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23-489: In 1909 the Automobile Club de Monaco ( Sport Automobile Vélocipédique Monégasque ) started planning a car rally at the behest of Albert I, Prince of Monaco . The Monte Carlo Rally was to start at points all over Europe and converge on Monte Carlo. In January 1911 23 cars set out from 11 different locations and Henri Rougier was among the nine who left Paris to cover a 1,020 kilometres (634 mi) route. The event

46-619: A circuit around the streets of Monaco , and the ACM was promptly admitted to the AIACR. The Monaco Grand Prix was part of the European Championship in the 1930s, and was included in the inaugural Formula One World Championship in 1950. The Grand Prix has been held continuously since 1955, and despite minor modifications over the years, it is still largely run over the same circuit as the inaugural race in 1929. The ACM also organises

69-444: A new car for 2007. More blows to manufacturer involvement in the series followed when Mitsubishi and Škoda announced the withdrawal of their factory teams. However, the 2006 season would see Citroën and Škoda continue as the semi-works teams Kronos Citroën and Red Bull Škoda Team , respectively. The video game WRC: Rally Evolved was based on this season. Drivers' and co-drivers' helmets are now required to be equipped with

92-414: A record 56 points ahead of Subaru 's Petter Solberg and Peugeot 's Marcus Grönholm . Loeb also set several other records during the season. He won ten world rallies, beating the previous record of six held by him ( 2004 ) and Didier Auriol ( 1992 ). He also took six consecutive wins, beating Timo Salonen 's 20-year-old record of four. Peugeot's Markko Märtin retired after his co-driver Michael Park

115-411: A single stage of the rally), this event places a big emphasis on tyre choices, as a driver has to balance the need for grip on ice and snow with the need for grip on dry tarmac. For the driver, this is often a difficult choice as the tyres that work well on snow and ice normally perform poorly on dry tarmac. The Automobile Club de Monaco confirmed on 19 July 2010 that the 79th Monte-Carlo Rally would form

138-472: A steep and tight mountain road with many hairpin turns . On this 31 km route it passes over the Col de Turini , a mountain pass road which normally has ice and/or snow on sections of it at that time of the year. Spectators also throw snow on the road—in 2005 , Marcus Grönholm and Petter Solberg both ripped a wheel off their cars when they skidded on snow probably placed there by spectators, and crashed into

161-470: A wall. Grönholm went on to finish fifth, but Solberg was forced to retire as the damage to his car was extensive. In the same event , Sébastien Loeb set one of the fastest times in the modern era, with 21 minutes 40 seconds. Sospel has an elevation of 479 m and the D70 has a maximum elevation of 1603 m, for an average gradient of 6.7%. The Turini is also driven at night, with thousands of fans watching

184-642: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2005 World Rally Championship season The 2005 World Rally Championship was the 33rd season in the FIA World Rally Championship . The season began on January 21 with the Monte-Carlo Rally and ended on November 13 with the Rally Australia . In the drivers' world championship , Citroën Total 's Sébastien Loeb successfully defended his title, finishing

207-678: The FIA ecoRally Cup . Automobile Club de Monaco The Automobile Club de Monaco is a motoring club based in Monaco . The club serves as the governing body for motorsport within Monaco, and organises the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix and Monte Carlo Rally . It is a member of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile , representing Monaco as a mobility and sporting club. Founded in 1890 as an association of cyclists,

230-696: The Historic Grand Prix of Monaco , a series of races for historic Grand Prix cars held over the Circuit de Monaco, and the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique classic rally . Other motorsport events held by the club include the Monaco ePrix and the Junior Monaco Kart Cup . This article about sports in Monaco is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Auto racing-related article

253-746: The Sport Vélocipédique Monégasque , the club began to incorporate motorists in 1907 and was renamed the Sport Vélocipédique et Automobile Monégasque . Alexandre Noghès, the SVAM's president, started planning the principality's first international motorsport event, the Monte Carlo Rally , at the behest of Albert I, Prince of Monaco . The rally would start at points across Europe, and converge on Monaco to finish. The club ceased to organise cycling events following

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276-717: The "Night of Turini", also known as the " Night of the Long Knives " due to the strong high beam lights cutting through the night. In the 2007 edition of the rally , the Turini was not used, but it returned for the 2008 route . For both the 2009 and 2010 event the stage was run at night and shown live on Eurosport . From its introduction in 1953 to 1972 the Rallye was part of the European Rally Championship , except in 1968 and 1969. From 1973 to 2008

299-595: The First World War and was renamed the Automobile Club de Monaco in 1925. The ACM applied to the AIACR (the forerunner to the FIA) to be upgraded from a regional French club to a full national member, but had their application refused because no motorsport event was held entirely within Monaco's borders. Antony Noghès , the son of the club's President, organised the inaugural Monaco Grand Prix in 1929 on

322-470: The opening round of the new Intercontinental Rally Challenge season. To mark the centenary event, the Automobile Club de Monaco has also confirmed that Glasgow, Barcelona, Warsaw and Marrakesh have been selected as start points for the rally. This rally features one of the most famous special stages in the world. The stage is run from La Bollène-Vésubie to Sospel , or the other way around, over

345-706: The rally was held in January as the first event of the FIA World Rally Championship , but between 2009 and 2011 it has been the opening round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) programme, a championship for N/A 4WD cars, before returning to the WRC championship season again in 2012 . As recently as 1991 , competitors were able to choose their starting points from approximately five venues roughly equidistant from Monte Carlo (one of Monaco's administrative areas) itself. Year in italic

368-628: The rally was held in January as the first event of the FIA World Rally Championship , but between 2009 and 2011 it was the opening round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) programme, a championship for N/A 4WD cars, before returning to the WRC championship season again in 2012 . As recently as 1991 , competitors were able to choose their starting points from approximately five venues roughly equidistant from Monte Carlo (one of Monaco's administrative areas) itself. With often varying conditions at each starting point (typically comprising dry tarmac , wet tarmac, snow, and ice, sometimes all in

391-531: The series production version of each models sold to the public. This elevated Pauli Toivonen (Citroën ID) into first place overall. Rosemary Smith (Hillman Imp) was also disqualified from sixth place, after winning the Coupe des Dames , the ladies' class. In all, ten cars were disqualified. Teams threatened to boycott the event. The headline in Motor Sport read "The Monte Carlo Fiasco". From 1973 to 2008

414-463: Was fatally injured in their crash at the Wales Rally GB . Citroën took the manufacturers' title for the third year in a row, well ahead of Subaru and Ford . PSA Peugeot Citroën still went ahead with their plan to withdraw both Citroën and Peugeot from the series at the end of the season - although Citroën's departure later became a sabbatical as they spent the following year developing

437-420: Was a classic touring rally held annually from 2017 to 2022. It took place at the same time as the historic rally, and was open to cars from the 1910s through the early 1960s. The Monte Carlo E-Rally (officially E-Rallye Monte-Carlo ) is a regularity rally for alternative fuel vehicles , held annually under different names from 1995 to 1999 and later since 2005. It currently takes place in late October as part of

460-420: Was a special Team prize. First winners were the three Allards of Potter, Godsall and Imhof. Simca, Delahaye, Sunbeam-Talbot, Jaguar were subsequent winners. Sydney Allard – as the first and only winner driving his own car – was driving a "works" car in 1952, but Gatsonides also participated in a factory prepared Ford Zephyr in 1953, a year that saw no fewer than eight factory backed Sunbeam-Talbots. The 1966 event

483-444: Was not WRC event The Monte Carlo Historic Rally (officially Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique ) is a classic regularity rally held annually since 1998. The event currently takes place one week after the contemporary rally, and is open for car models from the 1960s through the early 1980s that participated in earlier editions of the original race. The Classic Monte-Carlo Classic Rally (officially Rallye Monte-Carlo Classique )

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506-453: Was the most controversial in the history of the Rally. The first four finishers, driving three Mini-Coopers , Timo Mäkinen , Rauno Aaltonen and Paddy Hopkirk , and Roger Clark 's 4th-placed Ford Cortina were all disqualified because they used non-dipping single filament quartz iodine bulbs in their headlamps, in place of the standard double filament dipping glass bulbs, which are fitted to

529-528: Was won by Rougier in a Turcat-Méry 25 Hp . The rally comprised both driving and then somewhat arbitrary judging based on the elegance of the car, passenger comfort and the condition in which it arrived in the principality. The outcry of scandal when the results were published changed nothing, so Rougier was proclaimed the first winner. Following the Second World War, works or works-supported teams became more and more important. From 1949 onwards, there

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