Mr Rauno Aaltonen at the start of the Valence to Monaco leg of the Monte Carlo Rallye Historic in the Mini at 3am.

I was lucky enough to follow the Rallye with my Leica Noctilux lens which allowed me to photograph at night and especially be present at the extremely early morning start, where I first met Mr Rauno Aaltonen (winner of the 1967 Monte Carlo Rally), who, noticed my Leica camera and lens. He popped the map reading light on for me to give me a tickle more light. To this day we are friends. Rauno was part of the  ‘Three Musketeers’, consisting of Patrick Hopkirk, Timo Mäkinen, and Rauno Aaltonen, who were part of the  Mini works cars dominating the Rallye throughout the 1960’s.

Print size 37cm x 25.4cm in a  48cm x 49cm acid free square mount.
All photographs printed on Fotospeed Legacy Gloss 325 – Archival 100% cotton paper, acid free, with an Acid Free mount board. Printed as a Limited Edition of 10 photographic prints in this size. The photograph exhibited is the first in the edition.