Cool Dirk! I was there two years ago and also had a GREAT time! I'm looking forward to your pictures!!!!!!! Grtx, Edvar
So i'm walking around in Monaco...
so as some of you know i went to Monaco for a couple of days this weekend to cover the Historique Grand Prix there.
so i got on a plane friday early morning, and it started already VERY good, cuz who comes and sit on the sam row as me??
JACKY ICKX
, needless to say that i got his signature again.
but that meaned i was in Nice early and before noon in Monaco wich left me with a couple of free hours to wonder around in Monaco, and i must say that is still a sportscars heaven. in the about 3 hours that i walked around i saw about 15 Ferrari's driving around, only about 4 Lambo's an insane amount of Bentley's, and a lot of Continental GT's there already. the amount of porsche's there isn't even worth mentioning anymore, same goes for AMG's.
but hey, i wasn't there for that "normal" stuff (well, there it's normal :nuts: ), so moving on to the classics, my favourite kind, an incredible turn-up entered in the races, ranging in Serie's A (GP cars before 1947) several great Bugatti's, Maserati's and Alfa's, even an Alfa 12C-37, pretty rare and very cool.
Serie B (front engined GP cars from 1947-1960) wich saw 1 Ferrari 555 (only one that's still beeing used) and an insanelly amount of Maserati 250 F's wich i really love, normally you are lucky to see 1 and here there where 9 :green:
Serie C (sports cars before 1953) now here's the cool line-up
here we had no less then 7 Ferrrari's on the grid (out of 35), couple of Jag C-Type's of wich one was driven by Sir Stirling Moss, a couple of Frazer Nash's, also very notable was Phill Hill driving an Alfa, not that he finished but he was there and i got his signature aswell
Serie D was boring
Serie E (rear engined GP cars from 1954-1965)
well nothing that i haven't seen before, but i do love those Brabhams, Lotus's & Cooper's racing in that class
Serie F (GP cars 1966-1976), now those are some serious sweet F1 cars, a couple of my fav's where the Tyrrel's 4 present of wich 2 of them where the 6 wheelers wich is very rare to see, and those guys have some amazing sound, it's wonderfull hearing them scream by
then as an extra class there was a Ferrari F1 parade
wich saw Jacky Ixkc driving his old 312B2, an ex Villeneuve 312T3 of wich the owner uses the Villeneuve helmet, looks great in the pics.
and defenitly my fav of the bunch the Tasmann Dino 246.
i did see Gerhard Berger walking around also, but couldn't get to him in time for a signature
so all by all, a very cool weekend, and i got a pretty nice tan aswell :wink:
oh yeah, Jacky Ixkc was also on the same plane on the way back this morning
so i got on a plane friday early morning, and it started already VERY good, cuz who comes and sit on the sam row as me??
JACKY ICKX
, needless to say that i got his signature again.but that meaned i was in Nice early and before noon in Monaco wich left me with a couple of free hours to wonder around in Monaco, and i must say that is still a sportscars heaven. in the about 3 hours that i walked around i saw about 15 Ferrari's driving around, only about 4 Lambo's an insane amount of Bentley's, and a lot of Continental GT's there already. the amount of porsche's there isn't even worth mentioning anymore, same goes for AMG's.
but hey, i wasn't there for that "normal" stuff (well, there it's normal :nuts: ), so moving on to the classics, my favourite kind, an incredible turn-up entered in the races, ranging in Serie's A (GP cars before 1947) several great Bugatti's, Maserati's and Alfa's, even an Alfa 12C-37, pretty rare and very cool.
Serie B (front engined GP cars from 1947-1960) wich saw 1 Ferrari 555 (only one that's still beeing used) and an insanelly amount of Maserati 250 F's wich i really love, normally you are lucky to see 1 and here there where 9 :green:
Serie C (sports cars before 1953) now here's the cool line-up
here we had no less then 7 Ferrrari's on the grid (out of 35), couple of Jag C-Type's of wich one was driven by Sir Stirling Moss, a couple of Frazer Nash's, also very notable was Phill Hill driving an Alfa, not that he finished but he was there and i got his signature aswell
Serie D was boring
Serie E (rear engined GP cars from 1954-1965)
well nothing that i haven't seen before, but i do love those Brabhams, Lotus's & Cooper's racing in that class
Serie F (GP cars 1966-1976), now those are some serious sweet F1 cars, a couple of my fav's where the Tyrrel's 4 present of wich 2 of them where the 6 wheelers wich is very rare to see, and those guys have some amazing sound, it's wonderfull hearing them scream by
then as an extra class there was a Ferrari F1 parade
wich saw Jacky Ixkc driving his old 312B2, an ex Villeneuve 312T3 of wich the owner uses the Villeneuve helmet, looks great in the pics.
and defenitly my fav of the bunch the Tasmann Dino 246.
i did see Gerhard Berger walking around also, but couldn't get to him in time for a signature
so all by all, a very cool weekend, and i got a pretty nice tan aswell :wink:
oh yeah, Jacky Ixkc was also on the same plane on the way back this morning
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some momento's from monaco
the first place i went to was Ferrari Monaco, i wonder why that is :wink:
really friendly people there, they just let you walk into the garage to take some pics, it's actually one of the bigger garages there since there isn't much room around
and ofcourse with 2 Enzo's inside it's defenitly fun to visit
actually yesterday (21/05/04) there where 5 Enzo's in Monaco
the first place i went to was Ferrari Monaco, i wonder why that is :wink:
really friendly people there, they just let you walk into the garage to take some pics, it's actually one of the bigger garages there since there isn't much room around
and ofcourse with 2 Enzo's inside it's defenitly fun to visit
actually yesterday (21/05/04) there where 5 Enzo's in Monaco
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ofcourse you have to pay a visit to the harbor, you can't miss it :wink: , and then you notice how little boat's that are there that are actually registered in Monaco
it has some amazing vieuws around there, but unforntunually i didn't had an extra day to stay around and enjoy all of it, since i was too busy getting track pics.
it's kinda funny if you look where you have to walk here to get to some spots, you are walking straight next to the water, one wrong step and you are swimming
it has some amazing vieuws around there, but unforntunually i didn't had an extra day to stay around and enjoy all of it, since i was too busy getting track pics.
it's kinda funny if you look where you have to walk here to get to some spots, you are walking straight next to the water, one wrong step and you are swimming
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and then the cars, well that city just isn't normal of what you see driving there, name it, and it's probably there.
another photographer was sitting on a teracce on thursday when he heard some sweet noises, and what blast by him??
a black enzo followed by a yellow enzo an F40 and trailing behind a white porsche GT1
the fun part is when you are walking around there, you see tons of stuff driving, but also plenty of stuff parked, i was suprised what a Bentley city it actually is there
another photographer was sitting on a teracce on thursday when he heard some sweet noises, and what blast by him??
a black enzo followed by a yellow enzo an F40 and trailing behind a white porsche GT1
the fun part is when you are walking around there, you see tons of stuff driving, but also plenty of stuff parked, i was suprised what a Bentley city it actually is there
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I like the Smart!
Hey, excellent photos, Dirk! They look great, and the atmosphere around Monaco just sounds fantastic. Oh how I would love to go over there within the next few years. I can only dream right now though. Looks great!
And that dealer, looks pretty big for such a small city. But of course well all know that small city has more money in it that some countries!
And that dealer, looks pretty big for such a small city.
But of course well all know that small city has more money in it that some countries!
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