Angouleme's annual Circuit des Remparts meeting is held on the third weekend of September (how rare these days for an event to stick to its traditional date) and this year celebrates the 70th anniversary of the first running of the event and the organisers are hoping to assemble cars to recreate that first grid from 1939.
Matra will be he honoured marque, with a demonstration of single-seaters to include MS6, MS10, MS11, Championship-winning MS80, and MS120, while Sir Jackie Stewart, Alain Prost, Henri Pescarolo, Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jean-Pierre Jabouille will all be on hand, as well as Francois Guiter, former head of Elf competitions department who was responsible for the 'Volant Elf' scheme which supported young French drivers.
There will also be gatherings to commemorate Morgan's 100th anniversary, and a display of Le Mans Bentleys. The weekend begins with a Concours d'Elegance on Friday followed by the 'Rallye Touristique' on Saturday with a seven-race programme around the street circuit, unaltered in layout since 1939, on Sunday.
Edited by Alan Cox, 08 October 2015 - 08:58.