# 1997 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco

The 1997 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco was the inaugural running of the Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, a motor racing event for heritage Grand Prix, Voiturettes, Formula One, Formula Two and Sports cars.

## Report

1997 represented the 700th anniversary of the Grimaldi family's presidency over Monaco. Celebrations were held throughout the year and among these was a series of historic motor races at the Circuit de Monaco. It was initially conceived as a one-off, but proved so popular that it was later revived as a biennial event from 2000.
The 1979 Monaco Grand Prix had featured a support race for historic cars, won by Martin Morris in ERA R11B. Additional historic races had been held in support of the 1982 (winner Bruce Halford was in attendance at this event) and 1983 events under the suggestion of the Hon. Patrick Lindsay. His son Valentine, along with Peter Hannen and Max Poggi, were responsible for organising the 1997 event to tie in with the 700th anniversary. Valentine's two brothers would race in the event itself: James drove an Alfa Romeo 8C Monza in Race A (crashing out in practice), while Ludovic drove a Ferrari 375 in Race B and a Maserati 250F in Race D. Ludovic crashed in practice for Race B, sustaining minor injuries, but still raced.
Hannen took part in Races B and C, taking second place in both. In Race C, he was forced to start from the pit lane after mistakenly believing his steering was damaged on the formation lap. He put on an overtaking masterclass and finished second, having pressured race leaders Frank Sytner and Emanuele Pirro for much of the race.
1968 Monaco Grand Prix runner-up Richard Attwood impressed with his performance in Race D and also set the fastest lap. A third former F1 driver was three-time Monaco Grand Prix winner Stirling Moss. He was entered for Race D but suffered a cylinder head failure and did not start. He gave a strong showing in Race E, running third until a somewhat reluctant Martin Stretton passed him.
Phil Hill was slated to appear in a Ferrari Testa Rossa but did not feature in the event.
During the weekend, Prince Rainier unveiled a statue of Louis Chiron at the Piscine which still stands today.

## Results
### Summary

| Série | Cars | Years | Pole position | Pole position | Fastest lap | Fastest lap | Race winner |
| A | Grand Prix - two-seater | Pre-1934 | Klaus Werner | 2:18.767 | Klaus Werner | 2:21.192 | Jean-Louis Duret |
| B | Grand Prix | Pre-1952 | Martin Stretton | 2:03.857 | Martin Stretton | 2:02.796 | Martin Stretton |
| C | Ferrari sports cars | Pre-1959 | Frank Sytner | 2:10.007 | Peter Hannen | 2:07.180 | Frank Sytner |
| D | Grand Prix | Pre-1960 | Rod Jolley | 1:59.685 | Richard Attwood | 1:57.948 | Rod Jolley |
| E | Sports cars | Pre-1960 | Lindsay Owen-Jones | 2:04.212 | Lindsay Owen-Jones | 2:02.703 | Lindsay Owen-Jones |
| F | Grand Prix | Pre-1968 | Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol | 1:55.645 | Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol | 1:55.169 | Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol |
| G | Formula Junior | | Stephan Jocher | 2:02.257 | Tony Thompson | 2:01.693 | Duncan Dayton |

### Série A: Pre 1934 two-seater Grand Prix cars

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Year | Laps | Time/retired | Grid |
| 1 | 16 | Jean-Louis Duret | Bugatti 35B | 1926 | 10 | 24:23.995 | |
| 2 | 26 | Fritz Grashei | Alfa Romeo 8C Monza | 1933 | 10 | +7.283 | |
| 3 | 31 | Klaus Werner | Alfa Romeo 8C Monza | 1932 | 10 | +21.238 | 1 |
| 4 | 14 | Richard Wills | Bugatti 35 | 1924 | 10 | +52.816 | |
| 5 | 24 | Chris Drake | Maserati 8C | 1933 | 10 | +1:06.346 | |
| 6 | 11 | Bart Rosman | Bugatti 37 | 1925 | 10 | +1:13.306 | |
| 7 | 28 | Terry Cohn | Alfa Romeo 8C Monza | 1932 | 10 | +1:30.690 | |
| 8 | 12 | Michael Steele | Bugatti 35T | 1926 | 10 | +1:34.494 | |
| 9 | 6 | Michael Gans | Bugatti 37A | 1927 | 10 | +1:36.669 | |
| 10 | 10 | Thomas Feierabend | Bugatti 37 | 1927 | 10 | +1:58.487 | |
| DNS | 21 | James Lindsay | Alfa Romeo 8C Monza | 1933 | | | |
| ? | 1 | David Clark | Bugatti 37A | 1927 | | | |
| ? | 2 | David Cohen | Talbot | 1927 | | | |
| ? | 3 | Mary Grant-Jonkers | Amilcar C6 | 1927 | | | |
| ? | 4 | Paul Grant | Amilcar C6 | 1927 | | | |
| ? | 5 | Peter Green | MG K3 | 1933 | | | |
| ? | 7 | Jean-Claude Miloe | Bugatti 51 | 1927/31 | | | |
| ? | 8 | Dick Smith | Frazer Nash Nūrburg | 1932 | | | |
| ? | 9 | Gunther Stamm | MG K3 | 1933/34 | | | |
| ? | 15 | Nicolas Chambon | Bugatti 35C | 1925 | | | |
| ? | 17 | John Howell | Bugatti 45 | 1930 | | | |
| ? | 18 | Abba Kogan | Bugatti 35B | 1926 | | | |
| ? | 19 | John Lewis | Bugatti 35C | 1928 | | | |
| ? | 22 | Dean Butler | Bugatti 51 | 1931 | | | |
| ? | 23 | Charles Dean | Bugatti 51 | 1932 | | | |
| ? | 25 | Martin Walford | Maserati 8C | 1931 | | | |
| ? | 27 | Hartmut Ibing | Alfa Romeo 8C Monza | 1932 | | | |
| ? | 30 | Peter Mullin | Bugatti 51 | 1933/34 | | | |
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### Série B: Pre 1952 Grand Prix cars

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Year | Laps | Time/retired | Grid |
| 1 | 17 | Martin Stretton | Maserati 4CM | 1932/36 | 10 | 21:11.119 | 1 |
| 2 | 8 | Peter Hannen | Maserati 6CM | 1937 | 10 | +13.971 | |
| 3 | 22 | Willie Green | Alfa Romeo 159 | 1948 | 10 | +15.569 | |
| 4 | 14 | John Ure | ERA | 1935 | 10 | +36.385 | |
| 5 | 3 | Matt Grist | Alfa Romeo 8C | 1935 | 10 | +1:01.064 | |
| 6 | 10 | Irvine Laidlaw | Maserati 6CM | 1936 | 10 | +1:34.139 | |
| 7 | 12 | Robin Lodge | Maserati 4CM | 1936 | 10 | +1:40.739 | |
| 8 | 16 | Bruce Spollon | ERA | 1936 | 10 | +1:41.003 | |
| 9 | 30 | Richard Pilkington | Talbot-Lago T26C | 1950 | 10 | +1:47.274 | |
| 10 | 6 | Ernst Schuster | Maserati 6C | 1934 | 9 | +1 lap | |
| ? | 1 | Robert Fink | Alfa Romeo P3 | 1932/34 | | | |
| ? | 2 | Peter Giddings | Alfa Romeo 8C | 1935 | | | |
| ? | 4 | Peter Altenbach | Maserati 4CM | 1934 | | | |
| ? | 5 | Stephan Rettenmaier | Maserati 4CM | 1934 | | | |
| ? | 7 | Martin Walford | Maserati 8CTF | 1938 | | | |
| ? | 9 | Tony Merrick | Ferrari 166 FL | 1949 | | | |
| ? | 11 | Franz Messerli | Maserati 4CM | 1932 | | | |
| ? | 15 | Jeffrey Pattinson | ERA | 1935 | | | |
| ? | 18 | Philip Walker | MG K3 | 1933/36 | | | |
| ? | 19 | Jost Wildbolz | ERA | 1936 | | | |
| ? | 20 | José Manuel Albuquerque | Maserati 4CLT | 1949 | | | |
| ? | 21 | Jean-Louis Duret | Maserati 4CLT | 1948 | | | |
| ? | 23 | Dan Margulies | Maserati 4CL | 1939 | | | |
| ? | 24 | Norbert Schmitz-Koep | Maserati 4CL | 1939 | | | |
| ? | 25 | Ludovic Lindsay | Ferrari 375 | 1950 | | | |
| ? | 26 | François Bernard | Gordini T11 | 1946 | | | |
| ? | 27 | François d'Huart | Talbot-Lago T26C | 1948 | | | |
| ? | 28 | John Foster | Gordini T15 | 1948 | | | |
| ? | 29 | Max Lustenberger | Talbot-Lago T26GS | 1951 | | | |
| ? | 31 | Philippe Renault | Talbot-Lago T26C | 1948 | | | |
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### Série C: Pre 1959 Ferrari sports cars

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Year | Laps | Time/retired | Grid |
| 1 | 27 | Frank Sytner | Ferrari 250 TR | 1958 | 10 | 22:21.689 | 1 |
| 2 | 17 | Peter Hannen | Ferrari 750 Monza | 1955 | 10 | +1.165 | PL |
| 3 | 15 | José Manuel Albuquerque | Ferrari 750 Monza | 1955 | 10 | +25.885 | |
| 4 | 11 | Emanuele Pirro | Ferrari 375 MM | 1953 | 10 | +32.089 | |
| 5 | 28 | Robert Lamplough | Ferrari 250 TR | 1958 | 10 | +32.303 | |
| 6 | 10 | Christian Gläsel | Ferrari 375 MM | 1953 | 10 | +34.103 | |
| 7 | 25 | Ernst Schuster | Ferrari 500 TRC | 1957 | 10 | +1:00.322 | |
| 8 | 8 | Mario Bernardi | Ferrari 250 MM | 1953 | 10 | +1:16.650 | |
| 9 | 21 | David Cottingham | Ferrari 500 TRC | 1957 | 10 | +1:19.129 | |
| 10 | 14 | Erich Traber | Ferrari 250 MM | 1953 | 10 | +1:20.710 | |
| ? | 1 | Peter Briggs | Ferrari 195 S | 1950 | | | |
| ? | 2 | Abba Kogan | Ferrari 212 | 1952 | | | |
| ? | 3 | Sally Mason-Styrron | Ferrari 166 MM | 1950 | | | |
| ? | 4 | Harald Mergard | Ferrari 225 S | 1952 | | | |
| ? | 5 | Antoine Midy | Ferrari 212 Export | 1951 | | | |
| ? | 6 | Gil Nickel | Ferrari 340 America | 1951 | | | |
| ? | 7 | Juan Quintano | Ferrari 166 MM | 1950 | | | |
| ? | 9 | Umberto Camellini | Ferrari 340 MM | 1953 | | | |
| ? | 12 | Hans Stukenbrock | Ferrari 250 MM | 1953 | | | |
| ? | 16 | Bernard Duc | Ferrari 500 Mondial | 1954 | | | |
| ? | 19 | Franco Meiners | Ferrari 225 S | 1952 | | | |
| ? | 20 | Dieter Streve-Mühlens | Ferrari 750 Monza | 1954 | | | |
| ? | 22 | Federico Dubbini | Ferrari 250 TR | 1958 | | | |
| ? | 23 | Giancarlo Galeazzi | Ferrari 500 TR | 1956 | | | |
| ? | 24 | Francesco Guasti | Ferrari 500 TRC | 1957 | | | |
| ? | 29 | Nicolas Zapata | Ferrari 625 TR | 1956 | | | |
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### Série D: Pre 1960 Grand Prix cars

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Year | Laps | Time/retired | Grid |
| 1 | 27 | Rod Jolley | Cooper T51 | 1958/59 | 10 | 20:06.565 | 1 |
| 2 | 26 | John Harper | Cooper T51 | 1959 | 10 | +8.913 | |
| 3 | 14 | Nigel Corner | Maserati 250F | 1957 | 10 | +32.193 | |
| 4 | 12 | John Beasley | Cooper T45 | 1958 | 10 | +32.809 | |
| 5 | 23 | Lindsay Owen-Jones | Maserati 250F | 1958 | 10 | +39.779 | |
| 6 | 21 | Ludovic Lindsay | Maserati 250F | 1958 | 10 | +40.617 | |
| 7 | 28 | Robin Lodge | Ferrari Dino 246 | 1959 | 10 | +52.527 | |
| 8 | 11 | Burkhard von Schenk | Maserati 250F | 1956 | 10 | +56.087 | |
| 9 | 31 | Jason Wright | Cooper T51 | 1959 | 10 | +1:20.908 | |
| 10 | 16 | Chris Drake | Lotus 16 | 1958 | 10 | +1:35.348 | |
| DNS | 32 | Stirling Moss | Cooper T45 | 1957 | | | 10 |
| ? | 1 | Jeremy Agace | Maserati 250F | 1956 | | | |
| ? | 2 | Bobby Bell | Maserati 250F | 1956 | | | |
| ? | 3 | Graham Burrows | Cooper T23 | 1953 | | | |
| ? | 4 | Gregor Fisken | Cooper T23 | 1953 | | | |
| ? | 5 | Tony Merrick | Ferrari 555 "Supersqualo" | 1955 | | | |
| ? | 6 | Ian Nuthall | Alta | 1952 | | | |
| ? | 7 | David Pennell | Maserati 250F | 1956 | | | |
| ? | 8 | Ean Pugh | Connaught B | 1956 | | | |
| ? | 9 | Katharina Schmidt | Cooper GP 2/T/40 | 1955 | | | |
| ? | 10 | Dieter Streve-Mühlens | Maserati 250F | 1956 | | | |
| ? | 15 | Corrado Cupellini | Ferrari Dino 156 | 1957 | | | |
| ? | 17 | Ivan Glasby | Cooper T43 | 1957 | | | |
| ? | 18 | Michael Haywood | Cooper T45 | 1958 | | | |
| ? | 19 | Hartmut Ibing | Maserati 250F | 1957 | | | |
| ? | 20 | Irvine Laidlaw | Maserati 250F | 1957 | | | |
| ? | 22 | Bruce McCaw | BRM P45 | 1958 | | | |
| ? | 24 | Ludwig Willisch | Cooper T45 | 1958 | | | |
| ? | 25 | Richard Attwood | Cooper T51 | 1959 | | | |
| ? | 29 | Donald Orosco | Scarab F1 | 1960 | | | |
| ? | 30 | Philip Walker | Lotus 16 | 1959 | | | |
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### Série E: Pre 1960 sports cars

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Year | Laps | Time/retired | Grid |
| 1 | 30 | Lindsay Owen-Jones | Maserati Tipo 61 | 1959 | 10 | 20:45.312 | 1 |
| 2 | 24 | Frank Sytner | Jaguar D-Type | 1956 | 10 | +1.200 | |
| 3 | 10 | Martin Stretton | Maserati 300S | 1955 | 10 | +48.575 | |
| 4 | 29 | Stirling Moss | Maserati Tipo 61 | 1959 | 10 | +59.744 | |
| 5 | 17 | Peter Austin | Lotus 11 | 1957 | 10 | +1:01.088 | |
| 6 | 22 | Otto Reedtz-Thott | Lotus 11 | 1956 | 10 | +1:25.920 | |
| 7 | 6 | Spencer Martin | Jaguar C-Type | 1953 | 10 | +1:27.825 | |
| 8 | 9 | Barrie Williams | Jaguar C-Type | 1953 | 10 | +1:35.756 | |
| 9 | 3 | Gary Pearson | Jaguar C-Type | 1953 | 10 | +1:38.961 | |
| 10 | 4 | Ron Gammons | Lotus 11 | 1956 | 10 | +1:40.186 | |
| DNS | 4 | James Herlinger | Baldwin | 1951 | | | |
| ? | 1 | Jean-François Bentz | Cooper-Bristol | 1952 | | | |
| ? | 2 | Gregor Fisken | Jaguar C-Type | 1953 | | | |
| ? | 5 | Mike Lester | HWM | 1953 | | | |
| ? | 7 | Peter Mann | Frazer Nash | 1952 | | | |
| ? | 8 | Jorn Quiste | Jaguar D-Type | 1956 | | | |
| ? | 11 | Adrian Hall | Lotus 10 | 1955 | | | |
| ? | 12 | Dudley Mason-Styrron | Maserati 300S | 1955 | | | |
| ? | 14 | Christian Traber | Aston Martin DB3S | 1953/54 | | | |
| ? | 15 | Bruce Trenery | Aston Martin DB3S | 1955 | | | |
| ? | 16 | Willie Tuckett | Jaguar D-Type | 1955 | | | |
| ? | 18 | Marshall Bailey | Cooper T39 | 1956 | | | |
| ? | 19 | Pierre Pinelli | Lotus 11 | 1956 | | | |
| ? | 20 | Hurbertus Doenhoff | Maserati 150S | 1956 | | | |
| ? | 21 | Martin McGlone | Aston Martin DB3S | 1957 | | | |
| ? | 23 | Ken Rogers | Lotus 11 | 1957 | | | |
| ? | 25 | Burkhard von Schenk | Maserati 300S | 1958 | | | |
| ? | 26 | Terry Jones | Ferrari Dino 246 | 1959 | | | |
| ? | 27 | Charles March | Lola Mk1 | 1959 | | | |
| ? | 28 | Nick Mason | Maserati Tipo 60 | 1959 | | | |
| ? | 31 | Paul Pappalardo | Ferrari 250 TR | 1959 | | | |
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### Série F: Pre 1968 Grand Prix cars

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Year | Laps | Time/retired | Grid |
| 1 | 26 | Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol | Lotus 49 | 1967 | 10 | 19:34.712 | 1 |
| 2 | 27 | Abba Kogan | Brabham | 1967 | 10 | +47.034 | |
| 3 | 23 | Allan Miles | Cooper T53 | 1961 | 10 | +1:06.985 | |
| 4 | 28 | Robert Lamplough | Ferrari 312 | 1967 | 10 | +1:08.888 | |
| 5 | 12 | Mark Linstone | Brabham BT11 | 1964 | 10 | +1:23.421 | |
| 6 | 31 | Malcolm Ricketts | Lotus 32B | 1965/66 | 10 | +1:25.883 | |
| 7 | 3 | Christopher Smith | Lotus 21 | 1961 | 10 | +1:25.968 | |
| 8 | 29 | Bruce McCaw | BRM P261 | 1964/66 | 10 | +1:58.788 | |
| 9 | 9 | Duncan Dayton | Lola Mk4 | 1962 | 10 | +2:04.576 | |
| 10 | 11 | Sidney Hoole | Cooper T66 | 1963 | 9 | +1 lap | |
| ? | 30 | Franco Meiners | Ferrari 312 | 1967 | 1 | | |
| ? | 1 | Paolo Gecchelin | Lotus 18 | 1961 | | | |
| ? | 2 | Pierluigi Mapelli | Lotus 18 | 1961 | | | |
| ? | 4 | Richard Weiland | Lotus 24 | 1962 | | | |
| ? | 5 | David Whiteside | Lotus 21 | 1961 | | | |
| ? | 6 | Robert Woodward | Lotus 21 | 1962 | | | |
| ? | 7 | Marshall Bailey | Brabham BT11 | 1964 | | | |
| ? | 8 | Robert Brooks | BRM P57/P58 | 1962 | | | |
| ? | 10 | Geoff Farmer | Lotus 25 | 1962 | | | |
| ? | 14 | Alessandro Ripamonti | Lotus 24 | 1962 | | | |
| ? | 15 | Guido Romani | Lola Mk4 | 1962 | | | |
| ? | 16 | Giorgio Valentini | Brabham BT7 | 1963 | | | |
| ? | 17 | Michel Wanty | Lotus 24 | 1962 | | | |
| ? | 18 | Jeremy Agace | Lotus 18 | 1960 | | | |
| ? | 19 | Paul Alexander | Lotus 24 | 1962 | | | |
| ? | 20 | Allan Baillie | Lotus 24 | 1962 | | | |
| ? | 21 | Joel Finn | Lotus 18 | 1960 | | | |
| ? | 22 | John Harper | Brabham BT4A | 1962 | | | |
| ? | 24 | Marco Cajani | De Tomaso | 1961 | | | |
| ? | 25 | Jean Blaton | Lotus 49 | 1967 | | | |
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### Série G: Formula Junior

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Year | Laps | Time/retired | Grid |
| 1 | 25 | Duncan Dayton | Cooper T67 | 1963 | 10 | 21:11.410 | |
| 2 | 31 | Tony Thompson | Lotus 27 | 1963 | 10 | +0.568 | |
| 3 | 27 | Stephan Jocher | Brabham BT6 | 1963 | 10 | +8.066 | 1 |
| 4 | 28 | Douglas Mockett | Cooper T56 | 1961 | 10 | +27.518 | |
| 5 | 18 | Jean-Michel Farine | Lotus 20 | 1961 | 10 | +28.370 | |
| 6 | 29 | Gil Nickel | Lotus 27 | 1963 | 10 | +38.766 | |
| 7 | 16 | Marcus Mussa | Lotus 18 Junior | 1960 | 10 | +1:24.489 | |
| 8 | 21 | Luciano Quaggia | Brabham BT6 | 1963 | 10 | +1:42.152 | |
| 9 | 23 | Dario Tellarini | Foglietti | 1963 | 10 | +1:42.523 | |
| 10 | 11 | Tony Steele | Lola Mk2 | 1960 | 10 | +2:02.077 | |
| ? | 1 | Egon Hofer | OSCA | 1959 | | | |
| ? | 2 | Sergio Leoni | Stanguellini | 1959 | | | |
| ? | 3 | Flavien Marcais | Stanguellini | 1958 | | | |
| ? | 4 | Ugo Piccagli | Bandini | 1959 | | | |
| ? | 5 | Fabio Verin | Volpini | 1958 | | | |
| ? | 6 | Dieter Crone | Elva | 1960 | | | |
| ? | 7 | Richard Daggitt | Scorpion | 1960 | | | |
| ? | 8 | David Pratley | Lola Mk2 | 1960 | | | |
| ? | 9 | Duncan Rabagliati | Alexis FJ | 1959 | | | |
| ? | 10 | Guido Romani | Lola Mk2 | 1959 | | | |
| ? | 12 | Grant Wilson | Gemini | 1959 | | | |
| ? | 14 | Fabio d'Alberti | De Sanctis | 1958 | | | |
| ? | 15 | Peter Knöfel | Emeryson | 1960 | | | |
| ? | 17 | Joos Tollenaar | Lola Mk3 | 1961 | | | |
| ? | 19 | Erich Justesen | Lotus 22 | 1962 | | | |
| ? | 20 | Allan McGregor | Cooper T59 | 1962 | | | |
| ? | 22 | Alessandro Ripamonti | De Tomaso | 1962 | | | |
| ? | 24 | Dan Davis | Lola Mk5A | 1963 | | | |
| ? | 26 | Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol | Lotus 27 | 1963 | | | |
| ? | 30 | Ermanno Rochi | Brabham BT6 | 1963 | | | |
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