French Grand Prix of 1921
The first road race to be won by an engine powered by a straight-eiggt engine was the French Grand Prix of 1921 in which J Murphy averaged 78.1 mph for 322 miles at Le Mans. The car was a Duesenberg with a 3 litre engine giving 115 hp. The driver in this photograph is Joe Boyer
Picture No
10699860
Media ID
46087889
Size
5830px x 4261px
(4.3MB)
Credit
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers/Mary Evans
Source
The Grand Prix car 1906-1939
Date
1921
