Tommy Wisdom, (82) Jaguar C-Type. 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 home. 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).
Tommy Wisdom, his racing goggles pushed up on his helmet, sits at the wheel of his Jaguar C-Type at the 1952 Monaco Grand Prix. The car, bearing number 82, made a remarkable journey to the event: Wisdom drove it from Coventry to Monaco, finished 6th as the first non-Ferrari, and then drove it back to the UK. Spectators fill the grandstands behind hay bales, with the characteristic hillside architecture of the principality rising in the background as a Union Jack flies above.
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