#Mulsanne straight

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Ford GT40

The GT40 was spawned by the Dearborn giants ambition to beat Ferrari at Le Mans, a feat it duly achieved for the first time in 1966. It became the first car to exceed 200mph along the Mulsanne straight at Le Mans. The traditional American V8 possessed all that was necessary to compete at the cutting edge of international endurance racing – Ford GT40.

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2024 24H of Le Mans Masterpost

My 2024 Introduction to WEC, including a Le Mans Section

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Shows all Marshall Posts (MP1, MP2, MP3 etc.) on live timing incidents will be located by the marshall posts. Shows all slowzones (SZ1, SZ2 etc.), to not fully neutralize the race race control can decide to implement a slowzone for an incident. Shows the sectors, marked by the two big black lines and the finish line. (S1 is from start finish to around tetre rouge, S2 is all of the mulsanne straight and S3 is from Mulsanne corner to start finish) Shows all SC deployment spots (indicated by SCA, SCB, SCC) Shows all/most corner names

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complete broadcasting info

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Wednesday 12 June

14:00 - Free Practice 1

19:00 - Qualifying

22:00 - Free Practice 2

Thursday 13 June

15:00 - Free Practice 3

20:00 - Hyperpole

22:00 - Free Practice 4

Saturday 15 June

12:00 - Warm-Up

16:00 - Race Start

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Heartbreak in the 2.0 Sports Class at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans

Perhaps it's understandable given that we're coming off the Rolex 24 at Daytona, but I've been on a bit of an endurance kick lately, and I've come across a story that, while painfully, incredibly, niche, I actually found pretty fascinating. It's the heartbreaking story of a car that survived 24 fearsome hours of 1960s Le Mans...only to fail in the very last laps and miss out on the finish.

Our story takes us to the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, a race infamous for the battle between Ford's GT40 and Ferrari's 330 P3, however, there was another story brewing in the background: the rise of Porsche.

Ferrari had dominated the early 60s, Ford would take the late 60s with their GT40 winning four in a row, but in 1970, Porsche would breakthrough and take their first win at Le Mans before going on to become the dominant force of the 1980s.

For 1966 though, it was still early days for the Porsche project. Nevertheless, they already possessed some of the numbers that would make future Porsche efforts famous:

3 factory Porsche 906/6 LH "longtails" in the 2.0L Prototype class.

2 factory Porsche 906/6 Carrera coupes in the 2.0L Sports class.

1 privateer Porsche 906/6 Carrera coupe in the 2.0L Prototype class.

And a privateer 911S in the 2.0L GT class for good measure.

Wait a second...why so many different classes? Why do most of those cars seem to be the same model? Why is one Carrera 6 in the Prototype class while the other two are in the Sports class?

Well, the short answer is that old school Le Mans was complicated.

These days there's a clear distinction between classes: Hypercar is the fastest, LMP2 in the middle, and then GTs. Back then though, it was more of a chart - there were Prototypes, Sports Cars, and GT cars.

Prototypes were dedicated racing machines, Sports Cars, meanwhile, were a bit of an odd area, in that there was a 50-car homologation and these cars needed to have all the equipment necessary to be road legal (but as far as I can tell, there was no requirement to actually sell 50 road cars or anything, not yet at least). GT cars, meanwhile, were the actual sports cars for the road modified for racing use.

The other axis of the chart, meanwhile, is displacement. For 1966, there were 1.15L entries, 1.3L entries, 1.6L entries (though none showed up), 2.0L, and then we skipped all the way up to the 5.0L and the 5.0L+ classes.

In Porsche's case, all their cars were powered by a 1991cc Flat-6, meaning that they conformed to the 2.0L class in Prototype, Sports, and GT.

As for the 906, well, they produced the 50 906 Carrera 6s necessary for homologation, but for Le Mans, they brought the longtails. The 906/6 LH, with a monstrous rear overhang - I don't typically use pictures in these blogposts because of image rights, but look up a picture of it, it's hilarious - streamlined specifically for the mighty Mulsanne straight.

So, these 906/6 LHs were leading the charge, and they were up against a trio of Dino 206 prototypes - with Ferrari's 1986cc V6 - but our story focuses on the 906 Carrera 6s.

The #33 Porsche driven by American Peter Gregg and Swede Sten Axelsson, and the #58 driven by Germans Gunter Klass and Rolf Stommelen.

These were, quite literally, the only entries in the 2.0L Sports class. Ford had five GT Mk. 1s (in addition to their eight Prototype Mk. 2s and a sixth GT MK. 1 that didn't make the race) but those were in the 5.0L class, meaning that they weren't competing with Porsche.

Not that it mattered, considering that none of the Mk. 1s finished the race.

So yeah, quite literally two cars competing for the win, and they were strong too.

With the big cars falling away one by one, the Porsches were getting closer and closer to the front, and all five of the factory Porsche System Engineering entries were running in the top then. Thus, as Ford was planning their three-car photo finish for the overall win, Porsche was planning on a five-car photo finish just behind them.

Then...disaster struck.

Shortly after his last pitstop, Peter Gregg, then in seventh place, started experiencing an engine issue.

This must've been within the last hour of the race, probably forty-five to thirty minutes left, and the #33 car had completed a mighty 321 laps, but they were failing so close to the end of the race. In an attempt to make the finish, Peter Gregg parked the car in the pits and waited for the clock to tick down and the Fords to cross the line, figuring that he could at least nurse the car home for one final lap.

The #58 Porsche was still out there, making laps and taking the class lead as well as seventh place overall, but with the Germans on 330 laps and the next car on track being a Ferrari 275 GTB car in the 5.0L GT class on just 313 laps, Gregg could still finish in the top ten at Le Mans and be part of a five-car Porsche photo finish.

So, on the last lap, Peter Gregg tried to restart the car and complete one final lap...but it wouldn't turn over.

He missed the photo finish, and he missed the finish completely.

321 laps done, but he couldn't get it over the line to finish the race.

Thus, Porsche had to content themselves with a four car 4-5-6-7 finish, while Peter Gregg and Sten Axelsson earned the heartbreaking distinction of retiring of engine issues...24 hours into the race.

With none of the GT40 Mk. 1s making the finish and all three Dinos out early in the race, this means that the Klass/Stommelen car was the only Sports entry of any kind to finish the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.

So yeah, Peter Gregg and Sten Axelsson...they were on for a class win and a photo finish for Porsche, only to run into a heartbreaking engine issue at the very end of the race. From class lead and seventh overall to a DNF.

To add insult to injury...that one 911 did make the finish, completing 284 laps for a 14th place finish.

Less laps but...they finished the lap that counts: the last one.

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1989 Mercedes-Sauber C9

After a 30-year break from endurance racing following the tragic 1955 Le Mans disaster, Mercedes-Benz decided that enough time had passed to make a triumphant return. In 1989, drivers Jochen Mass, Manuel Reuter, and Stanley Dickens secured an overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with their Sauber-Mercedes C9.

It was a memorable day for both Mercedes-Benz and Sauber, as the winning #63 car finished ahead of its sister car, driven by Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson, and Gianfranco Brancatelli. Two laps behind them, the third-place Joest Racing Porsche 962C, a car that had previously won Le Mans six times, completed the podium.

The Sauber C9, a Group C prototype, made its debut in the 1987 season. Developed by Peter Sauber, the car was built on an all-aluminum monocoque chassis with a rear steel subframe to house the Mercedes-Benz engine.

Due to the fuel restrictions of that era, the engine had to be highly efficient. Swiss engineer Heini Mader developed a production-based block that delivered a peak power of 720 bhp, though it was capped at around 650 bhp to save fuel.

During its initial 1987 season, the C9s were fielded by Kouros Racing with limited success. However, when Mercedes-Benz made it an official factory team in 1988, the car secured five victories, even under intense competition from the Silk Cut Jaguar team.

In 1989, the C9 was refined to its ultimate form, featuring a new DOHC-head M119 V8 engine. That year, the C9s dominated the racing circuit, winning every event but one. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the car set a record of 247 mph (398 km/h) on the Mulsanne Straight.

Following their remarkable run, including winning the 1989 World Sports Car Championship, the Sauber-Mercedes C9 was named Racing Car of the Year by Autosport. The team then moved on to the next chapter, introducing the C11 model for the 1990 season.

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Antony Donaldson (British, 1939), Mulsanne Straight, 1964. Oil on canvas, 93 x 93 cm.

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#Onthisday: Le Mans Epic

Title: Oct 27th, 2013 (Date submitted on dA; artwork done on Oct 23rd, 2013)

An epic between two Speedster twins on the famous "Mulsanne Straight" in Circuit de la Sarthe using their custom Le Mans Prototype Cars! 🇫🇷🚘🚘🛣️🏁

I'm not gonna put some dialogs on them because they're busy racing at the circuit, so, who's gonna win? 🤔 Maybe both? 😏 Who knows? 😉

BTW: We'll meet Riya's current custom LMP, very soon. 😉

The Speedster Twins (Spot and Riya) - created by ME!

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I'll never get tired of the NASCAR revving past down the Mulsanne straight

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My Top 10 Iconic Le Mans Legends

This weekend, the 24 Hours of Le Mans race will celebrate its 100th anniversary, and with 62 cars from different classes gathering around in this centennial milestone as well as special guest stars, rest assured that the 100th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is going to be historical indeed.

As the whole world is bracing for the centennial running of the legendary endurance race that pushes carmakers over the limit in the name of speed and survival, it's time for me to jot down my top ten iconic Le Mans legends.

10) GR010 - Following the success of their LMP1-class TS050, which propelled Toyota Gazoo Racing to three straight overall titles at Le Mans, Toyota created this competitor to the new Hypercar class, which replaced the LMP1 class after the 2020 season. Complying with Hypercar regulations, the GR010 is powered by a 3.5L V6 twin-turbo engine mated to an electric motor that powers the front wheels, making it a 4WD machine where the petrol engine powers the rear wheels while the electric motor takes care of the front, a drastic change compared to its LMP1 predecessor. Toyota defended its Le Mans success in the new Hypercar class with the #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing car emerging as the winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans for two years, making it its fifth win in a row.

9) Toyota TS050 - In the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, being the only manufacturer-backed LMP1 racer competing in its class, the #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050, piloted by Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso, Formula E driver Sebastien Buemi, and Kazuki Nakajima, made a historic victory at Le Mans, marking the second time a Japanese carmaker won Le Mans since the legendary Mazda 787B and the first time a Japanese driver became part of the Le Mans-winning team. In 2019 and 2020, with the latter being the final year for the LMP1 era, Toyota emerged victorious in Le Mans.

8) Jaguar XJR-9 - Built in collaboration between Jaguar and Tom Walkinshaw Racing, Jaguar's Group C competitor is powered by two V12 engines; a 7.0L for the WSPC and a 6.0L for IMSA GTP class. Both produce 760PS of power and 828Nm of torque, while mated to a 5-speed March/TWR manual gearbox, making the XJR-9 capable of hitting a 245mph top speed. A Silk Cut-sponsored Jaguar XJR-9 won the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans with Jan Lammers, Johnny Dumfries, and Andy Wallace behind the wheel.

7) Peugeot 905 - The V10-powered Peugeot 905 cemented the French carmaker to the list of Le Mans winners when it won the legendary endurance race twice in 1992 and 1993.

6) Audi R18 TDi - The Audi R18 TDi is known as the only diesel-powered racing machine that conquered Le Mans three times from 2012 to 2014. Not only that, it has dominated two WEC championship titles from 2012 to 2013. Such achievement proves that diesel is king until dieselgate came and most carmakers are ditching diesel-powered engines for good.

5) 919 Hybrid  - In 2014, Porsche returned to LMP1 endurance racing with their 919 Hybrid and although it didn't fare well in its first run, which led to its 3rd place finish at the constructor's championship at the 2014 WEC season, it came back with a much fighting chance and because of such will power, it managed to win not just Le Mans but also three WEC seasons on the trot from 2015 to 2017. Porsche has left the LMP1 racing program after their three-win streak with the 919, only to make a comeback in the Hypercar class with the 963 racing machine.

4) Sauber-Mercedes C9 - As part of the Sauber-Mercedes partnership, this Group C prototype was introduced in 1987 and its first success can be traced back to the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans, where the #63 C9 driven by Jochen Mass, Manual Reuter, and Stanley Dickens, achieved a win. During qualifying for Le Mans, the C9, with its Mercedes-Benz M119 HL 90º 5.0L Turbo V8 engine with two KKK turbos, achieved a top speed of 248.0 mph (400 km/h) at the Mulsanne Straight of Le Mans.

3) 917K - The Porsche 917K is known as the short-tail version of the legendary 917, a sports prototype race car, and it gave Porsche their first overall wins at Le Mans for two straight years since 1970. Thanks to such success, it even gained a starring role in the Le Mans movie starring Steve McQueen.

2) 787B - Built as an improved version of the 787, it features the same R26B 4-rotor Wankel engine as its predecessor which produces up to 690HP of power. Aside from that, it features carbon-fiber bodywork which resulted in a light, rigid body structure and other improvements. In the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race, Mazda sent two 787B machines with the race-winning #55 car driven by Bertrand Gachot, Johnny Herbert, and Volker Weider. The 787B not only became the first Japanese-manufactured race car to win Le Mans, but it's also the first-and-only rotary-powered race car to win the said endurance race.

1) GT40 Mk. II - Ford's trial-and-error process of creating a racing machine that can crush Ferrari in Le Mans is nothing more of an act of revenge from the Blue Oval following Ferrari's rejection to become part of the Ford empire. Armed with the 7.0L V8 engine producing 485HP of power and mated to a 4-speed gearbox, the GT40 Mk.II from Ford delivered a stunning podium sweep at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race, more than enough to crush Ferrari into it. Such achievement has been profiled in the biopic movie Ford vs. Ferrari.

In this centennial running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, will it be a milestone for Toyota Gazoo as it's seeking a three-peat in the Hypercar class? Will the return of Ferrari in Le Mans crush Toyota's dreams for a three-peat? Find out as this legendary endurance race unfolds this Saturday, June 10th. Don't miss it!

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No Rest The Legends

I'd Present my tribute painting to Carroll Shelby win at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans; I've decide to add sound effects to make you get the feeling experiencing of going down the Mulsanne Straight at high speeds in the Aston Martin DBR1.

My DeviantArt description of my piece is below.

"In 1959 the Aston Martin backed David Brown Racing setout to make history at Le Mans with the DBR1; Delivering the brand first win in the grueling twenty four hour race with a  three car team (numbered 4-6) comprised of the six finest drivers car no. 4 (Stirling Moss and Jack Fairman), car no.5 (Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori) and car no. 6 (Maurice Trintignant and Paul Frère). Behind the Wheel is a 36 year old American Race Car Driver from Leesburg, Texas named Carroll Shelby; Shelby has served an USAAF Pilot during World War 2, after the war he drifted trough various entrepreneurial efforts involving a variety things from dump trucks to poultry; Before finding his true calling as a racing driver for hire, Shelby is not only battling for the win but secretly for his very life against a heart condition that is predicted to kill him within two years. The Young Texan perseveres with the aid of a nitroglycerine pill that keeps his heart problems in check long enough to reach victory lane; Carroll Shelby has just achieved what many drivers often dream about but very few do a win at Le Mans, but his story doesn't end here this merely part of his final bow as a driver; He will outlive his doctors original diagnosis by several years thanks to advances in medical science, During this time Shelby will found Shelby America which would breath new life into the AC Ace with the addition of a Ford V8 Engine; Creating both the Shelby Cobra and Shelby Daytona Coupe which would led to his involvement in both the Ford Mustang and the Ford GT40, the latter of both would see his return to Le Mans 1964-1967 as a manufacturer thus making him the only person to ever win as both a driver and a constructor."

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Real Talk

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Aston Martin DP215,

a unique, one-off racing prototype designed in the early 1960s. While never officially raced, the DP215 is celebrated for its stunning design and advanced engineering for its time. Its sleek, aerodynamic body, crafted from lightweight aluminum, was intended to achieve high speeds on the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans. The car features a powerful four-liter inline-six engine and a sophisticated suspension system. Though it never achieved its racing potential, the DP215 remains a testament to Aston Martin's innovative spirit and design prowess. It stands as a fascinating piece of Aston Martin history.

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Aston Martin DP215

Aston Martin DP215, a unique, one-off racing prototype designed in the early 1960s. While never officially raced, the DP215 is celebrated for its stunning design and advanced engineering for its time. Its sleek, aerodynamic body, crafted from lightweight aluminum, was intended to achieve high speeds on the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans. The car features a powerful four-liter inline-six engine and a sophisticated suspension system. Though it never achieved its racing potential, the DP215 remains a testament to Aston Martin's innovative spirit and design prowess. It stands as a fascinating piece of Aston Martin history.

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Aston Martin DP215,

a unique, one-off racing prototype designed in the early 1960s. While never officially raced, the DP215 is celebrated for its stunning design and advanced engineering for its time. Its sleek, aerodynamic body, crafted from lightweight aluminum, was intended to achieve high speeds on the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans. The car features a powerful four-liter inline-six engine and a sophisticated suspension system. Though it never achieved its racing potential, the DP215 remains a testament to Aston Martin's innovative spirit and design prowess. It stands as a fascinating piece of Aston Martin history.

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Aston Martin DP215,

a unique, one-off racing prototype designed in the early 1960s. While never officially raced, the DP215 is celebrated for its stunning design and advanced engineering for its time. Its sleek, aerodynamic body, crafted from lightweight aluminum, was intended to achieve high speeds on the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans. The car features a powerful four-liter inline-six engine and a sophisticated suspension system. Though it never achieved its racing potential, the DP215 remains a testament to Aston Martin's innovative spirit and design prowess. It stands as a fascinating piece of Aston Martin history.

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Aston Martin DP214

In 1962, with Ferrari's 250 GTO homologated for racing, Aston Martin decided to adopt some of the modifications that had made the GTO so successful. This led to the creation of the DP212, which featured a low-profile nose, a sleek body, and a Kamm tail to improve aerodynamics, particularly at high speeds, similar to the 250 GTO. Other enhancements included an enlarged four-liter engine, a De Dion-type rear axle, and a lighter chassis made with more aluminum. Aston Martin completed a single DP212 just in time for the 1962 Le Mans 24-hour race, where it showed great potential before retiring in the sixth hour.

The following year, Aston Martin introduced the DP214, building two examples (#0194 and #0195). The DP214 was designed to be lower and wider than the DP212 to improve stability and performance at high speeds. These modifications allowed the car, with its 317 bhp engine, to reach speeds of up to 186 mph on the Mulsanne Straight. Aston Martin entered both DP214 cars in the 1963 Le Mans race alongside a single DP215, which competed in the prototype class. Despite a strong showing, both DP214s retired after ten hours, with Jim Kimberley and Jo Schlesser withdrawing while in third place overall.

Throughout the season, the cars continued to compete, appearing at Brands Hatch, Goodwood, and Monza, but they only managed a single victory at the Coupe de Paris in Monthléry. After the initial season, the works cars were sold to the Dawnay Racing Team. Unfortunately, one of the cars was destroyed in a fatal crash at the Nürburgring, while the other has been partially or fully replicated and occasionally appears at UK motoring events.