Picture Puzzles

[Gerard C]

[E.B]

The driver is as easy as ABC
Re the track, I think rbs meant when he said close to home, well, knowing where he lives....

[bauble]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

RBS, can i put our Ami, Gerard out of his misery? Please

[bauble]

Originally Posted by E.B

The driver is as easy as ABC
Re the track, I think rbs meant when he said close to home, well, knowing where he lives....

Do you mean Abc as is? Or his alter ego?

[E.B]

Originally Posted by bauble

Do you mean Abc as is? Or his alter ego?

We are bordering on saxophones again.

[Gerard C]

Not Abecassis who did Le Mans four times, not three.

[rbs]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Not Abecassis who did Le Mans four times, not three.

Thats the driver but I only have him down for 3 starts at Le Mans 1950, 51 & 53.

[Gerard C]

I have '50 Aston, DB 2, '51 DB 2, '52 DB 3 and '53 DB 3S.
But look if you have ham and cheese, I could supply butter and baguette de pain. We'll then could make a good sandwich!

[Gerard C]

'50: 5th overall 1st in category with Macklin, '51 same 5th/2nd with Shawe Taylor, '52/'53 DNF, co-drivers Poore and Salvadori respectively. Did I miss something?

[Gerard C]

Is the car HWM? He wrecked his Alta in France, at Albi. Funnily enough, he was the Facel Vega official importer in the UK.

[bauble]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Is the car HWM? He wrecked his Alta in France, at Albi. Funnily enough, he was the Facel Vega official importer in the UK.

A Lot To Admire .............. perhaps?

[Gerard C]

Haaaaa, c'était donc ça! Mais bon sang mais c'est bien sûr. Let me say it before you, far too subtle for me.
RBS, did you find the year '50 edition results?

[Gerard C]

Did you see the gap between the 1st and 5th overall? 256 laps vs 249 sounds tight. I read that a good Dad's bloke, Pozzi, was Dsq'd for the loss of the mandatory seal of his Delahaye 175S. Serious business!

[rbs]

I can not find a reference to GA at Le Mans in 1952, you have him partnering Dennis Poore but I have Dennis Poore as partnering Pat Griffith and retiring when the water pump failed after 3 hours.

[Gerard C]

OK, I very much rely on you, so my bad. Sorry.
Anyway, good question, proof is dans le gâteau you got several good answers and you kept us busy and entertained. Thanks for that.

[crmalcolm]

Maybe the 1952 confusion comes from here - https://www.racingsportscars.com/dri...cassis-GB.html

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Year: 1952
Date	Race	No.	Car	Drivers	Entrant	Result
14.4.1952	Goodwood Easter [3rd Handicap Racing]	34	HWM	George Abecassis		2nd
4.5.1952	Mille Miglia	556	Aston Martin DB2	Abecassis / Griffith	Aston Martin Ltd.	DNF
10.5.1952	Silverstone International	33	Aston Martin DB3	George Abecassis	David Brown	3rd
15.6.1952	24 h Le Mans	26	Aston Martin DB3	In entry list only	Aston Martin Ltd.	DNF
10.7.1952	Jersey International	27	Aston Martin DB3	George Abecassis	David Brown	3rd
2.8.1952	Boreham International [S+2.0]	32	Aston Martin DB3	George Abecassis	David Brown	DNF
16.8.1952	9 h Goodwood	16	Aston Martin DB3	Abecassis / Poore	David Brown	DNF
6.9.1952	Wakefield Trophy [Formula Libre]		HWM	George Abecassis		DNA

[bauble]

Originally Posted by rbs

I can not find a reference to GA at Le Mans in 1952, you have him partnering Dennis Poore but I have Dennis Poore as partnering Pat Griffith and retiring when the water pump failed after 3 hours.

1950 5th with Lance Macklin
1951 5th. with Brian Shawe-Taylor
1953 Ret. with Roy Salvadori.

All works Aston Martin.

[rbs]

[QUOTE=crmalcolm;4045328]Maybe the 1952 confusion comes from here - https://www.racingsportscars.com/dri...cassis-GB.html


Me, Confused?

I will have a look and see what I can find next!

[rbs]

Who have we got here?

[Gerard C]

Ha, merci beaucoup crmalcolm! Yes, "in entry list only" together with DNF is obviously very very confusing. Vous avez sauvé mon honneur!

[Gerard C]

RB, do we have four men and a woman here? As to her, I wonder who can give her name for sure…

[rbs]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

RB, do we have four men and a woman here? As to her, I wonder who can give her name for sure…

PM sent.

[E.B]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

Maybe the 1952 confusion comes from here - https://www.racingsportscars.com/dri...cassis-GB.html

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I dug around a bit and discovered tht George Abecassis contested the Swiss GP just a short time prior (three weeks) to the 1952 Le Mans. He suffered an accident in the HWM Alta which resulted in him suffering an injured arm.

It did not say it was broken or anything but perhaps injured enough to be a reason to scratch from running at Le Mans. I noticed also he made no further championship or non championship GP races after the Swiss race that year. This listing from crm suggests he did the Jersey International the following month to Le Mans in July.

Im not saying that is the reason.... not done enough research to confirm that but it seems a reasonable thought that the 'arm injury' interfered with Le Mans .

[Gerard C]

Are you sure about the Swiss GP? I thought GA wrecked his ALTA at Albi and that the transmission failed at Swiss GP.
Edit: the accident was in '39, not relevant.

So, we have JMF in wedding outfit and the mysterious lady is known at least by rbs.

[bauble]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Are you sure about the Swiss GP? I thought GA wrecked his ALTA at Albi and that the transmission failed at Swiss GP.
Edit: the accident was in '39, not relevant.

So, we have JMF in wedding outfit and the mysterious lady is known at least by rbs.

I am not sure who we are looking for here, El Chueco and the 'Bull' are far to obvious so are we after the other two gentlemen?

The lady is also easy to ID, a familiar figure back in the day.