Amazing F1 history set for Monterey Reunion
Next week’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will celebrate the 75th anniversary of Formula 1 with a stellar collection of grand prix cars that contributed to the sport’s global rise since the first championship was held in 1950.
Set for placement in a F1 75th Anniversary paddock display behind Turn 3, more than a dozen F1 cars are headed to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca to complement dozens of others that will take part in the Mario Andretti Trophy F1 races for cars from 1966-1985, and form a special exhibition group that lap the famed 2.3-mile road course.
Among the highlights for the exhibition group, Honda and Williams are bringing Nigel Mansell’s 1986 FW11 which will have a featured guest driver to wield the 1.5-liter twin-turbo V6 engine that made more than 1000hp in its day.
The event, which has 2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button as its grand marshal, opens on Wednesday, August 13 and runs through Sunday the 17th.
F1 75th Anniversary Display
F1 75th Anniversary Display
- 1956 Maserati 250F (Stirling Moss won the Italian GP at Monza)
- 1962 Porsche 804 (Dan Gurney won the French GP in 1962. This is Porsche only win as a constructor in F1)
- 1964 BRM P-261 (Graham Hill won Watkins Glen twice-64/65 and the Monaco-65)
- 1965 Honda RA272 (Richie Ginther won at the Mexican GP marking Honda’s 1st F1 win. It was also Goodyear’s 1st F1 win)
- 1967 Lotus Type 49 (Jim Clark won Dutch GP, British and Watkins Glen in 1967)
- 1974 McLaren M23-05 (Emerson Fittipaldi won McLaren’s 1st F1 world championship – constructors' and drivers')
- 1978 Lotus Type 79 (Mario Andretti won the championship in 1978 with 5 victories U2013 2 wins in this chassis at Zandvoort and Brands Hatch)
- 1983 Williams FW08C (Keke Rosberg won the 1983 Monaco GP)
- 1984 Toleman Hart TG184 (Rookie Ayrton Senna’s first career podium with a 2nd at Monaco)
- 1984 McLaren MP4-2/01 (Niki Lauda won McLaren’s 3rd drivers’ championship and 2nd constructors' championship with 5 wins in this chassis)
- 1988 McLaren MP4/4 (Alain Prost won 7 races and finished 2nd in the championship in 1988)
- 1992 McLaren MP4/7A (This car had 5 wins: Senna-3 and Gerhard Berger-2)
- 2009 Brawn BGP001 (Jenson Button won 6 races and championship in 2009)
- 2019 Toro Rosso STR14 (Rookie Alex Albon ran the first half of the season before switching to Red Bull, with Pierre Gasly returning to Toro Rosso with his best finish of 2nd in Brazil)
- 2024 McLaren MCL38/02 (Lando Norris won 3 races and McLaren won the constructors’ championship in 2024)
