Bentley Speed Six ‘Old Number One’
‘Old Number One’ was the first car to win the Le Mans 24 Hours back-to-back. One of five Bentleys entered in 1929, the sole 6.6-litre straight-six led a crushing Bentley 1-2-3-4, with Woolf Barnato and Henry ‘Tim’ Birkin at the wheel.
The opposition was tougher in 1930, with grand prix ace Rudolf Caracciola sharing a mighty 7.1-litre Mercedes SSK with Christian Werner. There were also two teams of Bentleys: three factory Speed Sixes and two 4.4-litre ‘Blower’ Bentleys entered by Dorothy Paget. In an epic battle all three