Monaco, 11.-13.05.2012
The second weekend in May saw the 8th edition of the biannual
Monaco Historic Grand Prix to start a very busy month in the
classic car scene. Within three weeks classic car enthusiasts
from all over the world can visit the best of racing, rally and
concours with the Monaco HGP, the Mille Miglia and the
Concorso d´Eleganza in south Europe.
The beginning was the very prestigious city Grand Prix that uses
the closed off Monaco race track for the regular Grand Prix in 2
weeks time. 7 classes with single seaters dating from before
WW2 to 1978 plus a sports car race remembering the 1952
edition were started on Sunday for races between 30 and 45
minutes after two practice days. After the very intensive race in
the Formula 3 two years ago the amount of cars entered required
the split of the practice sessions and a heat on Saturday to cut
down the field to a reasonable size as to many cars with different
pace are very dangerous on a narrow track like the city centre of
Monaco.
But not just race fans came to Monaco to watch the races but
also many collectors visited the three auctions at the weekend:
Bonhams, Coys and especially RM Auctions who could tie on
their successive 2010 sale in the principality.
We have put together a small preview of the things to come as we
will report both on the races and the auctions in the next days
together with the reports on the following Mille Miglia and the Villa
d´Este Concours.
Report & Images: Peter Singhof ...
www.ClassicCarPhotography.de
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