For the second consecutive year, Motul was one of the official partners of the famous London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, a most atypical event between London and Brighton, reserved for pre-1905 vehicles!
Traditionally organised during the first weekend of November, the run brought together on 5 and 6 November no less than 550 vehicles from all over the world. Their owners came along, as on a pilgrimage, to relive during the weekend the emancipation race that took place in 1896 to celebrate the enactment of a new law authorising cars to drive at the amazing speed of 14 mph (22.5 km/h) compared with the previous 4mph (6.5 km/h).
This year, at the end of the 54 miles (87 km) from London to Brighton, no fewer than 420 cars made it to the arrival line for the greatest pleasure of their owners and also the public massed along the resort's roads. Even if the organisers wish to recall that the event is not a race – the average speed is moreover limited to 20mph (32 km/h) – we can nevertheless hail Matt Roberts' performance. At the wheel of his Marot Gardon tricycle dating from 1897, Matt was the first to pass under the arrival arch three hours twenty-five minutes after departing from London.
As a partner of the event, various representatives of Motul England and Motul Corporate were present to hand a certain number of trophies and to accompany a French TV channel that had come to report on the event.
