A Ballot at Retromobile – this marque achieved some Grand Prix racing successes after World War One (Gareth Tarr).


The National Motor Museum showed three GN cyclecars (Gareth Tarr).


Prix world title and driver Robert Benoist won races at Montlhéry, San Sebastian, Monza and Brooklands. Designed by Albert Lory the 1½-litre eight-cylinder cars were an upgrade of the previ- ous year’s already successful design but included several advances. Four chassis and five engines were built for the 1927 season with two more being built in England in 1936 for Prince Chula, Lory’s updates for the latter cars including independent front sus-


‘Blower’ Bentley GK 150 lapped Brooklands at 121.4mph (Gareth Tarr).


pension. So advanced were these cars that they were still being used in formulae races in the early 1950s.


The Museum’s Delage is chassis number two which was driven by Robert Benoist in the first race of the 1927 season, the Montlhéry Grand Prix d’Overture. In 1932 it set Class F (1,500 cc) world 24-hour records again at Montlhéry. All the cars have their own individual histories and


Bugatti Type 59 campaigned by Brian Lewis at Brooklands (Gareth Tarr).


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