The first rally was held from 15 to 18 January 1988, over a selection of routes run by earlier Monte-Carlo Rallies - the number of participants was capped at 60.

The race quickly became a hit and is now considered by drivers as the number one winter historic road race. It attracts increasing numbers of amateurs and former Monte-Carlo Rally drivers, keen to experience the legendary circuit for themselves. Race applications received by the Automobile Club de Monaco are surpassing all expectations - so a selection committee has been set up to choose the 300 or so cars authorised to set off from the Concentration Stages.

The rally´s success is no doubt due to the unique combination of stages and regularity tests and the care and attention brought by the ACM to the running of this event - the same organisational skills used in the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, the opening race in the FIA World Rally Championship.

The organisers have devised an exceptional programme for this 10th edition, which takes place from 25 to 31 January 2007. In addition to the usual stages, there will be a race on the Serre Chevalier ice circuit, on Monday 29 January, after the Valence - Briançon half-stage and, for the first time ever, on Tuesday at 8:00 pm, as a curtain-raiser for the final Monaco-Monaco stage, a race on the lower part of the F1 circuit, identical to that raced by the 2007 RAMC drivers a few days earlier.

Thursday 25 January 2007 Departure of the Oslo (Norway) concentration stage, (alternates yearly with Copenhagen, Denmark).

Friday 26 January 2007 Departure of Barcelona (Spain), Turin (Italy), Reims (France) and Monte-Carlo concentration stages.

Saturday 27 January 2007 Arrival of concentration stages at St Etienne (Plaine d´Achille from 12:30 pm onwards).

Sunday 28 January 2007 - starting at 7:30 am Start of « St Etienne - Valence » Classification Stage - 365 km, 5 regularity tests.

Monday 29 January 2007 - starting at 8:00 am Start of Leg 1 of « Valence - Briancon » group stage - 370 km, 6 regularity tests.

Tuesday 30 January 2007 - starting at 7:00 am Start of Leg 2 of the « Briancon - Monaco » group stage - 350 km, 3 regularity tests Arrival scheduled in Monaco, Quai Albert 1er, from 2:25 pm onwards.

Tuesday 30 January 2007 - starting at 8:00 pm Departure of « Monaco - Monaco » final stage - 200 km, 4 regularity tests.

For this 10th edition, a general ranking will be published at the end of each stage, but contestants will set off on the subsequent stage in order of their competition numbers.

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