Admittedly my mistake!
04/30/2021
Unfortunately, I was completely wrong when I said that racing sports cars never raced in Monaco. I was proven wrong and must confess to my shame that I really didn't know until now that the 1952 Monaco Grand Prix was for sports cars (over 2 liters displacement) but had no championship status whatsoever.
Gordini, Jaguar and Aston Martin nevertheless sent their works cars to the Principality. In the 100-lap race, Stirling Moss started in a Jaguar C-Type in second place behind Pierre Levegh in the Talbot-Lago. However, Moss retired after an accident with Robert Manzon in the Gordini. The winner was Vittorio Marzotto in a Ferrari 225 S Spider Vignale, ahead of Eugenio Castellotti and three other Ferraris with 2.7-liter V12 engines. This "Grand Prix" was overshadowed by the serious accident involving Luigi Fagioli, who crashed his Lancia Aurelia at the exit of the tunnel for reasons that remain unexplained to this day. Three weeks later, he died of his serious injuries.
The reason for this unique sports car race was the conversion of Formula 1 to the two-liter formula, which the ACM (Automobile Club de Monaco) did not want. Therefore, a sports car race can of course also be driven at the GP Historique.
Unfortunately, the beautiful 1953 Maserati A6GCS shown in the picture did not survive the race unscathed. Its attack was overlooked by the car in front at the entrance to the swimming pool chicane and the weekend ended with severe cold deformations at the front and rear in the Tecpro barrier.
