The ’23 French GP was held on the ‘Circuit de Touraine’ Tours on 2 July was won by Henry Segrave in a Sunbeam…
The Le Petit Journal illustration depicts the 3rd placed Bugatti T32 ‘Tank’ of Ernest Friderich ahead of Segrave’s winning 2 litre, 4 cylinder Sunbeam. The course was 22.8Km, the total distance of 799Km took Segrave 6:35.19, Albert Divo 2nd in another Sunbeam is portrayed in the distance.
Credits…
Le Petit Journal
Tailpiece…
Interesting that in 1923 Bugatti entered the T32, one of the ugliest Grand Prix cars, and then a year later at Lyons in 1924 they debuted the T35, one of the most beautiful Grand Prix cars of all-time.