It's the 1952 2½ litre straight-6 Gordini Type 16 of Marc Valvekens being prepared in the paddock for the race. The Type 16 Gordini competed in World Championship races from 1952 to 1956 but after Jean Behra finished in third place in its first race, the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix, and Robert Manzon also finished third in the next race, the 1952 Belgian Grand Prix, the car never managed another top three finish.
On 8 June 2016 I showed two other photographs of the car at this meeting, and on 25 November 2013 I showed photographs of the car at Donington Park in 2004.
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