Coupes de Printemps 2015 - 10 Makes of car that made my day!

1.   Big Thundering Fords

Ford GT40 on the Montlhéry banking

Ford Mustang leads a group of cars off of the high banking

2. Lovely Lotuses

Lotus 11-Climax in the Montlhéry paddock

Coventry Climax engine

This Renault engined Lotus Europa seems to have spent some of its life in the USA as it had some Lime Rock stickers on it.

1969 Renault engined Lotus Europa on the banking

3. Jolly Jaguars

Three fast E-Types follow each other through the pit straight chicane

Work in the paddock on this nice British Jaguar XK140

Semi-lightweight E type getting a little sideways slide on into the chicane.......

.......and then onto the banking as the storm clouds pass us by.

4. Luscious Lancias

Concours condition Lancia Flamina Super Sport

5. Smoking Corvettes

Lovely old Chevrolet Corvette in trouble, unfortunately.

6. DBs

1959 750cc Le Mans D.B. "Camionnette".  Very nice!

7. Bee Ems

Mid Seventies BMW 3.0CSL.  A real beast!

8. Porsche Abarth

I somehow had these cars missing in my knowledge bank and didn't know Porsche and Abarth had any connection until Montlhéry!

Early Sixties Porsche Carrera Abarth

9. Gorgeous Gordini

Gordini sports cars won at Montlhéry so appropriate to have a nice one here today.  I believe this car was driven by those great Argentinian drivers Gonzales and Fangio.   So really special!

1950 Le Mans Simca-Gordini T15S

10. Uncle Tom Cobley and all!

Not to forget all those British sports cars the French love so much - MG, Austin Healey and Triumph.

An enthusiastically driven MG at the chicane, lifting a wheel and our spirits!

Austin Healey pulls into the gravel trap as a Porsche speeds by

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