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The motorsport championsLe Mans
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1979 |
Klaus LUDWIG (GER) / Bill WHITTINGTON (USA) / Don WHITTINGTON (USA) |
Porsche 935-K3 |
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1978 |
Jean-Pierre JAUSSAUD (FRA) / Didier PIRONI (FRA) |
Alpine A442B - Renault |
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1977 |
Jurgen BARTH (GER) / Hurley HAYWOOD (USA) / Jacky ICKX (BEL) |
Porsche 936 |
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1976 |
Jacky ICKX (BEL) / Gijs van LENNEP (HOL) |
Porsche 936 |
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1975 |
Derek BELL (GBR) / Jacky ICKX (BEL) |
Mirage GR8 - Ford |
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1974 |
Gerard LARROUSSE (FRA) / Henri PESCAROLO (FRA) |
Matra-Simca MS670B |
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1973 |
Gerard LARROUSSE (FRA) / Henri PESCAROLO (FRA) |
Matra-Simca MS670B |
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1972 |
Graham HILL (GBR) / Henri PESCAROLO (FRA) |
Matra-Simca MS670 |
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1971 |
Gijs van LENNEP (HOL) / Helmut MARKO (AUT) |
Porsche 917K |
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1970 |
Richard ATTWOOD (GBR) / Hans HERMANN (GER) |
Porsche 917K |
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1969 |
Jacky ICKX (BEL) / Jackie OLIVER (GBR) |
Ford GT40 |
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1968 |
Lucien BIANCHI (BEL) / Pedro RODRIGUEZ (MEX) |
Ford GT40 |
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1967 |
A.J. FOYT Jr. (USA) / Dan GURNEY (USA) |
Ford GT Mk4 |
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1966 |
Chris AMON (NZL) / Bruce McLAREN (NZL) |
Ford GT Mk2 |
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1965 |
Masten GREGORY (USA) / Jochen RINDT (AUT) |
Ferrari 275LM |
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1964 |
Jean GUICHET (FRA) / Nino VACCARELLA (ITA) |
Ferrari 275P |
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1963 |
Lorenzo BANDINI (ITA) / Ludovico SCARFIOTTI (ITA) |
Ferrari 250P |
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1962 |
Olivier GENDEBIEN (BEL) / Phil HILL (USA) |
Ferrari 330LM |
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1961 |
Olivier GENDEBIEN (BEL) / Phil HILL (USA) |
Ferrari 250TR 61 |
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1960 |
Paul FRERE (BEL) / Olivier GENDEBIEN (BEL) |
Ferrari 250TR 59/60 |
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1959 |
Roy SALVADORI (GBR) / Carroll SHELBY (USA) |
Aston Martin DBR1 |
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1958 |
Olivier GENDEBIEN (BEL) / Phil HILL (USA) |
Ferrari 250TR |
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1957 |
Ivor BUEB (GBR) / Ron FLOCKHART (GBR) |
Jaguar D-type |
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1956 |
Ron FLOCKHART (GBR) / Ninian SANDERSON (GBR) |
Jaguar D-type |
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1955 |
Ivor BUEB / Mike HAWTHORN (GBR) |
Jaguar D-type |
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1954 |
Jose Froilan GONZALEZ (ARG) / Maurice TRINTIGNANT (FRA) |
Ferrari 375 Plus |
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1953 |
Duncan HAMILTON (GBR) / Tony ROLT (GBR) |
Jaguar C-type XK120C |
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1952 |
Hermann LANG (GER) / Fritz RIESS (GER) |
Mercedes-Benz 300SL |
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1951 |
Peter WALKER (GBR) / Peter WHITEHEAD (GBR) |
Jaguar C-type XK120 |
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1950 |
Jean-Louis ROSIER (FRA) / Louis ROSIER (FRA) |
Talbot-Lago T26C-GS |
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1949 |
Luigi CHINETTI (ITA) / Lord SELSDON (GBR) |
Ferrari 166MM |
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1940-48 |
no races |
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1939 |
Pierre VEYRON (FRA) / Jean-Pierre WIMILLE (FRA) |
Bugatti T57C |
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1938 |
Eugene CHABOUD (FRA) / Jean TREMOULET (FRA) |
Delahaye 135 S |
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1937 |
Robert BENOIST (FRA) / Jean-Pierre WIMILLE (FRA) |
Bugatti T57G |
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1936 |
no race |
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1935 |
Luis FONTES (ARG) / John HINDMARSH (GBR) |
Lagonda M45R Rapide |
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1934 |
Luigi CHINETTI (ITA) / Philippe ETANCELIN (FRA) |
Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 |
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1933 |
Tazio NUVOLARI (ITA) / Raymond SOMMER (ITA) |
Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 |
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1932 |
Luigi CHINETTI (ITA) / Raymond SOMMER (FRA) |
Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 |
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1931 |
Tim BIRKIN (GBR) / Earl HOWE (GBR) |
Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 |
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1930 |
Woolf BARNATO (GBR) / Glen KIDSTON (GBR) |
Bentley Speed 6 |
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1929 |
Woolf BARNATO (GBR) / Tim BIRKIN (GBR) |
Bentley Speed 6 |
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1928 |
Woolf BARNATO (GBR) / Bernard RUBIN (GBR) |
Bentley 4.4 |
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1927 |
John BENJAFIELD (GBR) / Sammy DAVIS (GBR) |
Bentley 3-litre Sport |
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1926 |
Robert BLOCH (FRA) / Andre ROSSIGNOL (FRA) |
La Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6 |
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1925 |
Gerard de COURCELLES (FRA) / Andre ROSSIGNOL (FRA) |
La Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6 |
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1924 |
Frank CLEMENT (GBR) / John DUFF (GBR) |
Bentley 3-litre Sport |
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1923 |
Andre LAGACHE (FRA) / Rene LEONARD (FRA) |
Chenard & Walcker Sport |
Le Mans 1955
| The most remembered motor race in history, because of a
crush that killed 80 spectators, the 1955 Le Mans 24 hour race was a titantic
struggle between Britain and Germany, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz. Afterwards,
the Swiss government banned all motor racing and Mercedes withdrew from
racing for many year. The Le Mans is held annually in June in the French town Le Mans. |
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