The flag in his hand, Charles Faroux, Clerk of the Course since the first edition, gets ready to give the start. Juan Manuel Fangio, (34) Alfa Romeo 158 Alfetta, winner of the Grand Prix. Farina, Giuseppe "Nino" Farina, (32) Alfa Romeo 158 Alfetta, Jose Froilan Gonzales "El Cabezon", (big head"), (2) Maserati 4CLT, Etancelin, Talbot-Lago T26C, (14) Fagioli, Alfa Romeo, (36) Ascari, Ferrari 125, (40) Chiron, Maserati 4CLT/48, (48). Winner of the race was Fangio. Monaco Grand Prix 1950.

Poised to signal the start of the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, Clerk of the Course Charles Faroux raises the French flag above the staggered grid. Drivers wait in their open-cockpit, cigar-shaped racing cars, among them Juan Manuel Fangio in his Alfa Romeo 158 Alfetta (no. 34), who would go on to win the race. Also on the grid are Giuseppe "Nino" Farina (no. 32) and Alberto Ascari in his Ferrari (no. 40). Spectators line the track behind hay bales and watch from balconies, their intense anticipation capturing the atmosphere at the dawn of modern motorsport.

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