaco Historique returns this weekend for its 15th edition, with the legendary streets of the Principality playing host to one of the most atmospheric events on the historic racing calendar.
Beginning Friday (24 April) and concluding Sunday (26 April), the three-day festival spans 205 cars dating from 1925 to 1985 across eight race categories, from pre-war machinery to turbocharged 1980s Formula 1 single-seaters.
Fifty years on from Niki Lauda‘s Monaco victory in the famous 312T, Ferrari takes centre stage, with no fewer than 12 Ferraris competing across the various categories, plus two dedicated parades showcasing Maranello’s Formula 1 cars from the 1990s and 2000s, staged in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Cavallino Classic and the 75th anniversary of Ferrari’s first Formula 1 victory in 1951.
Among the headline names on the grid, Jean Alesi will line up in Series D behind the wheel of a 1969 Ferrari 312, its V12 engine representing one of the most evocative sounds in the sport’s history.
All qualifying sessions and races on Saturday and Sunday will be streamed live on YouTube, with separate feeds available in French and English, and they can be followed on this very page.
The ACM has deployed more than 30 cameras around the circuit for what amounts to over 16 hours of live coverage across the weekend, featuring paddock access, driver interviews, and studio analysis.
On Friday, all grandstands are freely accessible without a ticket for the free practice sessions.
The event features eight race categories covering six decades of grand prix history.
All times are BST; historic racing events are always subject to schedule adjustments.
The earliest and some of the most visually striking machinery in the field, pre-war cars represent the very origins of grand prix racing – supercharged monsters with exposed wheels and no aerodynamic aids, threading through the barriers at Sainte-Devote and Casino Square.
The cars that defined the first decade of the Formula 1 world championship.
This category spans from the immediate post-war revival through to the final years of front-engined dominance, taking in the Alfa Romeo 158s and 159s of Juan Manuel Fangio‘s early title years, the Ferrari 625s and 555 Squalo, and the Maserati 250Fs that became the defining silhouette of 1950s grand prix racing.
Class 4 also allows cars with a historical connection to that era’s world championship grid, broadening an already rich field.
The period that transformed grand prix racing forever. Jim Clark‘s Lotus 25, the BRM P57, the Cooper T53 that rewrote the rulebook at the dawn of the rear-engine revolution – these cars represent one of the sport’s most elegant eras.
A nod to Monaco’s unusual 1952 round, when the principality hosted sports cars rather than pure grand prix machinery. Expect Ferrari 250 MMs, Jaguar C-Types, Aston Martin DB3Ss and their contemporaries navigating streets better suited to a Sunday stroll.
The headline act for many historic racing purists. Alesi will be at the wheel of a 1969 Ferrari 312 in this category, competing among DFV-powered Lotus 49s, Brabham BT26s and Tyrrell 002s – cars from the age of Jackie Stewart, Jochen Rindt, and Jacky Ickx.
There’s an expected field of 80 to 100 cars across Series D to G.
The mid-seventies ground effect era in embryo: McLaren M23s, Ferrari 312Ts, and the extraordinary Tyrrell P34 six-wheeler.
The cars that carried Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi and James Hunt to their championships, including the Ferrari 312T.
Ground effect in full force. Lotus 78s and 79s, Williams FW07s, Ligier JS11s – the era in which aerodynamic downforce redefined what was possible on a racing circuit and produced some of the fastest naturally-aspirated Formula 1 cars ever built.
New for recent editions, Race G brings the turbo era to Monaco Historique following a regulatory change by the FIA. Williams FW08s, McLaren MP4/1s and Lotus 91s – the cars that bridged the ground effect and turbo revolutions, and the noisiest machines in the entire field.
As part of the Cavallino Classic anniversary celebrations, Ferrari Formula 1 cars from the 1990s and 2000s will take to the track in two dedicated parades: Saturday (12:10pm-12:50pm BST) and Sunday (12:50pm-1:20pm BST).
