Robert Manzon, (14) winner of the race, Gordini T15S. Monaco Grand Prix 1952, transformed into a race for sports cars. This was a two day event, the Sunday for the up to 2 litres (Prix de Monte Carlo), the Monday for the bigger engines, (Monaco Grand Prix).

Robert Manzon pilots his Gordini T15S, number 14, around a turn during the 1952 Monaco Grand Prix, which was exceptionally held as a sports car race. Manzon would go on to win the “Prix de Monte Carlo” for cars up to 2 litres. Spectators watch from tiered seating behind hay bale barriers adorned with advertisements for Coca-Cola and Simca, while the motion blur on the car’s wire-spoke wheels captures its speed on the street circuit.

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