Tom Wisdom, (82) Jaguar C-Type. Person with checkered hat not yet identified. Behind the Jaguar Delahaye 135S of Cotton, (62). This C-type is famous for the journey it made in 1952 - from Coventry to the Monaco Grand Prix - where it finished 6th and was the first non-Ferrari. The car was driven by Tommy Wisdom in that race – and then driven back to the UK! 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).
At the 1952 Monaco Grand Prix, driver Tom Wisdom leans over a Jaguar C-Type, his hand resting on a leather hood strap. The car is marked with race number 89. An unidentified man in a houndstooth flat cap observes nearby. In the background, past the Delahaye 135S of driver Cotton, the street circuit curves towards the grandstands. It was at this event that Wisdom famously drove a C-Type from Coventry, finished 6th as the first non-Ferrari, and then drove the car back to the United Kingdom.
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