A special exhibition at The Bugatti Trust Museum and Study Centre (from 2024)
Part of the Grands Prix de l’A.C.F., the Grand Prix d’Europe, Lyon. 3 August 1924. Car line up: No. 7: Jean Chassagne, No. 13: Ernest Friderich, No. 18: Pierre de Vizcaya, No. 21: Leonica Garnier, No. 22: Meo Costantini.
The Bugatti Trust Museum and Study Centre, Prescott, England, is delighted to announce that its 2024 exhibition is dedicated to the celebration of the centenary of the birth of the Grand Prix Bugatti.
The exhibition focuses on the Bugatti Type 35 as first presented by Ettore Bugatti to the international motoring community in August 1924 for the Grands Prix de l’Automobile Club de France weekend held in Lyon, France.
From The Bugatti Trust archive, the exhibition includes the earliest original sketch as drawn by Ettore Bugatti himself when he wrote to racing drivers Vincenc “Čeněk” Junek and his wife Elizabeth Junek presenting his concept of the Type 35 racing Bugatti. Gifted by Elizabeth Junek to The Bugatti Trust founder Hugh G. Conway in 1968, it is the most important document of the ‘origin story’ of this famous model.
The archive also includes what is believed to be the first blueprint for the Bugatti Type 35 carrosserie and some original film footage from the actual Lyon race which will be screened at the Trust.
Car No. 18 Pierre de Vizcaya
Car No. 13 : Ernest Friderich
All images from The Bugatti Trust Archive