The accident at Sainte-Dévote: Robert Manzon, (56) Simca Gordini I5S. 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. 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 aftermath of an accident at the Sainte-Dévote corner during the 1952 Monaco Grand Prix, run this year as a sports car race. Race marshals attend to Robert Manzon’s Simca Gordini I5S (#56), stopped on the circuit. A white powder covers the asphalt, used to absorb fluids from Reg Parnell’s Aston Martin, whose blown engine triggered a multi-car pile-up. Spectators crowd every vantage point, from the balconies of the Hôtel Beau-Rivage to the sidewalks behind the track’s hay-bale barriers.

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