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Racing Daydreams - Renée Friderich
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Friderich, Père et Fille – Bugatti, Nice

It’s 24 February 1932 – the event is the Rally Paris-St Raphaël Féminin – the woman is Renée Friderich. She is 20 years-old, and today – as her friend & mentor Hellé Nice sets fastest time – she will lose her life at the wheel of this Delage D8-S. It was a bad accident, perhaps […]

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Deal with Austrian Businessman Secures Daimler’s Racing Future - Racing Daydreams by Colin Johnston
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Deal with Austrian Businessman Secures Daimler’s Racing Future

Oh… no… sorry… wrong photo. Hang on a minute… There we go! December 22nd 2020 will be the 120th anniversary of the first car, as we know it. Commissioned by the gentleman in the photo – Austrian businessman & diplomat, Emil Jellinek – the 35HP model was designed by Wilhelm Maybach and Paul Daimler. A […]

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