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A celebration of French voiture design from veteran to the Veyron
Sat 26 & Sun 27 May 2012
'A huge thank you to you and your magnificent efficient team for what must have been one of the best Prescott meetings ever! Who needs Monaco when they could have been enjoying all the best machinery and friendly people in our wonderful Gloucestershire surroundings under azure skies'
French voitures, English classics, great entertainment and joie de vivre!
Our sixth annual pageant of French motoring excellence takes place 26 and 27 May and this spectacular two-day event is set to be the best yet. You can enjoy classic British marques on Saturday and an almost exclusively French display on Sunday.
Special guests include the Bugatti Veyrons and Breitling Wingwalkers display (weather permitting).
As well as top class racing, visitors and families can enjoy the wickedly witty Gendarmes, live music, dancing, plus food from the Creperie.
New for 2012 . . . A complete holiday village of over 20 French tour operators, providing exclusive offers on specialist trips, rail travel, private villa's, wine escapes to ski breaks. we welcome the amazing sounds of accordionist Fi Fi La Mere. Fi Fi has a vast singing repertoire and has performed at many prestigious venues from the Royal Opera House and Ronnie Scotts to the QE2 and Orient Express, performing aside the likes of Gilbert O’Sullivan before guests such as Sir Paul McCartney. To listen to Fi Fi, visit her website at Oh La La music http://www.ohlalamusic.co.ukStraight from The Royal Albert Hall and ITV’s show Dancing on Ice, our Moulin Rouge girls will be performing live throughout the day and should not be missed.
PRESCOTT welcomes your car club. Bring your Club to us and enjoy group ticket discounts, designated parking area, bespoke catering, hill cavalcades, superb facilities for your AGM or let us cater for your rallies or just a get together. Contact us to see what we can do for your Club ... if you can dream it up we can (probably) make it a reality. Click here for a 2012 booking form or call Maggie Webster on 01242 662914 or email maggie@bugatti.co.uk.
La Vie en Bleu 2011: Mixed weather conditions didn’t dampen the spirits of drivers nor spectators at Prescott Hill Climb as the Bugatti Owners Club held its fifth annual pageant of French motoring excellence, La Vie en Bleu, Life is Blue, meeting over the weekend. As well as some rarely seen cars, there were plenty of other attractions to keep the spectators entertained.
As racing began on Saturday, so the rain began to fall and the early runners had a difficult time in the very slippery conditions, with a number of drivers enduring spins. However, the rain was short lived and the track quickly dried out. Fastest Time of the Day was recorded by Ken Lewis from Spetchley driving his Lotus 61 MX Ford in a time of 46.64 seconds. Local drivers to feature in the results were: Grant Cratchley from Cheltenham in his Lotus Elan, third in the Bugatti Owners Club Pre 72 Handicap and Tom Mogyorossy from Toddington in his Renault Clio, second in the Bugatti Owners Club Post 72 Handicap.
The weather on Sunday was much cooler but thankfully there was no rain. The first classes featured the oldest machinery entered. Highlights included John Dennis from Guildford in his immaculate 1907 Berliet Racing Curtiss, Clive Press from Nottingham in his 1913 Peugeot 148 GP and Mark Walker from Lutterworth in his Darracq 200hp, a former World Land Speed Record holder. A new addition to Prescott was a class for Invicta cars and the crowd were treated to a magnificent display of 17 immaculately turned out cars to appreciate as they were driven up the hill. Fastest Time of the Day was recorded by Edward Tyack from Moreton in Marsh in his GinettaG16 BMW, who just bettered Nottingham’s Tony Harts time of 47.49 seconds with the second last run of the day with a time of 47.28 seconds. Stonehouse’s Chris Ferin was only half a second behind Tyack in his Ford Fiesta XR2, second place in the Franco-Brittanique Challenge Handicap Class being his reward for a spirited drive.
Among the many other attractions on display were; on Saturday, a spectacular aerial display by the Breitling Wing Walkers and on Sunday an aerobatic display by the RV8tors Close Formation Aerobatic Team. In the paddock and car park areas there were static displays of Morgan, Renault, Citroen and Invicta cars and a delectable display of Bugatti Veyrons, one of the worlds most desirable Super Cars. Making its Prescott debut was a Super Sport derivative of the Veyron, one of which holds the World Land Speed Record for the fastest production car at 271 mph. Throughout the weekend there were cavalcades of many examples of French cars, old and new and a number of demonstration runs of the Bugatti Veyrons, it’s forerunner, the EB110 and a Ferrari Enzo.
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