The accident at Sainte-Dévote: parts of a damaged car. 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). The Aston engine of Parnell blows up in the Ste-Devote and aligns his car against the straw bales, Stagnoli brakes too hard and does a double spin. Moss, Jaguar C-Type XKC 003 and Manzon find an obstructed road, spin and end up against the poor Aston, then Hume spins and reverses into the pile. Fortunately nobody gets hurt. Moss restarted after the accident, but got a black flag for receiving outside help.
A man examines the crumpled front section of a sports car, wreckage from a multi-car pile-up at the Sainte-Dévote corner during the 1952 Monaco Grand Prix. Run as a sports car race that year, the event saw Reg Parnell’s Aston Martin blow its engine, triggering a chain reaction that entangled Stirling Moss, Pierre Stagnoli, and others. Against the sunlit backdrop of the circuit, the mangled metal, with one headlight still intact, is a remnant of the chaotic incident from which all drivers fortunately escaped unharmed.
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