Two monster cars confront each other on the Manceau circuit: on the left is the huge Bentley 6597 cc Speed Six and on the right is the colossal supercharged 7069 cc Mercedes-Benz SS. Their respective drivers are Woolf Barnato, a robust, athletic Englishman, and Rudolf Caracciola, a dashing German.

Pierre Fouquet-Hatevilain in Les 24 Heures du Mans