MONACO GRAND PRIX
Records and Winners

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Records:
Victories
6 for Ayrton SENNA: 1987,89,90,91,92,93
5 for Graham HILL: 1963,64,65,68,69
4 for Alan PROST: 1984,85,86,88
4 for Michael SCHUMACHER: 1994,95,97,99
3 for Jackie STEWART: 1966,71,73
2 for Maurice TRINTIGNANT: 1955,58
2 for Stirling MOSS: 1960,61
2 for Niki LAUDA: 1975,76
2 for Jody SCHEKTER: 1977,79

Lap Records
1929 WILLIAMS : 84.800 km/h
1930 Rene DREYFUS : 90.141 km/h
1937 CARRAClOLA : 107.492 km/h
1955 J.M. FANGlO : 110.568 km/h
1964 Graham HILL : 120.575 km/h
Before the new chicane
1985 Michele ALBORETO / Ferrari : 144.264 km/h
Actual record on new circuit
1994 Michael SCHUMACHER / Benetton Ford : 147.772 km/h, 1'21"076

Record for the Total Race
Before the new chicane
1985 Alain PROST : 138.434 km/h for 78 laps
Since the new chicane
1999 Michael SCHUMACHER : 1h 49m 31.812s for 78 laps


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Winners:
Year Laps Km Driver Car Time Av. Km/h
1929 100 318.000 "Williams" Bugatti 35B 3h56'11"0 80.194
1930 100 318.000 Rene DREYFUS Bugatti 35B 3h41'02"6 86.317
1931 100 318.000 Louis CHIRON Bugatti 51 3h39'09"2 87.062
1932 100 318.000 Tazio NUVOLARI Alfa Romeo Monza 3h32'25"2 89.822
1933 100 318.000 Achille VARZI Bugatti 51 3h27'49"4 91.808
1934 100 318.000 Guy MOLL AlfaRomeo B P3 3h31'31"4 90.202
1935 100 318.000 Lugigi FAGIOLI Mercedes-Benz W25 3h23'49"8 93.607
1936 100 318.000 Rudi CARACCIOLA Mercedes-Benz W25 3h49'20"4 83.195
1937 100 318.000 Manfred Von BRAUCHITSCH Mercedes-Benz W125 3h07'23"9 101.815
1948 100 318.000 "Nino" FARINA Maserati 4 CLT 3h18'26"9 96.145
1950 100 318.000 Juan Manuel FANGlO Alfa Romeo 158 3h13'18"7 98.700
1952 100 314.500 Vittorio MARZOTTO Ferrari 225S 3h21'28"7 93.660
1955 100 314.500 Maurice TRINTIGNANT Ferrari 625 2h58'09"7 105.914
1956 100 314.500 Stirling MOSS Maserati 250F 3h00'32"9 104.514
1957 100 314.500 Juan Manuel FANGlO Maserati 250F 3h10'12"8 104.160
1958 100 314.500 Maurice TRINTIGNANT Cooper Climax T45 2h52'27"9 109.413
1959 100 314.500 Jack BRABHAM Cooper Climax T5l 2h55'51"3 107.361
1960 100 314.500 Stirling MOSS Lotus Climax 18 2h53'45"5 108.599
1961 100 314.500 Stirling MOSS Lotus Climax 18 2h45'50"1 113.787
1962 100 314.500 Bruce Mc LAREN Cooper Climax T60 2h46'29"7 113.396
1963 100 314.500 Graham HlLL BRM P57 2h41'45"7 116.555
1964 100 314.500 Graham HILL BRM P261 2h41'19"5 116.910
1965 100 314.500 Graham HILL BRM P26l 2h37'39"6 119.637
1966 100 314.500 Jackie STEWART BRM P26l 2h33'10"5 123.139
1967 100 314.500 Dennis HULME Brabham Repco BT20 2h34'34"3 122.143
1968 80 251.600 Graham HILL Lotus Cosworth 49 2h00'32"3 125.238
1969 80 251.600 Graham HILL Lotus Cosworth 49B 1h56'59"4 129.036
1970 80 251.600 Jochen RlNDT Lotus Cosworth 49C 1h54'36"6 131.176
1971 80 251.600 Jackie STEWART Tyrrell Cosworth 003 1h52'21"3 134.359
1972 80 251.600 Jean Pierre BELTOISE BRM P160D 2h26'54"7 102.754
1973 78 255.684 Jackie STEWART Tyrrell Cosworth 006 1h57'44"3 130.297
1974 78 255.684 Ronnie PETERSON Lotus Cosworth 72 1h58'03"7 129.409
1975 75 245.850 Niki LAUDA Ferrari 312T 2h01'21"31 121.552
1976 78 258.336 Niki LAUDA Ferrari 312T 1h59'51"47 129.321
1977 76 251.712 Jody SHECKTER Wolf Cosworth WR1 1h57'52"77 128.119
1978 75 248.400 Patrick DEPAILLER Tyrrell Cosworth 008 1h55'14"66 129.325
1979 76 251.712 Jody SCHEKTER Ferrari 1h55'22"48 130.901
1980 76 251.712 Carlos REUTEMANN Williams 1h55'34"365 130.677
1981 76 251.712 Gilles VILLENEUVE Ferrari 1h54'23"38 131.976
1982 76 251.712 Ricardo PATRESE Brabham 1h54'11"259 132.300
1983 75 248.400 Keke ROSBERG Williams 1h56'38"121 129.585
1984 31 106.672 Alain PROST Marlboro Tag MP 4 1h01'07"740 100.775
1985 78 258.336 Alain PROST Marlboro Tag 1h51'58"034 l38.434
1986 78 259.584 Alain PROST Marlboro Mac Laren Tag 1h55'41"060 134.634
1987 78 259.584 Ayrton SENNA Camel Lotus Honda 1h57'54"085 132.102
1988 78 259.584 Alan PROST Mac Laren Honda 1h57'17"077 132.797
1989 77 259.584 Ayrton SENNA Mac Laren Honda 1h53'33"251 135.401
1990 78 259.584 Ayrton SENNA Mac Laren Honda 1h52'46"982 138.097
1991 78 259.584 Ayrton SENNA Mac Laren Honda 1h53'02"334 137.785
1992 78 259.584 Ayrton SENNA Mac Laren Honda 1h50'59"372 140.329
1993 78 259.584 Ayrton SENNA Mac Laren Ford 1h52'10"947 138.837
1994 78 259.584 Michael SCHUMACHER Benetton Ford 1h49'55"372 141.690
1995 78 259.584 Michael SCHUMACHER Benetton Reanault 1h53'11"258 137.603
1996 75 249.600 Olivier PANIS Ligier Mugen-Honda 2h00'45"629 124,014
1997 62 Micheal SCHUMACHER Ferrari 2h00'50"654
1998 78 Mika Hakkinen McLaren 1h51'23"959
1999 78 Micheal SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1h49'31"812
2000 78 David Coulthard McLaren 1h49'28"213

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WHY NOT A GRAND PRIX IN THE PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO?
"For the first time a fast race has just taken place on a race track right in the heart of town. It is the Principality of Monaco with its Grand Prix which has taken this initiative. The race circuit, laid out entirely within the Principality, between Monte-Carlo, the Condamine (Port) and Monaco proper, works out to be just over 3 kilometres. It goes without saying that the track is made up entirely of bends, steep uphlll climbs and fast downhill runs. Any respectable traffic system would have covered the track with <<Danger>> sign posts left, right and centre It is on a 100 laps of this circuit that the first Grand Prix ran..." - - La Vie Automobile, 25 April 1929.



With the Le Mans 24 hour and the Indianapolis 500, the Monte-Carlo Rally and the Monaco Grand Prix constitute two of the four great automobile sports events most known to the world at large.



In order to expand and be recognised internationally by the A.I.A.C.R. (Association Internationale des Automobiles Clubs... Reconnus), the predecessor of the International Automobile Federation, which similarly retained the real sports authority and rivalled the European record makers, an automobile sports event had to be organised on its own territory. Being a man of action and a passionate sportsman, Anthony Noghes proposed the creation of an Automobile Grand Prix which would take place right in the streets of the Principality. The idea itself was not new since high speed races were already being fought over in towns, notably in the United-States with the trials of Santa Monica or Corona. As soon as he returned to Monaco. Anthony Noghes had to put his idea into action. He obtained the official support of Prince Louis II and when he presented his plans to Louis Chiron, the famous Monegasque racing driver, he too expressed his enthusiasm. After some analysis, one realised that the topography of the place was admirably well suited to setting up a natural race track.

On the 14 April 1929, under the High Patronage of His Sovereign Highness Prince Louis ll, the first Monaco Grand Prix was organised. Sixteen competitors left the start line to carry out 100 laps of the 318 kilometres long circuit. It was Williams in his Bugatti 35 B who brought this first Grand Prix to an average speed of 80.104 kilometres per hour.

Since the launch of the first race, the Principality has known only 14 years without a Grand Prix, namely from 1939 to 1947 and then 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1954. From 1950 onwards the Monaco Grand Prix featured permanently in the calendar of World Champion Racing events, except in 1952 when the organisers decided they preferred "Sports" cars to the single-seater Formula 2 (2 litres) normally retained for the World Championship.

The circuit itself had not undergone any major changes, the length being 3.180 km up until 1950. In 1952 some modifications to the Saint Devote bend led to the shortening of the length of the track to 3.145 km and it was not until 1973 that the layout underwent a change again. It was extended another 135 metres by the addition of a new track along the port, a track which was to join the track of the new pool and which would end in a hairpin bend around the restaurant "La Rascasse". From then on grand stands were reinstalled on the old quay. As the length of each lap was increased, the Grand Prix was shortened to 78 laps. In 1976, the addition of two more zigzags, one at Sainte Devote, the other coming round the La Rascasse hairpin bend, extended the length of each lap by 34 metres. Ten years later, for the 44th Grand Prix, the widening of the road at the beginning of the Quai des Etats Unis at the foot of the Boulevard Louis II descent, allowed the creation of a new zigzag which brought the length of a lap to 3.328 metre.


Information supplied by the Automobile Club de Monaco.