LOT 95

The 1951 French Grand Prix Lap Record award, achieved by Juan Manuel Fangio for Alfa Romeo,

Sold for £5,687.50 inc. premium

Lot 95

The 1951 French Grand Prix Lap Record award, achieved by Juan Manuel Fangio for Alfa Romeo,

Goodwood Speedweek: Important Collector's Motor Cars and Automobilia (Viewing restrictions apply)|17 October 2020, 11:00 BST|London, New Bond Street

The 1951 French Grand Prix Lap Record award, achieved by Juan Manuel Fangio for Alfa Romeo,

the award comprising a cast white metal relief allegorical draped female in flight, inscribed 'R.Papa' to lower right drapery, and with four single-seater race cars travelling across both arms, mounted to a wooden stand with engraved plaque 'Grand Prix d'Europe - Record du Tour - Reims - 1er Juillet 1951', and the reverse mounted with series of six national flags for Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Italy and Germany (some later replacements) on steel wire poles with plastic 'spear tip' finials, the whole measuring 46cm wide overall.

Footnotes

It is believed that this award was presented to the Alfa Corse Team for Fangio's Lap Record at the Reims circuit with a time of 2 mins 27.8 secs during lap 32 of the 77 lap race in the Alfa Romeo 159B 'Alfetta', having changed from his 159A after developing problems early in the race. Fangio's teammate Luigi Fagioli was ordered to swap cars at his refuelling stop, which angered him greatly, with Fangio taking over the healthy 159B and racing to victory.

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