2008 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco

2008 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco
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Circuit de Monaco
Race details
Date	10–11 May 2008
Official name	6e Grand Prix de Monaco Historique
Location	Circuit de Monaco
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.340 km (2.075 miles)

The 2008 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco was the sixth 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

Entered for Race B was the Maserati 250F with which Stirling Moss had won the 1956 Monaco Grand Prix. The car was driven by Peter Heuberger but did not start the race. A battle between Duncan Dayton and Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol ended prematurely for Folch-Rusiñol, leaving second place to be decided by a fierce battle between Barrie Baxter and Tony Smith.

In Race C, Moss made his seventh and final competitive appearance at the event, at the wheel of a Frazer Nash. He wrote an entry in Motor Sport describing how the circuit had changed since his first visit, and expressed some disappointment at how lenient the track limits had become since then. In the race, fifth place was hotly contested between the powerful Ferrari 340 America of Michael Willms and the nimble Cooper T21 of Simon Diffey, the two cars being faster on different parts of the circuit but evenly matched on overall pace: their best laps were separated by just 0.028 s.

2008 represented the fiftieth anniversary of Formula Junior, a series that had been introduced in 1958 to encourage a new generation of racing drivers and whose annual Monaco race, supporting the Grand Prix, was one of the most prestigious events for young drivers. Formula Junior would also become the subject of the first historic motorsport series in 1975. Anniversary celebrations were held across the globe throughout 2008, and the event at Monaco (Race D) commemorated the first Formula Junior race at Monaco, held in 1959 and won by Michael May. A notable entrant in Race D was Tony Goodwin, whose long racing career includes an appearance in the 1964 Monaco Formula Three Race, where he had finished twelfth. In this event, he qualified on pole position and finished second. Jean Guittard made his first Historic Grand Prix of Monaco appearance in this race; in subsequent events, he would race under the pseudonym "Mister John of B".

Entered for Race F was a Ferrari 312 which had been raced by Chris Amon during the 1968 Formula One season. It was purchased and restored specifically for the event, which was thought to be its first competitive outing since 1969. Frank Sytner qualified fourth and stayed there most of the race, only to retire on the penultimate lap. Hamish Sommerville ran fifth but retired after seven laps.

Making his debut at the event was Bobby Verdon-Roe, driving a McLaren M26 in Race G. He crashed in the tunnel during practice, bringing his weekend to an end along with that of David Clark, who could not avoid the debris. Verdon-Roe would make up for this accident by dominating the 2010 event from pole position. Mauro Pane took the lead into the first corner but polesitter Paul Edwards kept him under intense pressure, eventually forcing a mistake that let Edwards through. Pane hit the barrier hard, but was able to continue to second place.

Results

Summary

Série	Cars	Years	Pole position		Fastest lap		Race winner
A	Grand Prix	Pre-1947	Julian Bronson		Julian Bronson	2:04.225	Julian Bronson
B	Grand Prix - front engine	Pre-1961	Duncan Dayton		Duncan Dayton	1:56.658	Duncan Dayton
C	Sports cars and sports prototypes	Pre-1953	John Ure		John Ure	2:09.885	John Ure
D	Formula Junior		Tony Goodwin				John Monson
E	Grand Prix - rear engine	Pre-1966	Simon Hadfield		James Hanson	1:54.193	Simon Hadfield
F	Formula 1 - 3 litre	Pre-1975	Duncan Dayton		Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol	1:35.658	Duncan Dayton
G	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1975-1978	Paul Edwards		Paul Edwards	1:34.019	Paul Edwards

Série A: Pre 1947 Grand Prix Cars

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Year	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
1	14	Julian Bronson	ERA R4D	1935	10	23:06.785	1
2	16	Matt Grist	Alfa Romeo P3	1934	10	+2.891	2
3	21	Willi Balz	Maserati 6CM	1937	10	+28.864
4	25	Richard Last	MG Parnell K3	1933	10	+32.293
5	19	Tony Smith	Alfa Romeo P3	1934	10	+34.062
6	66	Tommaso Gelmini	Maserati 6CM/4CM	1936	10	+37.931
7	17	Umberto Rossi	Alfa Romeo P3	1934	10	+1:04.022
8	6	Duncan Pittaway	Bugatti 35T	1925	10	+2:03.364
9	28	Ed Davies	Alfa Romeo 8C Monza	1932	10	+2:18.049
10	34	Josef Otto Rettenmaier	Maserati 8C 3000	1932	10	+2:21.517
11	7	Robert Newall	Bugatti 35	1926	10	+2:23.457
12	9	Ralf Emmerling	Riley Brooklands	1928	10	+2:24.245
13	30	Philip Champion	Frazer Nash Supersports	1928	10	+2:26.482
14	12	Paul-Emile Bessade	Bugatti 51	1934	9	+1 lap
15	5	Marcel Sontrop	Bugatti 37	1927	9	+1 lap
16	10	Julia de Baldanza	Bugatti 35B	1929	9	+1 lap
17	2	Jürg König	Bugatti 37A	1926	9	+1 lap
18	3	Jean-Claude Miloe	Delage 1500	1927	9	+1 lap
19	15	Geraint Lewis	Frazer Nash Monoplace	1936	7	+3 laps
20	1	Ian Landy	Riley Brooklands 6	1933	5	+5 laps
21	27	Rainer Ott	ERA B	1936	3	+7 laps
22	4	Franz Messerli	Maserati 4CM	1932	3	+7 laps
23	20	Warren Spieker	Alfa Romeo P3	1932	2	+8 laps
24	11	Jean-Jacques Strub	Bugatti 35/51	1926	1	+9 laps
No lap	18	Peter Neumark	Alfa Romeo 8C Monza	1932
No lap	23	Paddins Dowling	ERA B	1936
DNS	24	Georg Kaufmann	Maserati 4CL	1939
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Série B: Pre 1961 front engined Grand Prix cars

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Year	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
1	22	Duncan Dayton	Lotus 16	1959	10	19:46.060	1
2	19	Barrie Baxter	Tec-Mec 250F	1959	10	+31.338	3
3	23	Tony Smith	Ferrari Dino 246	1960	10	+31.542
4	14	Nick Wigley	Connaught B	1954	10	+57.038
5	3	Ian Nuthall	Alta F2	1952	10	+1:14.144
6	17	Michael Steele	Connaught C	1956	10	+1:26.403
7	7	Paul Grant	Cooper T23	1953	10	+1:38.100
8	2	Steve Russell	Cooper T23	1953	9	+1 lap
9	8	Barry Wood	Cooper T20	1952	9	+1 lap
10	9	David Wenman	Connaught A	1952	9	+1 lap
11	11	Gigi Baulino	Maserati 250F "Interim"	1954	9	+1 lap
12	5	David Clewley	Cooper-Alta	1953	9	+1 lap
13	24	Tom Price	Maserati 250F	1956	9	+1 lap
14	10	Adrien van der Kroft	Connaught A	1952	9	+1 lap
15	15	Jean-Jacques Bally	Gordini T15	1947	9	+1 lap
16	1	Julia de Baldanza	Maserati A6GCM	1951	9	+1 lap
17	21	David Bennett	Maserati A6GCM	1953	9	+1 lap
18	16	Eric Leroy	Gordini T15	1947	8	+2 laps
19	12	Lars-Goran Itskowitz	Lotus 12	1957	6	+4 laps
20	20	Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol	Lotus 16	1959	5	+5 laps	2
DNS	4	Jean-Robert Grellet	Connaught A	1952
DNS	6	James Willis	Pierce-MG F2	1951
DNS	28	Peter Heuberger	Maserati 250F	1956
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Série C: Pre 1953 Sports and Sports Prototype Cars

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Year	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
1	28	John Ure	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica (Mk2)	1952	10	22:18.033	1
2	30	David Wenman	Jaguar C-Type	1952	10	+6.850	3
3	32	Nigel Webb	Jaguar C-Type	1952	10	+8.770	2
4	10	David Franklin	BMW 328	1938	10	+22.772
5	96	Michael Willms	Ferrari 340 America	1950	10	+57.015
6	4	Simon Diffey	Cooper T21	1952	10	+58.735
7	94	Jose Fernandez	Ferrari 225 S	1952	10	+1:15.209
8	34	Christopher Phillips	Allard J2X	1952	10	+1:17.426
9	3	Miroslav Krejsa	Škoda 1101 Sport	1949	10	+1:42.638
10	19	Barry Wood	RGS Atalanta	1952	10	+2:22.162
11	18	Albert Otten	BMW 328	1939	9	+1 lap
12	22	Richard Wills	Ferrari 212 Inter	1952	9	+1 lap
13	17	Richard Lake	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica (Mk2)	1952	9	+1 lap
14	1	Carlos de Miguel	OSCA MT4	1949	9	+1 lap
15	6	Patrick Blakeney-Edwards	BMW 328	1939	9	+1 lap
16	11	Juan Quintano	Ferrari 166 MM	1949	9	+1 lap
17	2	Brandon Smith-Hilliard	MG K3	1933	9	+1 lap
18	7	Stirling Moss	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica (Mk1)	1950	9	+1 lap
19	23	Stephen Dudley	Ferrari 166/195 S	1950	9	+1 lap
20	31	Neil Hadfield	Jaguar C-Type	1952	9	+1 lap
21	5	Thomas Mittler	OSCA MT4	1951	8	+2 laps
22	27	Guy Loveridge	Connaught L2	1948	8	+2 laps
23	14	Erich Traber	Veritas RS	1948	8	+2 laps
24	12	Warren Spieker	Frazer Nash High Speed	1948	6	+4 laps
25	33	Klaus-Peter Reichle	Allard J2X	1952	3	+7 laps
26	21	Malcolm Verey	Allard J2	1950	1	+9 laps
No lap	16	Colin Pearcy	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica (Mk2)	1952
DNS	15	Paul Singer	Veritas RS	1948
DNS	24	Tom Price	Aston Martin DB2	1949
DNS	25	Wolfgang Friedrichs	Aston Martin DB2	1952
DNS	29	Eddie McGuire	Gordini T23S	1949
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Série D: Formula Junior

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Year	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
1	7	John Monson	BMC Mk1	1960	10	?	2
2	6	Tony Goodwin	Gemini Mk2	1959			1
3	12	Simone Stanguellini	Stanguellini FJ	1960
4	5	John Chisholm	Gemini Mk2	1959
?	1	Duncan Rabagliatti	Alexis HF1	1959
?	2	James Steerman	Dagrada-Lancia	1959
?	3	Geoffrey O'Nion	Elva 100	1959
?	4	Heinz Stege	Elva 100	1959
?	8	John Truslove	Elva-DKW 100	1960
?	9	Steve Russell	Elva 100	1959
?	10	Michael Ashley-Brown	Volpini FJ	1958
?	11	Robert Woodward	P.L.W. FJ	1958
?	14	Fabrice Notari	Stanguellini FJ	1959
?	15	Marc Coschieri	Stanguellini FJ	1959
?	16	Jean Guittard	Stanguellini FJ	1958
?	17	William Grimshaw	Moorland Mk1	1959
?	18	Tazio Taraschi	Taraschi FJ	1960
?	19	Carlo Maria del Conte	Taraschi FJ	1960
?	20	Daniele Salodini	Taraschi FJ	1960
?	21	Tony Steele	Taraschi FJ	1957
?	22	Tommaso Gelmini	Volpini FJ	1959
?	23	Andrea Giuliani	Dagrada-Lancia	1959
?	24	Franco Beolchi	Apache Mk1	1959
?	25	Crispian Besley	OSCA Tipo J	1960
?	26	Michael Gans	Stanguellini FJ	1959			3
?	27	Maurizio Piantelli	Stanguellini FJ	1960
?	28	Roger Earl	OSCA Tipo J	1959
?	29	Jason Wright	Stanguellini FJ	1960
?	30	Francesco Liberatore	Stanguellini FJ	1959
?	31	Peter Mullen	OSCA Tipo J	1960
?	32	Jarrah Venables	EFAC Stanguellini FJ	1959
?	33	Tupper Robinson	Bandini FJ	1958/1959
?	34	Ian Robinson	Autosud FJ	1959
?	46	Stefano Rosina	Moretti-Branca FJ	1959
?	126	Massimo Comelli	OSCA Tipo J	1960
?	140	Bruno Ferrari	Stanguellini FJ	1960
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Série E: Pre 1966 Rear Engined Grand Prix Cars

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Year	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
1	9	Simon Hadfield	Lotus 21	1961	10	19:19.463	1
2	15	James Hanson	Scirocco F1	1963	10	+7.993	2
3	23	Marcus Mussa	Lotus 24	1962	10	+29.438
4	37	Alan Baillie	Cooper T36	1964	10	+35.936	3
5	21	Joe Twyman	Cooper T45	1957	10	+52.504
6	7	Mark Clubb	Cooper T45	1958	10	+52.802
7	10	Dan Collins	Lotus 21	1961	10	+1:07.812
8	8	John Elliott	Lotus 18	1961	10	+1:35.802
9	14	Allan Miles	Cooper T41	1957	10	+1:49.490
10	3	Andrew Wareing	BRM P261	1964	10	+2:00.446
11	32	Nick Wigley	Cooper T51	1959	9	+1 lap
12	27	Marco Cajani	De Tomaso F1	1961	9	+1 lap
13	17	Jorge Ferioli	Lola Mk4	1962	9	+1 lap
14	12	Rupert Wood	Cooper T43	1957	9	+1 lap
15	33	Rodger Newman	Brabham BT14	1965	9	+1 lap
16	5	Christopher Mann	Lotus 18	1960	9	+1 lap
17	34	André Wanty	Lotus 18/21	1961	9	+1 lap
18	26	Brian Anthony Ashby	Emeryson F1	1961	9	+1 lap
19	31	Rudolf Ernst	Lotus 18	1960	9	+1 lap
20	25	Richard Weiland	Lotus 24	1962	8	+2 laps
21	44	Marco Masini	Cooper T51	1959	8	+2 laps
22	11	Stephane Gutzwiller	Cooper T51	1960	8	+2 laps
23	20	Marshall Bailey	JBW Type 1	1959	7	+3 laps
24	24	Frank Sytner	Lotus 24	1962	4	+6 laps
25	29	Kurt DelBene	BRP-BRM	1964	1	+9 laps
26	36	Stanislas de Sadeleer	Cooper T51	1959	1	+9 laps
DNS	22	Douglas Mockett	Cooper T53	1961
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Série F: Pre 1975 Formula 1 - 3 litre

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Year	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
1	8	Duncan Dayton	Brabham BT33	1970	15	26:23.840	1
2	3	Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol	McLaren M23	1974	15	+0.243	2
3	10	Manfredo Rossi di Montelera	Brabham BT42/44	1973	15	+17.276	3
4	30	Ron Maydon	Amon AF101	1974	15	+1:14.349
5	6	Andrea Burani	McLaren M23	1974	15	+1:24.471
6	4	Jeffrey Lewis	Tyrrell 007	1974	14	+1 lap
7	20	Yves Saguato	Matra MS120C	1971	14	+1 lap
8	15	Roberto Crippa	McLaren M19A	1971	14	+1 lap
9	36	Richard Carlino	Surtees TS9B	1971	14	+1 lap
10	12	John Monson	Surtees TS9B	1971	14	+1 lap
11	33	Bradley Hoyt	Ferrari 312	1969	14	+1 lap
12	34	Robert Lamplough	BRM P133	1967	14	+1 lap
13	32	Jean-François Decaux	Ferrari 312	1967	14	+1 lap
14	21	Christophe Caternet	Matra MS120B	1971	14	+1 lap
15	24	Frank Sytner	Hesketh 308	1974	13	+2 laps	4
16	23	Gunter Alth	March 701	1970	13	+2 laps
17	25	Jean-Louis Duret	Lotus 76	1974	10	+5 laps
18	26	Hamish Sommerville	Brabham BT37	1972	7	+8 laps
19	9	Lee Brahin	Hesketh 308	1974	6	+9 laps
20	31	James Wood	Cooper T86C	1968	5	+10 laps
21	7	Paul Knapfield	Brabham BT42	1973	1	+14 laps
22	27	Mike Wrigley	March 711	1971	1	+14 laps
DNS	11	Michel Ghio	Surtees TS9B	1971
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Série G: Formula 1 - 3 litre from 1975 to 1978

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Year	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
1	28	Paul Edwards	Penske PC3	1975	15	24:31.285	1
2	33	Mauro Pane	Tyrrell P34	1977	15	+2.105	2
3	14	Jean-Michel Martin	Ensign N177	1977	15	+18.847	4
4	15	Jean-Pierre Richelmi	Ensign N175	1975	15	+19.382	3
5	35	Peter Dunn	March 761	1976	15	+39.388	6
6	23	Katsuaki Kubota	Williams FW06	1978	15	+43.620	7
7	29	Christophe d'Ansembourg	McLaren M26	1976	15	+54.588
8	17	Paul Knapfield	Penske PC3	1975	15	+1:03.021
9	9	Michael Fitzgerald	March 761B	1976	15	+1:04.384
10	26	Peter Williams	March 761	1976	15	+1:04.612
11	22	Steve Hartley	Williams FW05	1975	15	+1:23.541
12	1	Chris MacAllister	Ferrari 312T2	1976	15	+1:23.798
13	16	Nicholas Colyvas	Shadow DN5	1975	15	+1:28.734
14	27	Rodrigo Gallego	March 761	1976	15	+1:41.425
15	3	Andrea Bahlsen	Tyrrell 008	1978	14	+1 lap
16	6	Nico Bindels	Lotus 77	1976	14	+1 lap
17	20	Richard Carlino	Hesketh 308C	1975	14	+1 lap
18	25	Frank Lyons	McLaren M26	1976	13	+2 laps
19	18	Mark Dwyer	Surtees TS19	1977	13	+2 laps
20	12	Walter Burani	Ferrari 312T	1975	12	+3 laps
21	4	Don Edwards	Tyrrell 008	1978	11	+4 laps
22	19	Anthony Hancock	Surtees TS19	1976	10	+5 laps
23	30	David Olson	Parnelli VPJ4	1974	8	+7 laps
24	5	Christopher Locke	Lotus 77	1976	5	+10 laps
25	24	Michael Lyons	Hesketh 308E	1977	4	+11 laps
26	34	Martin Stretton	Tyrrell P34	1977	2	+13 laps	5
27	21	Andrew Smith	Hesketh 308E	1977	2	+13 laps
No lap	7	Hubertus Bahlsen	Brabham BT45B	1976
DNS	2	Giancarlo Casoli	Ferrari 312T	1975
DNS	8	Bobby Verdon-Roe	McLaren M26	1977
DNS	10	David Clark	March 761	1976
DNS	31	Peter Wuensch	Wolf WR1	1977
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