| For fans who love the rumble of historic race cars and | | | | edge of control. To quote grand marshal Jackie Ikxx, |
| who harken back to the heydays of legendary drivers, | | | | "The car is fast, the track is narrow, if you make a |
| there's no better place to be the first few weeks in | | | | mistake, you pay cash." This historic race is a |
| May than nestled between the rocks and | | | | playground for the rich to show off their collectibles |
| Mediterranean Sea in the city-state of Monaco. Every | | | | and the fans who love them, with more and more in |
| two years, two weeks before the modern Monaco F1 | | | | attendance every time. |
| Grand Prix, the Automobile Club of Monaco hosts the | | | | You don't have to be rich though to enjoy vintage |
| Grand Prix de Monaco Historique. | | | | racing. Tickets to the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique |
| First started in 1997, the vintage race brings together | | | | run for a fraction of the cost of the F1 race, |
| over 200 cars built before 1979 that race along the | | | | restaurants are less crowded, and hotels are still |
| same circuit as the Monaco F1 Grand Prix. Mainly | | | | normally priced before Ecclestone and crew come to |
| private owners who drive their multi-million dollar | | | | town. If you're a vintage racing fan, Monaco, with its |
| collectible vintage cars, many "race" in the event as if it | | | | fabled motorsport history and resurrection of the good |
| were any other Sunday morning drive, but a few push | | | | old days, is the place to be 2012 for the next Grand |
| the limit and throw their museum-piece cars around the | | | | Prix de Monaco Historique. |
| tight corners and narrow streets of Monaco on the | | | | |