Monte Centenary
The 2011 Monte Carlo Historic Rally will celebrate the event’s centenary with a completely new itinerary for the concentration legs. The organising committee of the Historic Rally has elected to honour the early days of the Monte by replacing the usual start points with three historic starting cities. They have selected Glasgow, Marrakech and Warsaw from several candidate cities, adding two intermediate starting points, Barcelona and Reims, for very old cars or those with small engine capacities. The rally will run from January 26 to 2 February 2011.
Michel Ferry, President of the Historic Vehicle Committee, explained: “We have been working hard since February on the best way of celebrating 100 years of the Monte Carlo Rally. We wanted this year to stand out from previous years, and so decided to choose famous departure towns from our early history. We also wanted to cater for smaller-engined cars, which is why we added two intermediate start points.”
As last year, contestants will gather in the Principality of Monaco, and then head off to Saint-Andre des Alpes for the start of the first Regularity Stage: “Touet de l’Escarene – Col de Braus, Col de Castillon” (Alpes-Maritimes), before returning to the Parc Fermé in Monaco.
This most prestigious of historic rallies will round off with a closing gala ceremony for all contestants, held at the Monte-Carlo Sporting d’Eté.
For all further information, please contact: Mélanie Bastide Historic Vehicles Committee, Tel: +377.9315.6111 Email: historique(at)acm.mc
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