Robert Benoist in the complex 2-litre Delage
V12 in the French GP at Lyons, 1924
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DANIEL CABART ALREADY HAS an impressive track record with Delage – in 2017 he was awarded the RAC Specialist Book of the Year for his volume on the marque’s 1926- 27 grand prix successes, so his scholarly thoroughness is not in doubt. This widerranging book on the company’s competition efforts covers the four years before that, including that supremely delicate 2-litre V12, the 2CLV. It’s daunting in size, but Cabart and co-author Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges have added a note at the start saying there’s a conclusion at the end you can consult as a summary. How very thoughtful of them.