Q 01/05

In which year was the first Monaco Grand Prix held?

A) 1929

B) 1950

C) 1936

D) 1946

Answer · why

A) 1929

It was an invitation-only race run on 14 April; the leading Maserati and Alfa Romeo drivers stayed away.

Q 02/05

Who organised the first race in 1929 through the Automobile Club de Monaco?

A) Louis Chiron

B) Antony Noghès

C) Prince Louis II

D) Ettore Bugatti

Answer · why

B) Antony Noghès

He needed a race wholly inside Monaco to win the club full national status; he is also credited with proposing the chequered flag to end races.

Q 03/05

The 1929 winner raced under a one-word pseudonym. What was his real name?

A) Philippe de Rothschild

B) Rudolf Caracciola

C) William Grover-Williams

D) René Dreyfus

Answer · why

C) William Grover-Williams

He drove a works Bugatti Type 35B; Caracciola came from fifteenth to second in a 7-litre Mercedes SSK despite losing four and a half minutes in the pi...

Q 04/05

Which Monégasque driver won the 1931 race and remained the only home winner for 93 years?

A) Olivier Beretta

B) André Testut

C) Charles Leclerc

D) Louis Chiron

Answer · why

D) Louis Chiron

He missed the first race because he was committed to the Indianapolis 500; the Bugatti Chiron hypercar is named after him.

Q 05/05

The 1933 Monaco Grand Prix was the first Grand Prix to set the grid by what method?

A) A ballot

B) Engine size

C) Practice times

D) Championship order

Answer · why

C) Practice times

Varzi and Nuvolari swapped the lead many times until Nuvolari's car caught fire on the last lap.