The Série A1 race

McLaren ( the Séries D )

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In the A1 Séries Mark Gillis — starting from pole position on his 1934 Era R3A — was overtaken at the first corner of Sainte- Dévote by Nicolas Topliss in another ERA , the 1935 R4A . The Briton was on his way to victory when , two laps before the finish , he punctured his left rear tyre , crashing into Riley Dobbs Thierry Chanouin , from whom he was pulling away . Joining Gillis on the podium were Swiss driver Anthony Sinopoli ( 1936 Maserati 6CM / 4CM ) and Patrick Blakeney-Edwards ( 1935 Frazer-Nash ).

In the A2 Séries races , female driver Claudia Hürtgen took top place on the podium . Starting from pole on Sunday , she battled throughout the race with Tony Wood ' s Tec-

Mec F415 , a 1959 car with a front engine like her Ferrari . The race was interrupted one lap from the finish by a red flag following a Lotus " pile-up " at the Antony-Noghès corner . Joining her on the podium was the Spaniard Guillermo Fierro-Eleta ( Maserati 250F ).

In the B Séries , podium places went to Joe Colasacco driving in a 1964 Ferrari 1512 , Christopher Drake , who ran a quiet race in his Cooper T71 / 73 , and Andrew Beaumont , who defended Lotus ' honour in his Type 24 .

It was British driver Frederick Wakeman in his 1955 Cooper Jaguar T38 Mk2 that started from pole position in the Vittorio Marzotto C Séries and won , not without difficulty . He was ahead of two Maserati 300S driven by