1931 Bugatti Type 51

I photographed this car at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park in May 2001.

It's not got a race number, so I'm not certain that it took part in the meeting, but appears to be a Bugatti Type 51 and I have found an item dated 2008 on a Bugatti website which says that, according to a one-time owner Roger Buxton it was built up on a Type 35C chassis. One of the races at this Donington Park meeting includes an entry for Roger Buxton with a 1931 Bugatti Type 51 with an engine capacity of 2,270cc. The Type 51 usually has a 2,262cc engine, but the DVLA record for ESU 700 shows the capacity as 2,270cc.