Circuit des Remparts 2023 - Plateau Maurice Trintignant - Avant Guerre

 

The winning 1937 Austin Seven of Christian Pedersen.  He dominated practice and the race.

The first race of the weekend at the 2023 Circuit des Remparts at Angoulême was for small capacity pre-war cars.  Thus, this was a field of small cars from Austin, Riley, Salmson, GN and MG.   19 cars took part in this 15 lap race on this short street track of 1.28 kilometres (about 0.8 miles).  This plateau was named after Maurice Trintignant who won the 1949 Circuit des Remparts.   The first ever Circuit des Remparts took place in July 1939 and the circuit still follows the same course.   

The second placed 1937 Austin Seven Pigsty Special of Simon Gallon.

Third place went to French driver Nicolas Komaroff in his 1938 Austin Seven Spéciale.

In fourth place was Simon Frost in his 1934 Austin Seven La Special.

In fifth place was Arnault Lagautriere in his 1929 Austin Seven.

First non-Austin home, in sixth place,  was this lovely 1938 MG TA S driven by Stéphane Goy.

Rear view of the MG.

Other cars in this plateau included:

The 1921 GN Katipo of Louis McNair was very entertaining.

The 1935 Riley TT Sprite of Tammo Voight.

The 1927 Salmson GS8 of Michael Hudson.

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James Miles in his 1936 Austin Seven Single Seater.

The cockpit of Simon Frost's Austin Seven single seater.

1931 Austin Seven Ulster driven by Xavier Chapeyroux.

Marshals and drivers acknowledge each other.