First published March 2017 A 1908 postcard of a racing Fiat hurtling through Seine-Inférieure (now Seine Maritime) driven by a stylish pair of moustache and goggle wearing Italians, led us to the discovery that early Grand Prix races took place in Normandy. Le Mans may have been the first Grand Prix
Tag: Grand Prix
Disaster in Deauville; the 1936 Grand Prix
First published March 2016. After bankrupting the motor company he started, André Citroën could no longer afford to spend summers in Deauville. For years he had rented one of the largest villas, the Villa Abeilles 'villa bees' for the season, gambling away small fortunes at the casino with the Aga Khan