Having started at pole position, Megane Omalie of Norway retakes the lead down the straight onto la Promenade des Anglais. England's Amilcar C6 thunders past the pit exit as the Fin, Tavho Myrsky, roars out of the pit lane, sporting a fresh set of tires and some additional work to his highly modified Chrysler Special. Moments ago, it had looked as if he was going to help his pit crew, but seeing things in order, he instead dropped back into the seat of the racer. On the signal, he pressed the gas pedal and rolled onward toward the exit of the pit lane. Also emerging from the black smoke of the fires, a fine technical pit stop perfectly completed, is the Belgian Bugatti T35B, driven by Victor Hugo Stéphane. Despite the fires and smoke, it now appears that the pit crews are at working well! France too darts into the pit lane and skids to a stop beside the French garage. Untouched by the fires, a cloud of smoke hangs overhead the French paddock, nearly obscuring the Tricoleur of La Belle France that flies above! Even as Aristide's blue Salmson pulls up, his pit crew rolls a fresh set of tires out of the garage, but they seem uneasy, as if looking toward the Czech pit. Another shot is heard! Then another!! Amidst the chaos, Sebi Orsi of Italy rockets past the pit entrance lane in his bright red Maserati, the polish reflecting the fires to his right. He overtakes the stricken German car as it takes to the pit lane -- Hegkman gripping the wheel and concentrating on the challenge ahead. Spain shifts up and heads down the straight as does the Czech driver who badly fumbles his gears leaving the hairpin at Opéra. Similarly, the Swiss driver, Petrus de Salvion Bernardus, seems slow through the hairpin and misses a chance to close the distance on Rychly's orange Bugatti just ahead.
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