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Pau historic Grand Prix
Last weekend was the historic grand prix of Pau, south west France.
Part of a tour of historic Grand Prix's, which also includes Monaco (the weekend before), and Le Mans - still to come.
Took some photos, as attached, everything from Pre-War open wheel racers - lots of Bugattis, Maseratis, Bentleys, right up to the Pre 76 GT's - porsche, corvette and mustangs.
I'll let the photos do the talking, a very enjoyable event, which allows you to get very close to the cars when they are not racing.....
My son (on the right) and his little pal, discussing this amazing Bugatti.
the long uphill straight, passing the viaduct below the Boulevard de Pyrenees
Some more shots of the amazing Bugatti - who the driver was not afraid to drive hard!!
So many cool old Porsche, with many of them featuring classic racing colours!
A bit of american muscle car!
British classic
Sublime Porsche
Classic Formula 3 also features, infact the weekend before was the FIA F3 race in Pau.
Old Mini Coopers - just like watching the Italian Job!!
Lotus Super 7's
Formula Ford
GT Endurance - the highlight of the weekend, a 1 hour race - Porsche, Corvette, BMW, Lotus....
did I say Porsche?
This the Bugatti I showed earlier....
...there were even some Mini's competing in the GT Endurance...
And the driver of this Corvette was amazing - broadsiding it at every opportunity, and he was really shifting!, Such an amazing engine note!!!
Just like the Paul Smith mini colours!. No idea who the driver was, but there was a lot of people asking him to sign autographs.
This was on show, and did some runs - KTM
As my sone pointed out - it's Batman's car!!
Cool number plate!!
LOL!
Sebastian explaining to his pal the difficulties in stick shift with an old Bugatti!! LOL!!
Hope you enjoyed some of these photos.
Cheers Tony
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Pau historic Grand Prix
Last weekend was the historic grand prix of Pau, south west France. Part of a tour of historic Grand Prix's, which also includes Monaco (the weekend before), and Le Mans - still to come. Took some photos, as attached, everything from Pre-War open wheel ra...
Great stuff, T.
Thanks for sharing the day with us. That Bugatti is just magic, I love them in that condition!
Too much .. my heart can't handle it ...
:-) Great report Tony ! I am absolutely in love with that Paul Smith Mini !!! I envie you for being there while i'm here dreaming of old race cars and nice weather ... though i can't complain today :-) ........ about the weather :-) Bim
Thanks Bim, I know, that Mini is really good looking....
...and I know, although I like the modern racing / sports cars, there is something very magical about watching and looking at the old racers, and the aprietiation of all the time and effort that goes into maintaining and driving them! Cheers tony