The accident at Sainte-Dévote: Stirling Moss, (78) restarts his Jaguar C-Type XKC 003 but got a black flag for receiving outside help. On the left Anthony Hume. Monaco Grand Prix 1952, transformed into a race for sports cars. This was a two day event, the Sunday, Prix Monte Carlo, for the up to 2 litres (Prix de Monte Carlo), the Grand Prix, Monday for the bigger engines, (Monaco Grand Prix).

At the Sainte-Dévote corner during the 1952 Monaco Grand Prix, Stirling Moss restarts his Jaguar C-Type, number 78, following an accident. Spectators, including Anthony Hume on the left, stand precariously close to the action, observed by a gendarme resting a foot on a sandbag barrier. Moss would ultimately be disqualified with a black flag for receiving outside assistance. The event, exceptionally run as a sports car race that year, unfolds under a large ‘VEEDOL’ banner spanning the track.

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