British Grand Prix, which was held at Brooklands and there was a display of four of the 11 cars that featured in that race at Windsor. This included two cars familiar to Brooklands visitors – the Hal- ford Special and Delage Grand Prix car. The early 1920s were the golden years for the Sunbeam marque with famous wins in the 1922 Tourist Trophy and the 1923 French Grand Prix at Tours, driver Henry Segrave having the honour of achieving the first GP win for a British car. Chassis number three of these cars was on display at the third Chantilly Arts et Elegance. This was the TT- winning car (driven by Jean Chassagne). It was also raced at Brooklands in the hands of Bill Perkins in
At Windsor the Museum’s Delage Grand Prix car was displayed alongside the Thomas ‘Flat-Iron’ Special now being restored by Geraint Owen (Chris Bass).
the 1923 100mph Long Handicap achieving a best lap at 101.02mph. A more recent Brooklands appearance was at the 2016 Reunion where it was demonstrated on the Mercedes-Benz World track by owner Erez Yardeni. At Chantilly the Sunbeam won its category ‘The vanished English marques (Pre-war)’.
Situated about 20 to 30 miles from their
respective capital cities both events attracted roughly 13,000 visitors, reflecting the quality of vehicles on display and spectacular locations. Windsor and Chantilly seem very different venues, but maybe not so much.
Gareth Tarr
Also on show at Windsor was the re-created Atalanta – the original examples of these cars were often seen at Brooklands (Chris Bass).
MUSEUM’S DELAGE TO APPEAR AT PARIS SHOW T
he organisers of Rétromobile have announced that the 2017 show will feature a display of all six Delage 1.5-litre Grand Prix cars. This is a celebration of the 90th anniversary of the marque’s 1927 winning of the World Champi- onship, in which star driver Robert Benoist had victories in GPs at Montlhéry, San Sebastian, Monza and Brooklands. Chassis number two of the series is the car which was bequeathed by Alan Burnard to the Museum in 2012 that raced in both the 1926 and 1927 British GPs at Brooklands. Other famous owners included Malcolm Campbell and Prince Chula of Siam. Of the other cars, chassis three was later raced by Earl Howe at Brooklands in 1931 and 1932. Chassis four was modified and used by Dick Seaman, his success in this car leading to a works drive with the Mercedes-Benz GP team. Chassis five and six were built in the UK in the mid-1930s at the request of Prince Bira. Rétromobile 2017 will take place on 8th to
29 News
The Brooklands Delage at the Concours of Elegance at Windsor Castle (Gareth Tarr).
12th February at the Parc des Expositions which is on the south side of Paris – Metro Porte de Versailles (line 12). Further details can be found at
www.retromobile.fr
Gareth Tarr
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68