Editing Monaco Grand Prix (section)

===Pre-war===
[[File:René Dreyfus à la chicane du quai Albert 1er, Grand Prix de Monaco 1935.jpg|thumb|left|1935 Grand Prix]]
[[File:Grand Prix de Monaco 1936, carambolage à La Chicane sous la pluie (G. à D. Tadini, Trossi, von Brauchitsch, Farina et Chiron).jpg|thumb|The 1936 Monaco Grand Prix]]
The race quickly grew in importance after its inception. Because of the high number of races which were being termed 'Grands Prix', the AIACR formally recognised the most important race of each of its affiliated national automobile clubs as International Grands Prix, or ''[[Grandes Épreuves]]'', and in 1933 Monaco was ranked as such alongside the [[French Grand Prix|French]], [[Belgian Grand Prix|Belgian]], [[Italian Grand Prix|Italian]], and [[Spanish Grand Prix|Spanish]] Grands Prix.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp3301.htm |title=The Golden Era 1933 |access-date=17 February 2007 |author1=Snellman, Leif |author2=Etzrodt, Hans |name-list-style=amp |date=14 January 2007 |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109152552/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp3301.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[1933 Monaco Grand Prix|That year's race]] was the first Grand Prix in which grid positions were decided, as they are now, by practice time rather than the established method of [[ballot]]ing. The race saw [[Achille Varzi]] and [[Tazio Nuvolari]] exchange the lead many times before the race settled in Varzi's favour on the final lap when Nuvolari's car caught fire.<ref name="strangestraces">{{cite book| last = Tibballs | first = Geoff | title = Motor-Racing's Strangest Races | url = https://archive.org/details/motorracingsstra0000tibb | url-access = registration | publisher = Robson Books | year = 2001
 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/motorracingsstra0000tibb/page/95 95]–97
 | isbn = 1-86105-411-4 }}</ref>

The race became a round of the new [[European Championship (auto racing)|European Championship]] in 1936, when stormy weather and a broken oil line led to a series of crashes, eliminating the [[Mercedes-Benz in motorsport|Mercedes-Benz]]es of Chiron, [[Luigi Fagioli|Fagioli]], and [[Manfred von Brauchitsch|von Brauchitsch]], as well as [[Bernd Rosemeyer]]'s ''Typ C'' for newcomer [[Auto Union racing car|Auto Union]]; [[Rudolf Caracciola]], proving the truth of his nickname, ''Regenmeister'' (Rainmaster), went on to win.<ref>Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. ''World of Automobiles'' (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p. 1383.</ref> In 1937, von Brauchitsch duelled Caracciola before coming out on top.<ref>Kettlewell, p. 1383.</ref> It was the last prewar ''Grand Prix'' at Monaco, for in 1938, the lack of profits for organisers, and demand for nearly £500 (approximately £{{Inflation|index=GBP|value=500|start_year=1938|r=-3}} adjusted to {{Inflation/year|index=UK}} inflation{{Inflation/fn|UK}}) in appearance money per top entrant led AIACR to cancel the event, while looming war overtook it in 1939, and the [[Second World War]] ended organised racing in Europe until 1945.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hodges |first1=David |title=The Monaco Grand Prix |date=1964 |page=3}}</ref>

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