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Among the 50 Alpine Renaults invited was Club Alpine Renault\u2013member Rob Gibson who invited famed British racer Barry \u201cWhizzo\u201d Williams to co-drive his A110.\u2002 Williams was last at Prescott in 1987, but demonstrated that he had lost none of his famous style in hurling the little Berlinette 110 up the tricky Prescott Hill on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sixteen Alpines took part in the Club Alpine Renault championship round on Sunday in atrocious weather, however, the rain was no problem for the nimble A110 Berlinette rally cars. In fact, Gibson, in his little 1,397-cc Alpine Renault A110, was so quick that he set the fastest time of the day of all 120 competitors at the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 26\u201327, the Bugatti Owners\u2019 Club staged their all-French \u201cLa Vie en Bleu\u201d speed hillclimb event at the UK\u2019s famous Prescott Hill, near Cheltenham. 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