Hotel Mirabeau

Luigi Villoresi stirs his Ferrari 125 past the Hotel Mirabeau during the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix. The Italian qualified his Ferrari in fifth position, charged his way from the back of the field after being delayed by the pile-up that happened on the first lap 1, but did not finish. Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo) won the 100-lap race from pole position.

Luigi Villoresi (1909-1997) was an Italian racing driver who competed in Formula One for the Ferrari, Maserati, Lancia and Centro Sud teams between 1950 and 1956. He contested 34 Formula One Grand Prix and achieved eight podiums and one fastest lap, finishing fifth in the 1951 and 1953 World Drivers’ Championships with Ferrari.