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Location | Reims, France |
Prints issue | LIMITED EDITION 30 prints ONLY |
Shooting date | July 1st, 1951 |
Original picture | Negative |
Formats | Large format |
Era | 1858-1960 |
Colors | Black&White |
Collection | Vintage |
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Wonderful vintage image where you can see men in costume and hat, elegant and gloved women, just before the start of the Grand Prix de France 1951, taking place on the circuit of Reims-Gueux, under the sun of July .
Luigi Fagioli, together with Juan Manuel Fangio, won his first and only victory with his Alfa Romeo 159, at an average of 178.600 Km/h
It is above all this interminable straight line, the circuit making 7,816km in all, which attracts the eye, with all these spectators clumping all along, and this feeling of a starting line improvised right in the middle, with a few ballots of straw and wicker panels. Delicious French countryside.
For those interested, here are the protagonists of this starting grid:
Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo 159, number 4), Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo 159, number 2) and Alberto Ascari (Ferrari 375, number 12) on the front row. Luigi Villoresi (number 10), Consalvo Sanesi (6), Jose Froilan Gonzalez (14), Luigi Fagioli (8), Louis Chiron (42), Philippe Etancelin line up behind.