CONTENTS THE MUST “ELEGANCE” AND THE ART DE VIVRE ............................................................... PAGE 3 SATURDAY, TWO EXCEPTIONAL RALLIES ................................................................................ PAGE 4 SUNDAY, THE CONCOURS ................................................................................................................. PAGE 5 BONHAMS AUCTION ........................................................................................................................... PAGE 19 CELEBRATION OF THE ART DE VIVRE A LA FRANÇAISE .................................................. PAGE 20 ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY ....................................................................................... PAGE 21 RENOWNED GUESTS ........................................................................................................................... PAGE 23 THE PROGRAMME ................................................................................................................................. PAGE 24 GASTRONOMY AND EXCEPTIONAL CARS - WHAT A MOUTH-WATERING MIX! ...... PAGE 25 THE TICKET OFFICE ........................................................................................................................... PAGE 27 DIRECTIONS ........................................................................................................................................... PAGE 28 Contact Presse CHANTILLY ARTS & ELEGANCE RICHARD MILLE Agathe Hotteau - [email protected] - +33 (0)6 25 42 84 86 Contact Presse Auto Julien Hergault - [email protected] - +33 (0)6 25 77 85 34 PETER AUTO | 103, rue Lamarck | 75018 Paris | France Tél. +33 (0)1 42 59 73 40 | Fax +33 (0)1 42 59 48 28 www.peterauto.peter.fr PAGE 2 THE MUST “ELEGANCE” AND THE ART DE VIVRE The fifth Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille will take place on 30th June This major summer rendezvous will host no fewer than 130 exceptional vehicles as well as a selection of concept cars, some of which have never been seen before! The idea behind this rendezvous is to revive the Concours d’Elégance of which France was the cradle in the 1920s and to celebrate the Art de Vivre à la Française. In 2017, the last event was a unanimous success with both participants and the public and the attendance was up by 20% compared to 2016 achieving a total of 16 300 spectators. This overall success has won several prizes including the Historic Motoring Event Award of the Year, awarded for the first staging by Octane, the benchmark British magazine. This prize was again awarded the following year and the event was nominated in 2016. Since 2015, Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille has enjoyed the honorary sponsorship of the Ministry of Culture and Communications. And finally it was nominated by the Peninsula Classics Committee for the Best of the Best Award Committee for 2016, 2017 and 2018 rewarded by the prize for Best of Show in 2017. Combining the Art de Vivre à la Française with the pleasure of welcoming its guests to a sumptuous garden party in the Le Nôtre gardens in the Chantilly Château, the event is synonymous of a convivial family Sunday in the country and is now THE elegant rendezvous of the summer. PAGE 3 SATURDAY, TWO EXCEPTIONAL RALLIES Chantilly Arts & Elegance Tour The owners who are candidates for the Concours d’Etat the following day take part in this tourist rally at the wheel of the most beautiful cars in the world. On the programme is a route of around 100 kilometres through the Oise-Pays de France national regional park and its thick forest. It provides the collectors with the opportunity to discover the many historic monuments in the region before meeting up for lunch in the palace in Compiègne. Supercars Rally This rally, which began in 2016, attracted around 30 modern limited production sports cars with extreme performances. Among these very rare Supercars and Ultracars were Alfa Romeo 8Cs, Aston Martin DB7 Zagatso, BMW i8s, Bugatti EB110s and Veyrons, Ferrari Enzos, FFs, F40s, F50s and 288 GTOs, Ford GTs, Gumpert Apollos, Lamborghini Diablos and Gallardos, McLaren P1 GTRs, Mercedes-Benz SLR McLarens, Pagani Zondas and Porsche Carrera GTs and 918s. These exceptional cars that were a big hit with the public massed along the route went to the Mortefontaine private circuit to give full rein to their power. Boosted by this success the Supercars Rally will welcome more new models this year. All these automotive marvels will be given pride of place the next day on the Le Nôtre lawns in the Chateau allowing the public to see an exceptional display. The official dinner The Great Stables, an architectural jewel of the XVIIIth century built by the architect Jean Aubert for Louis-Henri de Bourbon, 7th Prince Condé, provide the setting for the official dinner that kicks of the Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille with a menu concocted by great starred chefs plus equestrian spectacles that will set the tone for the evening beginning with a cocktail and then dinner. PAGE 4 SUNDAY, THE CONCOURS CONCOURS D’ETAT 130 EXCEPTIONAL CARS AND BENTLEY HONOURED! On Sunday 30th June 2019, the Le Nôtre lawns and the Chantilly Chateau will provide an idyllic setting which, for a few hours, will become the most beautiful motor car museum in the world! More than 100 cars from different universes and from all eras will be assembled for the 5th Concours de Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille. This year, the Chantilly domain will be the theatre of the celebration of Bentley’s centenary with three dedicated classes making up one of the most beautiful exhibitions devoted to the iconic British make. The 5ème staging will be the scene of other milestones like Ballot’s centenary, the Porsche 917’s 50th and Bugatti’s 110th. Fourteen more new classes will provide as many additional highlights that will mark the 2019 concours d’Etat. There will be between four and eight cars in each class and rarity, history, state of preservation and maintenance will be the fundamental criteria, which will be closely scrutinised by the hand-picked jury to award the class winner prize, an obligatory step to be eligible for the final event that will crown the Queen of the Day. This year, the most beautiful cars in the world will represent a wide-ranging history of the automobile from 1913 to 2015 - the Delaunay-Belleville Coupé de Ville to the McLaren 650 S GT3. Here follows a brief description of 11 cars drawn at random. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CARS IN THE WORLD SPECIAL BENTLEY CENTENARY Ballot: 100th anniversary Pre-war closed cars The Iso Rivoltas Pre-war open cars Cars in their original state (pre-war) Post-WWII cars Cars in their original state (post-war) Endurance GTs from 1994 Racing Aston Martins – closed cars (post-war) Racing Aston Martins – open cars (post-war) The Facel Vegas Japanese sports cars The racing McLarens The Voisins with Voisin coachwork The cars at the Paris Motor Show in the Grand Palais until 1961 Marcello Gandini’s creations The Porsche 917s CLASS: Ballot, 100th anniversary CAR: Ballot Indianapolis Race Car 5/8 LC (1919) ; chassis 1001 Shortly after the creation of the Indianapolis 500 Miles in 1911, the French set out to conquer America. The brothers Ernest and Edouard Ballot found inspiration in the victories of Peugeot in 1913 and Delage in 1914 and were determined to achieve the same feat in 1919. They specialised in the supply of engines for the motor car and for boats (hence the anchor on the logo), and they designed a 4.8-litre 8-cylinder power plant for the race. René Thomas finished 11th in the car on show at Chantilly. Boosted by this experience the team returned the following year and came home second.. PAGE 5 CLASS: Endurance GTs from 1994 onwards CAR: Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR (1997) ; chassis 297397WA000004 In the middle of the 1990s, several manufacturers became involved in an arms race facilitated by loopholes in the GT regulations in an attempt to score outright victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR is a perfect illustration of these excesses. Although designed for the road (!) with a carbon monocoque chassis and powered by a 6.9-litre V12 engine it covered the 0 - 100 km/h in 3.4 seconds and reached a top speed of 320 km/h. It won the FIA GT Championship in 1997 and 1998, but failed to achieve success at Le Mans. CLASS: Post-war racing Aston Martins Célébration du 60ème anniversaire aux 24 Heures du Mans CAR: Aston Martin DBR1 (1959) - chassis DBR1/5 This is one of the most famous British racing cars of all time. It was produced in 1956 and is characterised by the triangular air intakes on the flanks that became one of the major styling cues of the make. In the hands of some of the best drivers of the day including Jack Brabham, Tony Brooks, Jim Clark, Stirling Moss, etc. it won everywhere including Le Mans in 1959 with Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby at the wheel. The car on display at Chantilly is the only one built for a private team. CLASS: Pre-war Bentleys - open cars CAR: Bentley Speed Six "Old No. 3" (1930) chassis HM2869 The Bentley Speed 6, brought out in 1928, is the racing version of the 6.5 litre model that had appeared two years earlier. This machine completed Bentley’s domination of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the first decade of the race with two consecutive victories in 1929 and 1930 at the height of the fame of the Bentley Boys, a group of well-heeled British sportsmen who won everything at the time. The car on display at Chantilly is the third and last built for the works team. Better-known as Old No. 3, it did not see the finish in the 1930 24 Hours of Le Mans (accident). CLASS: Marcello Gandini’s creations CAR: Lamborghini Miura P400 S (1969) ; châssis 4127 Marcello Gandini was born in Turin in 1938 and designed some of the most beautiful Italians cars from the mid-sixties onwards. He was the chief designer at Bertone for a long time and was responsible for the famous Lamborghini Miura that many consider the first supercar in history with its 3.9-litre transversally-mounted V12 in the rear. The S version on display at Chantilly is an evolution with a more powerful engine producing 370 bhp.