Monte Carlo Rally

Monte Carlo Rally

When you say rally, you often automatically mean Rally Monte Carlo. Almost everyone knows what is probably the most famous rally of all time. With more than 500 photos on 400 pages, the first big A to Z about the classic of rallying is now published. The McKlein team with its photographers and specialist authors such as Michel Lizin and the Monte participant John Davenport searched thoroughly in the memory boxes and photo archives and found more than what they were looking for. The result is a visually stunning pleasure and reading book with the best of 110 years and 90 rallies.

What do apple pie, snow flurries and freaky spectators have in common? All played a role in the great colorful Monte Circus, and they all appear. The pastries were once made for crews in the Ardèche, and the Monte is as legendary for the weather as it is for the enthusiastic public. The rally is an almost inexhaustible source of anecdotes, drama and fate. It's about involuntary and intentionally chosen shortcuts, there's a suitcase full of spikes that spends the night at customs in London, a passenger is forgotten, there's buses and taxis, Michel Lizin describes the ride with Hannu Mikkola on Burzet- Recce - clutching the roll bar in the seatless rear. Who still knows today that the “wiggle-woggle”, a simple test of skill, was once decisive for Monte? Or that there were points for the most comfortable furnishings? And of course all the classics are included, from Alpine to Zephyr for the cars, from Antraigues to the Col de Turini for the legendary locations.

Come with us on the longest journeys, through the wildest snowstorms and go on the treacherous ice. Defy stubborn inspectors, experience the magic of night trials and scramble to the best secret spots close to the track. There is also a comprehensive review of the rallies, from 1949 to 2021 year after year.

Technical specifications:

Publisher: McKlein
Publishing Authors: John Davenport, Colin McMaster, Michel Lizin, Reinhard Klein
Format: 29 x 29 cm
Hardcover in slipcase: 400 pages
Text: German, English, French
Photos: 340 in color and 200 in black and white