In the 1930’s the Grande Prêmio da Cidade de Rio de Janeiro were held on the infamous 11.16km long Gavea track known locally as Trampolin do Diablo (“The devil’s spring board”). This course followed the coast on the edge of a cliff and returned to Gavea up in the mountains where it featured a series of hairpins in hazardous terrain… a wonderful historic course! And the vehicles that raced there ranged from lowly Ford V8’s to Alfa’s, Ferrari’s, Bugatti’s and yes – even an Autounion!
Click on the attached .pdf below to review this article – it features interesting facts with numerous pictures about an obscure Grand Prix course and the pilots and their cars that navigated it… Enjoy! :yahoo:
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