{"id":19658,"date":"2019-04-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/bugatti-victory-in-monaco-1929\/"},"modified":"2020-10-05T19:51:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:51:37","slug":"bugatti-victory-in-monaco-1929","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/bugatti-victory-in-monaco-1929\/","title":{"rendered":"Bugatti victory in Monaco 1929"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Put yourself back to April 14, 1929. You can’t? Okay, then just follow us into this little piece of history. According to the Gregorian calender, as we usually use it in Western Europe, it is the 104th day of the year. But we aren’t interested in any trifles that happened around the world on that date mentioned above, we instead have a look at the very first Grand Prix de Monaco, which was held in 1929 for racing cars in the heart of Monte Carlo.

Today, the Grand Prix de Monaco is one of the season highlights of the Formula 1 season and is probably the most famous race in the world besides the 500 Miles of Indianapolis and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The idea for this city race came from Anthony Nogh\u00e8s, who was General Commissioner of the Monaco Motor Club in the 1920s. It took him several years to convince all important personalities in his home country, including the reigning Prince Louis II, of this plan. From 20 drivers originally listed, 16 started into the race. In contrast to the present time, the starting positions weren’t given to the fastest drivers in time training, but distributed by lottery.<\/p>\n\n\n

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