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Birkin recorded the highest average speed for the race at 73.16mph but failed to beat his severe handicap, (the smallest car had been on the road for over an hour before Birkin) and finished fifth.
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MICHAEL WRIGHT
"1928 Boillot Cup - Birkin Leads Ivanowski's blown Alfa Romeo at the St Martin Hairpin on the Boulogne circuit"
Watercolour and gouache
signed, mounted and glazed
17½ x 15½in (44 x 36cm)
"1928 Boillot Cup - Birkin Leads Ivanowski's blown Alfa Romeo at the St Martin Hairpin on the Boulogne circuit"
Watercolour and gouache
signed, mounted and glazed
17½ x 15½in (44 x 36cm)