The accident at Sainte-Dévote: Stirling Moss, (78) restarts his Jaguar C-Type XKC 003 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, Prix Monte Carlo, for the up to 2 litres (Prix de Monte Carlo), the Grand Prix, 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.

Following a multi-car pile-up at the Sainte-Dévote corner, Stirling Moss sits in the cockpit of his Jaguar C-Type, number 78. A crew member leans over the car to help him restart, an act of outside assistance that would lead to Moss receiving a black flag. The tense scene unfolds on the sunlit street circuit during the 1952 Monaco Grand Prix, which was uniquely transformed into a race for sports cars that year. Spectators watch from balconies as the drama plays out beside the track's protective straw bales.

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