Once every two years, the streets of Monte-Carlo trade the modern Formula 1 caravan for something far more poetic: a parade of legends. The 15th edition of the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique brought 205 machines spanning six decades of racing back to the Principality, each one a chapter in the story of motorsport itself. There is something singularly intoxicating about watching pre-war Bugattis and Alfa Romeos thread through Sainte-Dévote, the same corner where, fifty years ago, Niki Lauda guided his Ferrari 312T to victory. The very same barriers, the very same hairpin, and now the very same cars, not behind ropes in a museum, but unleashed exactly as they were designed to be. This year, Maranello took center stage. Twelve Ferraris graced the grid in honour of the 50th anniversary of Lauda’s triumph and the 75th since the Scuderia’s first Formula 1 victory back in 1951. Add to that Jean Alesi behind the wheel of a 1969 Ferrari 312, the McLaren M23s, the Maserati 250Fs, and, newly a...