While it may not be the fastest circuit on the Formula One season the Monaco Grand Prix is one of the most prestigious and highly regarded throughout the world. Its also part of Motorsports famous triple crown, the others being the Le Man 24 hours and the Indianapolis 500 that every motor racing driver seeks to win in their career. Formula one fans the world over dream of attending it at least once in their lives and that dream can be a reality if you want F1 Hospitality Monaco style then look no further than https://edgeglobalevents.com/f1-hospitality/f1-hospitality-monaco/ who can make that dream a reality. What are the origins of this jewel in the Formula One crown.
The only reason there is a Monaco Grand Prix is because the Motoring club wanted to join the International body of Official motor racing, but they weren’t allowed. The Motoring club pointed out that there was the Monaco Rally, but the International body said that didn’t count as it mostly ran on French and Spanish roads and only ended up in Monaco. Antony Noghes was the man who came up with the idea of staging a road race purely on Monegasque roads which basically meant running it around the city of Monte Carlo. This was agreed, and the first race was set for April 14th1929. With the exception of the Second world war, 1951, 1953 and 1954 and the death of Prince Louis in 1949 one has been run every year ever since.
You couldn’t just turn up with a car, which was ok for some Grand Prix’s this was invitation only. Even then several teams decided not to turn up, the most important Maserati and Alfa Romeo being two of them. William Grover-Williams, a British driver was the winner of the first in a Bugatti. Louis Chiron is to date the only resident of Monaco to win the race but that didn’t happen until the second one in 1930. One of the other main competitors Mercedes were also there and their driver only came second because it took four and half minutes to change the tyres and refuel the car. This would be utterly unthinkable now.
The race became more and more famous through the pre-war years and started to draw larger support. It was seen then as it is now as not necessarily a fast race, but it was considered to be a difficult and tricky course that required great skill and nerve to avoid an accident and ending up in a wall or as it was then hay bales. Apart from the locals taking their cars off the road it was pretty much like racing around a regular street. The obstacles to avoid hitting include lampposts and shop fronts plus there was also a very good chance you could end up in the harbour. The addition of the famous Armco barriers in 1969 soon put an end to that for the local’s sake as much as the drivers.
