The Bugatti EB110 Works Cars
On the 16th of October 1921, the Baron Pierre de Vizcaya won the first Penya-Rhin Grand Prix at the wheel of his Bugatti Type 13 in front of 80,000 spectators gathered in the 14 km-long track located near Sitges and Barcelona. He had then driven 444km at an average speed of 85.32 km/h! De Viscaya is not just anyone, his father, an official Bugatti driver, was the Bugatti financier who pushed Ettore to set up his factory in Molsheim.
The same site then welcomed the brand new Terramar racetrack in 1923. Built in 300 days using state-of-theart technology, the almost oval 2 km-long banking circuit was terrifying with its 60°C gradient portions, its huge curves and no safety equipment. Its destiny was short-lived, starting at the end of 1923 with the International Grand Prix, which saw a victory of the Frenchman Albert Divo on a Sunbeam. As none of the drivers got paid after the race since the organisers ran out of money, they all left Terramar furious. The FIA also got angry by such decision and was not so keen to organise races on such a terrifying circuit. Thus, the international grand prix stopped in 1925, only two years
