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I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the 1930 French GP. In those lean days it was run as a Formula Libre race and Birkin ran a stripped Le Mans type 4 1/2 s/c sports Bentley and finished 2nd to FiFi Entacelin in a Bugatti and ahead of several other full race Bugatti 35's. This probably inspired Ettore bugatti's "Fastest lorries in the world" quip.
And does anyone know what DID cause his death? The Brooklands Society web page reproduced above suggests that the commonly accepted "blood poisoning", or septicaemia, from a badly treated burn may not be entirely correct.
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