1936 Pau Grand Prix

The road racing season is with us once -more. Alfas, Bugattis, Maseratis, sleek,

multi-coloured racing cars are playing those heart-stiring tunes of rising and falling exhaust notes. And it all started at Pau. The A.C. Basco-Bearnais had planned a tricky little circuit for their race on March 1st. A shade under 3 kilometres in length, it was never straight for a moment, and was even more sinuous than Monaco. The organisers had spent a good deal of money in resurfacing the road, which was in a fair condition

except on a certain downhill stretch that was not easy to negotiate when braking hard for the corner at the bottom. The entry list was limited to twelve, of which the three Ferrari-owned Alfa