Bugatti Type 32 (Tank de Tours) Baseball T-Shirt

8k Resolution. This image is high quality enough to be put on to a bill board. The 'Tank de Tours'. Only five (one prototype and four race cars) were built by Bugatti to compete in the French Grand Prix of 1923. Taking place near the town of Tours, the roughly triangular course ran over nearly 23 kilometres of public roads, the cars driving 35 laps (799 kms) to complete the race. An early experiment in streamlining its aerofoil shape reportedly caused the car to generate lift at high speed causing serious handling problems, although others blame the handling on the relatively short wheelbase. Despite these reported design flaws one car (no. 6) driven by Ernest Friderich finished the race in third place. First and second place were ...