N° 103 Mmes Simon / Gordine on Simca 8 S undergoing the breaking and starting test. Cars will have to accelerate as fast as possible for 200 metres from a standing start, and then pull up in the shortest possible distance, for the cars have to keep a line between the axles. Rallye Monte Carlo 1951.

Mmes Simon and Gordine in their Simca 8 S, bearing race number 103, are positioned for the braking and starting test at the 1951 Rallye Monte Carlo. On the wet pavement, the challenge required cars to accelerate for 200 metres from a standing start and then stop in the shortest possible distance. A device is aimed at the car's exhaust for technical checks as officials and spectators watch from behind hay bales. In the foreground, another photographer with a press armband documents the tense proceedings.

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Cars, Racing, Rallye

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