Grimaldi Forum Summer Show Puts a Century of Monaco Racing on Display
By Zak Jackson, MonacoViews Editorial
Around fifty historic competition cars, each with a genuine Monaco Rallye or Grand Prix entry to their name, form the centrepiece of the Grimaldi Forum's summer 2026 exhibition.
The Grimaldi Forum's summer exhibition for 2026 brings together roughly fifty vehicles of genuine historical significance, every one of them a verified competitor in either the Rallye de Monaco or the Monaco Grand Prix at some point during the twentieth century. The collection spans the full arc of motorsport development, from the earliest days of the Rallye to the ground-effect and turbo era of Formula 1, making it one of the most coherent single-venue surveys of Monaco racing history assembled in recent years.
The premise is straightforward but effective: the cars are not simply beautiful objects but primary documents, each one linked to a specific chapter in the Principality's relationship with motor racing. Visitors who know the Circuit de Monaco well will recognise chassis that actually negotiated Sainte-Dévote, Casino Square and the tunnel when the events were live, rather than replicas or lookalike display cars.
The exhibition runs through the summer season at the Grimaldi Forum on the Avenue Princesse Grace. For residents and property owners who consider the Grand Prix part of Monaco's civic identity rather than just a spectacle, it offers an unusually grounded way to revisit that history away from the noise and crowds of race weekend itself.