2012 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco explained

Type:	CUST
Country:	Monaco
Grand Prix:	Historic Grand Prix of Monaco
Official Name:	8e Grand Prix de Monaco Historique
Previous Round:	2010 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco
Next Round:	2014 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco
Image Link:	Monte Carlo Formula 1 track map.svg
Image-Size:	200px
Date:	11 - 13 May
Year:	2012
Location:	Circuit de Monaco
Course:	Street circuit
Course Mi:	2.075
Course Km:	3.340

The 2012 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco was the eighth 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

Former F1 driver Arturo Merzario was entered for Race A in an Alfa Romeo 8C 35, but could not take part in any of the sessions due to mechanical issues.^[1]

Race D featured a Ferrari 1512, the car which carried Ferrari's first flat-12 engine. This car had recently been restored with the help of the original designer Mauro Forghieri;^[1] it was an early retirement due to mechanical teething problems, but was highly competitive in future events, finishing runner-up in 2016 and 2018.

Roger Wills set the fastest time in practice for Race E, but collided with another car and could not take the start of the race. Andrew Smith inherited pole position. The session was red-flagged and Duncan Dayton had no opportunity to set a representative lap time. He started the race from 22nd place but put on a storming drive, running 8th after the first lap and going on to win.^[1]

Race G saw such a large number of entries that the grid was decided by two qualifying races, with even-numbered cars forming the outside line and odd-numbered cars forming the inside line. Pole for the odd-numbered race was taken by (nephew of 1952 Monaco Grand Prix winner Vittorio) in his first ever motor race, but Paolo Barilla passed him to claim the front-row spot. Pole for the feature was awarded to even-numbered race winner Ben Barker. The race was red-flagged due to rain after 10 laps.

The rain also caused Race F, the final session of the day, to be shortened.^[1] Oliver Hancock ran strongly in his first race in a F1 car, only to crash on the last lap. He was still classified seventh, the first car a lap down.^[2]

Results

Summary

Série	Cars	Years	Pole position		Fastest lap		Race winner
A	Voiturettes and Grand Prix	Pre-1952	Julian Bronson		Julian Bronson	2:00.002	Julian Bronson
B	Formula 1 and Formula 2	Pre-1961			Duncan Dayton	1:53.113	Roger Wills
C	Sports cars and sports prototypes	Pre-1953	Alex Buncombe		Alex Buncombe	2:03.291	Alex Buncombe
D	Grand Prix - rear engine	1961-1965	Andy Middlehurst		Andy Middlehurst	1:55.616	Andy Middlehurst
E	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1966-1972	Andrew Smith		Andrew Smith	1:37.450	Duncan Dayton
F	Formula 1 - 3 litre	1973-1978	Michael Lyons		Michael Lyons	1:59.140	Michael Lyons
G	Formula 3 - 2000 cm^3	Pre-1985	Ben Barker		Ben Barker	1:40.555	Ben Barker

Série A: Pre 1952 Voiturettes and Grand Prix Cars

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Year	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
1	36	Julian Bronson	ERA R4D	1938	10	20:17.794	1
2	32	Paddins Dowling	ERA B	1936	10	+0.736
3	20	Michael Gans	ERA B	1935	10	+48.035
4	22	Ian Landy	ERA B	1936	10	+51.523
5	2	Frank Stippler	Maserati 8CM	1934	10	+59.427
6	4	Willi Balz	Maserati 8CM	1937	10	+1:15.598
7	8	Thomas Dark	Bugatti 59/50BIII	1938	10	+2:10.858
8	18	Jean-Jacques Bally	Gordini T11/15	1947	10	+2:11.040
9	66	Federico Buratti	Maserati 6CM/4CM	1936	9	+1 lap
10	24	Rainer Ott	ERA B	1936	9	+1 lap
11	10	Ed Davies	Alfa Romeo 8C Monza	1932	9	+1 lap
12	46	Richard Last	MG Parnell K3	1933	9	+1 lap
13	48	Thierry Chanoine	Riley Dobbs	1935	9	+1 lap
14	26	Klaus Lehr	Talbot-Lago T26C	1948	9	+1 lap
15	52	Christian Dumolin	Maserati A6GCS	1947	9	+1 lap
16	6	Paul-Emile Bessade	Bugatti 51	1934	9	+1 lap
17	50	Ralf Emmerling	Riley Brooklands	1928	9	+1 lap
18	38	David Hands	Bugatti 39	1925	9	+1 lap
19	16	Eric Leroy	Gordini T11/15	1947	8	+2 laps
20	42	Jürg König	Bugatti 37A	1926	8	+2 laps
21	40	Julia de Baldanza	Bugatti 35B	1929	8	+2 laps
22	44	Manuel Eliçabe	Bugatti 37	1926	8	+2 laps
23	12	Tony Smith	Alfa Romeo P3	1934	5	+5 laps
24	34	Charles McCabe	ERA B	1936	2	+8 laps
DNS	54	Roland Portmann	Maserati 4CL	1939
DNS		Arturo Merzario	Alfa Romeo 8C 35	1935
Sources:^[3]

Série B: Pre 1961 Grand Prix Cars and F2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Year	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
1	60	Roger Wills	Cooper T51	1959	10	19:14.304	1/2
2	30	Gary Pearson	BRM P25	1958	10	+14.531
3	34	Barrie Baxter	BRM P48	1960	10	+43.556
4	56	Nick Wigley	Cooper T51	1959	10	+57.731
5	26	Tony Wood	Tec-Mec 250F	1958	10	+58.084
6	44	Eddie McGuire	Lotus 16	1958	10	+1:09.251
7	2	Ian Nuthall	Alta F2	1952	10	+1:26.249
8	14	Paul Grant	Cooper T23 (Mk2)	1953	10	+1:30.613
9	16	William Nuthall	Cooper T23 (Mk2)	1953	10	+1:31.015
10	24	Willi Balz	Maserati 250F	1958	10	+1:41.286
11	38	Marshall Bailey	JBW Type 1	1959	10	+1:53.910
12	8	Adrien van der Kroft	HWM-Alta F2/52	1952	9	+1 lap
13	50	Allan Miles	Cooper T41	1957	9	+1 lap
14	52	John Bussey	Cooper T43	1957	9	+1 lap
15	18	Steve Russell	Cooper T23 (Mk2)	1953	9	+1 lap
16	40	Wulf Goetze	Cooper T40 Bobtail	1955	9	+1 lap
17	10	Marc Valvekens	Gordini 16	1952	9	+1 lap
18	28	Beppe Gabbiani	Lancia Marino F1	1954	9	+1 lap
19	42	Duncan Dayton	Lotus 16	1959	8	+2 laps	1/2
20	20	Julia de Baldanza	Maserati A6GCM	1951	8	+2 laps
21	58	Marco Masini	Cooper T51	1959	8	+2 laps
22	4	Kurt Engelhorn	Connaught A	1953	8	+2 laps
23	62	Andrea Giuliani	Cooper T51	1961	7	+3 laps
24	48	John Chisholm	Lotus 18	1960	1	+9 laps
25	12	Barry Wood	Cooper T20 (Mk1)	1952	1	+9 laps
26	46	Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol	Lotus 16	1959	1	+9 laps
DNS	36	Tony Smith	Ferrari Dino 246	1960
DNS	54	Joe Twyman	Cooper T45	1958
Sources:^[4]

Série C: Pre 1953 Sports and Sports Prototypes Cars

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Year	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
1	66	Alex Buncombe	Jaguar C-Type	1952	10	20:59.385	1
2	28	John Ure	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica (Mk2)	1952	10	+30.282
3	68	Carlos Monteverde	Jaguar C-Type	1952	10	+54.621
4	56	Nick Wigley	Gordini T23S	1949	10	+1:07.852
5	64	David Wenman	Jaguar C-Type	1952	10	+1:24.972
6	78	Massimiliano Bettati	Allard J2X	1952	10	+1:28.135
7	8	Lutz Rathenow	Veritas RS2000	1948	10	+1:36.871
8	74	Mark Midgley	Aston Martin DB3	1952	10	+1:38.718
9	60	Nigel Webb	Jaguar C-Type	1952	10	+1:39.843
10	6	Dieter Quester	BMW 328	1937	10	+1:41.567
11	16	James Wood	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	1950	10	+1:42.410
12	12	Philip Champion	Frazer Nash Mille Miglia	1951	10	+2:06.750
13	72	Wolfgang Friedrichs	Aston Martin DB3	1952	10	+2:15.796
14	76	Martin Melling	Aston Martin DB3	1952	9	+1 lap
15	18	John Breslow	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica (Mk2)	1952	9	+1 lap
16	14	Holly Mason-Franchitti	Frazer Nash Competition	1949	9	+1 lap
17	10	Juan Quintano	Ferrari 166 MM	1950	9	+1 lap
18	2	Carlos de Miguel	OSCA MT4	1950	9	+1 lap
19	58	Najeeb Khan	Ferrari 225 S	1952	9	+1 lap
20	77	Alan Patterson	Allard J2X	1952	8	+2 laps
21	20	Patrick Blakeney-Edwards	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica (Mk2)	1952	5	+5 laps
22	80	Patrick Watts	Allard J2	1950	3	+7 laps
Sources:^[5]

Série D: 1961 - 1965, rear engined Grand Prix cars

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Year	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
1	9	Andy Middlehurst	Lotus 25	1962	12	23:42.253	1
2	19	Sidney Hoole	Cooper T66	1963	12	+9.759	3
3	14	Paul Drayson	Lotus 24	1962	12	+10.854	2
4	1	Roy Walzer	Brabham BT11	1964	12	+37.018
5	38	Alan Baillie	Cooper T71	1964	12	+40.962
6	8	Dan Collins	Lotus 21	1961	12	+41.832
7	12	Michel Wanty	Lotus 24	1962	12	+50.369
8	6	John Elliott	Lotus 18	1960	12	+1:18.907
9	36	Alex Morton	Lotus 21	1961	12	+1:34.388
10	22	David Coplowe	Lotus 24	1962	12	+1:35.296
11	2	Nigel Williams	Lotus 24	1962	12	+2:17.224
12	26	"Mister John of B"	Lola Mk4	1962	11	+1 lap
13	5	Jason Wright	ATS 100	1964	11	+1 lap
14	32	Rudolf Ernst	Lotus 18	1961	11	+1 lap
15	17	Jorge Ferioli	Lola Mk4	1962	11	+1 lap
16	30	Stephen Bond	Lotus 18	1961	11	+1 lap
17	28	Ross Zampatti	De Tomaso F1	1961	11	+1 lap
18	7	Scotty Taylor	Lotus 18	1961	11	+1 lap
19	40	Rodger Newman	Brabham BT14	1965	11	+1 lap
20	24	Brian Anthony Ashby	Emeryson F1	1961	11	+1 lap
21	4	Kurt DelBene	BRP-BRM	1964	10	+2 laps
22	34	Guy Peeters	Lotus 18/21	1961	2	+10 laps
23	10	Joe Colasacco	Ferrari 1512	1964	1	+11 laps
No lap	20	Douglas Mockett	Cooper T53	1961
DNS	11	Frank Sytner	Lotus 24	1962
DNS	18	John Delane	Scirocco-BRM	1962
Sources:^[6]

Série E: Pre 1973, Formula 1, 3 litre cars (1966 - 1972)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Year	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
1	8	Duncan Dayton	Brabham BT33	1970	18	32:06.566	22
2	27	Michael Fitzgerald	March 711	1971	18	+25.250
3	21	Andrew Smith	March 701	1970	18	+1:18.763	1
4	6	John Delane	Tyrrell 006	1972	18	+1:23.308
5	3	Bradley Hoyt	Ferrari 312	1969	18	+1:35.692
6	11	Roald Goethe	McLaren M14A	1970	17	+1 lap
7	23	Bruno Ferrari	March 701	1970	16	+2 laps
8	18	Robert Lamplough	BRM P180	1972	16	+2 laps
9	22	Cengiz Artam	March 701	1970	16	+2 laps
10	7	John Goodman	Ferrari 312B	1971	16	+2 laps
11	20	Christophe Caternet	Matra MS120B	1971	16	+2 laps
12	17	Chris MacAllister	Lotus 49	1967	16	+2 laps
13	24	Carlo Alberto Steinhauslin	Tecno PA123	1972	16	+2 laps
14	16	Graham Adelman	BRM P126	1968	16	+2 laps
15	10	Judith Lyons	Surtees TS9	1971	14	+4 laps
16	15	Scott Walker	McLaren M19A	1971	11	+7 laps
17	4	Fabien Giroix	Brabham BT26	1969	6	+12 laps
18	25	Manfredo Rossi di Montelera	Tecno PA123	1972	4	+14 laps
No lap		Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol	McLaren M19C	1972
No lap		Frank Sytner	March 721G	1972
DNS		Patrick van Heurck	Brabham BT26	1968
DNS		Roger Wills
Sources:^[7]

Série F: Pre 1979 Formula 1, 3 litre cars (1973-1978)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Year	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
1	31	Michael Lyons	Hesketh 308E	1977	14	28:33.034	1
2	8	Bobby Verdon-Roe	McLaren M26	1977	14	+50.240	2
3	26	Mauro Pane	Lola T370	1974	14	+1:11.870
4	19	Bob Berridge	Surtees TS16	1974	14	+1:34.139
5	4	Roger Wills	Tyrrell P34	1976	14	+1:52.978
6	28	Chris Drake	Penske PC3	1976	14	+1:54.174
7	40	Oliver Hancock	Surtees TS19	1976	13	+1 lap
8	29	Paul Knapfield	Penske PC3	1975	13	+1 lap
9	41	Rob Austin	Surtees TS19	1976	13	+1 lap
10	18	Hugues Taittinger	Surtees TS16	1974	13	+1 lap
11	30	Ron Maydon	Amon AF101	1974	13	+1 lap
12	34	Douglas Mockett	Penske PC4	1976	13	+1 lap
13	6	Nico Bindels	Lotus 77	1976	13	+1 lap
14	3	Hans Peter	Tyrrell 008	1978	13	+1 lap
15	25	Christian Vanhee	Token RJ02	1974	13	+1 lap
16	39	Mark Higson	March 761	1976	13	+1 lap
17	38	Rodrigo Gallego	March 761	1976	12	+2 laps
18	1	Andrew Beaumont	Lotus 76	1974	12	+2 laps
19	27	John McKenna	Parnelli VPJ4	1974	12	+2 laps
20	9	Charles Nearburg	March 761B	1976	12	+2 laps
21	37	Tommy Dreelan	March 761	1976	12	+2 laps
22	33	Frank Lyons	McLaren M26	1976	12	+2 laps
23	12	"Mister John of B"	Ferrari 312T	1975	12	+2 laps
24	15	Jeffrey Lewis	Tyrrell 007	1974	12	+2 laps
25	32	Luciano Quaggia	Theodore TR1	1978	11	+3 laps
26	23	Philippe Bonny	Trojan T103	1974	11	+3 laps
27	22	James Hagan	Ensign N177	1977	11	+3 laps
28	7	Christophe d'Ansembourg	McLaren M26	1976	10	+4 laps
29	36	Cosimo Turizio	Hesketh 308E	1977	2	+12 laps
No lap	21	Michael Fitzgerald	Williams FW05	1976
No lap	24	Stuart Hall	Hesketh 308	1975
Ret	10	Zak Brown	McLaren M26	1977
Ret	35	Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol	Ferrari 312T3	1978
DNS	5	Christopher Locke	Lotus 77	1976
DNS	11	Giancarlo Casoli	Ferrari 312T	1975
DNS	14	Alain Plasch	Fittipaldi F5A	1977
DNS	16	Yves Saguato	Shadow DN3	1974
DNS	17	Nicholas Colyvas	Shadow DN5	1975
DNS	20	Richard Carlino	Hesketh 308C	1975
Sources:^[8]

Série G: Pre 1985 Formula 3, 2000 cc

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Year	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
1	10	Ben Barker	Lola T670	1978	10	17:03.010	1
2	47		Ralt RT3	1984	10	+1.010	3
3	25	Paolo Barilla	Martini Mk34	1981	10	+2.697	2
4	32	Marc Faggionato	Martini Mk39	1983	10	+6.591
5	38	David Shaw	Ralt RT1	1978	10	+25.968
6	31	Grant Tromans	Martini Mk39	1983	10	+47.166
7	23	Jean-Pierre Eynard-Machet	Martini Mk31	1980	10	+51.570
8	5	Eje Elgh	Chevron B34	1977	10	+53.165
9	21	Frédéric Lajoux	Martini Mk34	1981	10	+55.382
10	6	Rob Moores	Chevron B34	1977	10	+56.240
11	48	Richard Hein	Ralt RT3	1984	10	+58.767
12	41	Sam Hancock	Ralt RT1	1977	10	+1:01.213
13	3	Pierre Lemasson	Chevron B34	1976	10	+1:01.786
14	40	Roland Wiltschegg	Ralt RT1	1976	10	+1:12.427
15	36	Stefano Rosina	Osella F3A	1976	10	+1:12.657
16	37	Bo Warmenius	Ralt RT1	1976	10	+1:13.074
17	28	Éric Martin	Martini Mk37	1982	10	+1:15.400
18	22	Laurent Vallery-Masson	Martini Mk21B	1978	10	+1:17.141
19	27	Frédéric Leclerc	Martini Mk37	1982	10	+1:17.776
20	8	Michel Gendre	Chevron B47B	1979	10	+1:46.641
21	14	Marcus Mussa	March 743	1974	10	+1:47.479
22	30	Patrice Lafargue	Martini Mk39	1983	10	+1:49.871
23	2	Marco Zrihen	Argo JM1	1978	10	+2:28.274
24	9	Walter Meloni	Dallara 380	1980	10	+2:28.944
25	12	Richard Piper	March 743	1974	10	+2:29.520
26	34	Richard Smeeton	Modus M1	1975	10	+3:34.749
27	16	Valerio Leone	March 783	1978	9	+1 lap
28	1	Pietro Vergnano	Alba AR1F3	1981	9	+1 lap
29	18	Jonathan Price	March 783/793	1978	9	+1 lap
30	33	Fabrice Porte	Martini Mk39	1983	9	+1 lap
31	39	Nicolas Minazzoli	Ralt RT1	1976	8	+2 laps
32	11	Pierre Mare	March 743	1974	8	+2 laps
33	24	Nathan Kinch	Martini Mk34	1981	6	+4 laps
34	42	Fabrice Notari	Ralt RT3	1983	5	+5 laps
35	44	Paul Lamic	Ralt RT3	1983	5	+5 laps
36	43	Richard Eyre	Ralt RT3	1982	2	+8 laps
No lap	15	Palle Ringstrom	March 753	1975
DNS	17	John Clark	March 783	1978
DNS	45	Ivan Scotti	Ralt RT3	1983
Sources:^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 Monaco Historic Grand Prix - Report and 300-shot Gallery (2 galleries). ultimatecarpage.com. 17 May 2021. Wouter. Melissen. https://web.archive.org/web/20210314185118/https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/event/305/2012-Monaco-Historic-Grand-Prix.html. 14 March 2021. live.
2. Monaco Grand Prix Historique. Motor Sport. 26. July 2012. 17 May 2021.
3. Web site: A-classement_GPH2012pdf.pdf. acm.mc. 11 May 2021. 15 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20170725092234/http://acm.mc/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/A-classement_GPH2012pdf.pdf. 25 July 2017. live.
4. Web site: B-Classement_GPH2012pdf.pdf. acm.mc. 11 May 2021. 13 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20170725041949/http://acm.mc/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/B-Classement_GPH2012pdf.pdf. 25 July 2017. live.
5. Web site: C-Classement_GPH2012pdf.pdf. acm.mc. 11 May 2021. 13 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20170725085252/http://acm.mc/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/C-Classement_GPH2012pdf.pdf. 25 July 2017. live.
6. Web site: D-Classement_GPH2012pdf.pdf. acm.mc. 11 May 2021. 13 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20170725054641/http://acm.mc/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/D-Classement_GPH2012pdf.pdf. 25 July 2017. live.
7. Web site: E-Classement_GPH2012pdf.pdf. acm.mc. 11 May 2021. 15 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20170725105301/http://acm.mc/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/E-Classement_GPH2012pdf.pdf. 25 July 2017. live.
8. Web site: F-Classement_GPH2012pdf.pdf. acm.mc. 11 May 2021. 13 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20170725155346/http://acm.mc/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/F-Classement_GPH2012pdf.pdf. 25 July 2017. live.
9. Web site: G-Classement_GPH2012pdf.pdf. acm.mc. 11 May 2021. 15 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20170725204841/http://acm.mc/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/G-Classement_GPH2012pdf.pdf. 25 July 2017. live.