Thank you so much for posting this very fine documentary. I tpresents a much more sympathetic picture of this great man than the dramatised version of many years back, despite a fine performance by Rowan Atkinson in the lead role :)
Wonderful… Found this video having seen ‘Old Number 2’ at the factory yesterday (Friday 6th May 2022). Fabulous to see, and hear, a piece of automotive and racing history in the flesh…
Bugatti was an Italian but the cars were first built in Alsace when it was German. The cars are generally considered to be French. They are not Italian.
Thank you so much for posting this very fine documentary. I tpresents a much more sympathetic picture of this great man than the dramatised version of many years back, despite a fine performance by Rowan Atkinson in the lead role :)
Wonderful… Found this video having seen ‘Old Number 2’ at the factory yesterday (Friday 6th May 2022). Fabulous to see, and hear, a piece of automotive and racing history in the flesh…
What a fantastic programme, thankyou for uploading it.
Wonderful ... well done!
He was my grandpas grandpa
Ian Fleming was surely an admirer of Birkin, hence Bonds car was a supercharged Bentley.
Bugatti was an Italian but the cars were first built in Alsace when it was German. The cars are generally considered to be French. They are not Italian.
When some drivers complained about the Bugatti's poor brakes Ettoré famously retorted "I build my cars to go, not to stop!"
so it was alain de cadenet geting the medal from lady pamela daughter of sir tim