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.
- Free practice: Friday, April 24 – 10:00am
- Qualifying: Saturday, April 25 – 7:15am
- Race: Sunday, April 26 – within morning programme
Race B – Rear-engined F1 cars (1961-1965) and F2 (1956-1960)
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.
- Free practice: Friday, April 24 – 11:40am
- Qualifying: Saturday, April 25 – 8:55am
- Race: Sunday, April 26 – 9:10am
Race C – Sports racing cars, front-engined (1952-1957)
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.
- Free practice: Friday, April 24 – 3:10pm
- Qualifying: Saturday, April 25 – 11:55am
- Race: Sunday, April 26 – within afternoon programme
Race D – F1 grand prix cars, 3-litre (1966-1972)
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.
- Free practice: Friday, April 24 – 1:30pm
- Qualifying: Saturday, April 25 – 9:45am
- Race: Sunday, April 26 – 10:15am
Race E – F1 grand prix cars, 3-litre (1973-1976)
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.
- Free Practice: Friday, April 24 – 2:20pm
- Qualifying: Saturday, April 25 – 10:35am
- Race: Sunday, April 26 – 11:10am
Race F – F1 grand prix cars, 3-litre (1977-1980)
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.
- Free practice: Friday, April 24 – 4:00pm
- Qualifying: Saturday, April 25 – within afternoon programme
- Race: Sunday, April 26 – within afternoon programme
Race G – F1 grand prix cars, turbo (1981-1985)
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.
- Free Practice: Friday, April 24 – 4:50pm
- Qualifying: Saturday, April 25 – within late afternoon programme
- Race: Sunday, April 26 – within late afternoon programme
Ferrari parades
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).