The Awards

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THE CONCOURS OF Elegance is unique in the world of top-class events in that it has no official judging panel. Instead, each car has been carefully hand-picked by the Steering Committee before being invited to be displayed within Hampton Court Palace’s beautiful gardens.

As such, we consider each vehicle on display to be a winner, and the awards in the main concours are determined by the car owners themselves. Each assigns a vote to the model they believe to be the best in the concours line-up. The winner in 2022 will be awarded the Pegasus sculpture trophy, created by renowned wildlife sculptor and artist Robert Rattray.

We also ask our owners to cast their vote for the best car by decade; we will have pre-1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s-on. Since each era of motoring has its own charm and history, it seems right to award them all separately, with each receiving a smaller bronze iteration of Robert’s stunning sculpture.

Previous Best of Show winners include the 1935 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta in 2012, Bentley Speed Six Gurney Nutting Coupé in 2013, Alfa 6C 1750 Touring Flying Star in 2014 and Mercedes Simplex 60hp in 2015. In 2016 Best of Show was awarded to the incredible Hispano-Suiza Dubonnet Xenia, in 2017 it went to the Lancia Astura Aerodinamico Castagna, followed by the MercedesBenz S-type Barker Boat Tail in 2018, the 1919 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost in 2019, the 1970 Le Manswinning Porsche 917K in 2020 and the 1934 Voisin C-27 Aérosport last year.

ABOVE Merle Mullin receives the Pegasus trophy for Best of Show in 2021.

LEFT The 1934 Voisin C-27 Aérosport, last year’s Best of Show winner.