The other major events of the year

  • The Ballets de Monte-Carlo
    October 2024
  • Monte-Carlo Jazz Festival
    November 2024
  • Festival International du Cirque
    January 2025
  • WRC Rallye Monte-Carlo
    January 2025
  • Rallye de Monte-Carlo Historique
    January 2025
  • Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters
    April 2025
  • Monaco E-Prix
    May 2025
  • Top Marques Monaco
    May 2025
  • Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix
    May 2025

Rallye de Monte-Carlo Historique

Taking place shortly after the WRC Monte-Carlo Rally, the Rallye de Monte-Carlo Historique will see classic cars compete over a series of regularity stages between 29 January and 5 February 2025, navigating a route that promises to be as eclectic and authentic as ever.

Respect for tradition and the heritage of the WRC

Just four days after the 93rd WRC Monte-Carlo Rally comes to a close, the competitors approved to race in the 27th Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique will set out from Bad Homburg, Reims, Monte-Carlo, and Turin. Their first destination will be the Champ de Mars in Valence, the capital of France’s Drôme département, and one of the traditional city stages visited by this classic rally. The field will be looking to arrive in Valence by the afternoon of Friday 31 January.

In keeping with previous years, the 2025 Rally will consist mainly of regularity stages, a feature that has produced some of the greatest moments in the event’s history. Fans can look forward to a fierce contest as a big field of contenders battle it out to dethrone Michel Decremer and Jennifer Hugo, winners of the 2024 event in their 1979  Opel Ascona 400.

They will have to navigate an equally exacting route. As usual, the Rallye Historique is reserved exclusively for cars that took part in the Monte-Carlo Rally between 1911 and 1983.

The itinerary for this 27th Rallye includes some legendary stages, most of which are also part of the route taken by the WRC World Championship sister event. One of those is the final special stage "La Bollène-Vésubie – Moulinet / SR 17", featuring the majestic Col de Turini pass (1607 m).

This Rallye Historique, under the High Patronage of Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Monaco, and organised by the Automobile Club de Monaco, is part of the FIA international calendar.

 

Unlike the WRC Monte-Carlo Rally, the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique takes place on public roads, and teams are strictly required to obey local traffic laws in each country they pass through, at every stage of the competition.

At the end, the penalties collected along the route (for speeding, failing to follow the rules, taking an incorrect route, etc.) are converted into points.  The team with the smallest points total tops the final rankings and is declared the winner.

 

Visit the ACM website for the official programme of the event.

Photo credits: ©ACM / Promo Pub / Serge Gleize