Automobile/Caen/ACO/F1. A pleasant surprise,... - Lot 9 - Vermot et Associés

Automobile/Caen/ACO/F1. A pleasant surprise, indeed, for anyone expecting to see F1 in Caen, expecting to see the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, so far from Le Mans: "Vè Circuit de la Prairie, Grand Prix de Caen, July 28 (1957), 300 racing cars, F1, organized by the ACO and the city of Caen...". Superb image by P.Hervieu (who had already signed the 1954 poster) showing the duel between the two red cars, 4 and 8, with a motorcyclist in the drop shadow. Caen has a long tradition of motor racing, dating back to 1905, but it wasn't until 1952 that the town revived its glorious past. And briefly, which adds to the interest of our document, as this F2 race in 52, Sport in 53, then F1 from 54 to 58, only had 6 editions with some of the greatest drivers on the podium: Maurice Trintignant in 52 (Gordini, F2, and 54 (F1, Ferrari), Schell (56, Maserati) Stirling Moss in 58 (Cooper) for the last, and ICI, Jean Behra, for the Vth in 1957. On BRM-P25, the Niçois achieved pole-position and victory after 86 laps of the Prairie and 302 km. Born in 1921, he died in a race two years later, almost to the day, in Berlin... As for Trintignant, alias Pétoulet, another figure of this GP de Caen, he was born in 1917, and died in 2005. Canvas lithograph, 110x80, TBE...