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 : L Chiron at the wheel of the Type 51 Bugatti


L Chiron at the wheel of the Type 51 Bugatti

L Chiron at the wheel of the Type 51 Bugatti, an eight-cylinder, 2 litre car developing 160 bhp, winner of the 1931 ten-hour French Grand Prix at Montlhery with an average of 78.16 mph. This type of car, and the Type 35 which it closesly resembled, won 33 major road races in seven years - an unequalled record

Picture No
10699865
Media ID
46691563
Size
5817px x 4184px (6.5MB)
Credit
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers/Mary Evans
Source
The Grand Prix car 1906-1939
Date
1931

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