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But this is far from a mere beauty parade. The contenders in this one-driver race are intent on winning, and that means we’re treated to balletic displays from a field of closed cockpit GT cars of the late 1950s and early ’60s. You really do need to witness it to believe it.

In the end, the action was brought to a close two minutes early, when Jaguar E-type driver Niall McFadden went for a gap that wasn’t really there on the way into the chicane. Rather than collect the Mercedes Gullwing of Hans Kleissl, he made the adroit decision to collect the polystyrene chicane instead. 

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More drama ensued after the chequered flag dropped. On the road, the battle for victory was between the evenly matched Aston Martin DB4 GTs of Dario Franchitti and Harrison Newey, but post-race inspections revealed a technical infringement. That meant the battle that followed in their wake would reveal the real winner. Watching the full race with that knowledge puts a different slant on things, but this remains a wonderfully evocative race between classic GT cars.