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    The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is widely...
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    Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans, also known as Circuit de la Sarthe (after the 1906 French Grand Prix triangle circuit) located in Le Mans, Sarthe, France...
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    The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is an annual 24-hour automobile endurance race organised by the automotive group Automobile Club de...
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  • 1955 Le Mans disaster was a major crash that occurred on 11 June 1955 during the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, Sarthe...
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    "CJ-20 Pegaso Spyder Touring Le Mans 1953". Toni Bareta Slot. Retrieved 8 August 2018. "Les 24 Heures du Mans, 1953 | Motor Sport Magazine Archive"....
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  • Peter Walker (racing driver) (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    Jaguar embarked on their first racing programme aimed at winning the 24 Heures du Mans outright. On its first attempt, just six weeks after completion, Walker...
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  • Mike Hawthorn (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    Stirling Moss, who had left for Mercedes. Hawthorn won the 1955 les 24 Heures du Mans following what has been described as an inspired drive in which he...
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    detail. Retrieved 20 October 2016. XX Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1952, www.formula2.net, as archived at web.archive.org Video on YouTube...
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    Ian Stewart (racing driver) (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    works outings for the Jaguar marque at Le Mans. It is often said that during the 1954 Les 24 Heures du Mans he rolled an Aston Martin DB3S on the fast...
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    Adolf Brudes (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    Brudes was amongst the squad of drivers. Their first event was the 24 Heures du Mans, with a trio of Borgward-Hansa 1500 Rennsport Coupés. Brudes's car...
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    Tony Rolt (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    raced regularly. Rolt competed in every 24 Heures du Mans race from 1949 to 1955, famously winning the 1953 event in a Jaguar C-Type shared with Hamilton...
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    Peter Whitehead (racing driver) (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    Prix, which along with a 24 Heures du Mans win in 1951, probably was his finest achievement, but he also won two 12 Heures internationales de Reims events...
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    race left Le Mans the 24 Heures du Mans was established, so that when the Bol d'Or returned to Le Mans, there were for a time two annual 24-hour motorcycle...
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  • Eric Thompson (racing driver) (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    1955 taking his greatest success by finishing third in the 1951 Les 24 Heures du Mans and took part in the 1952 RAC British Grand Prix. Thompson worked...
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  • Duncan Hamilton (racing driver) (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    more successful in sportscars, winning the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans, two Coupe de Paris events, and the 12 heures internationals Reims race in 1956. He retired...
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    The 1953 24 Heures de Spa Francorchamps took place on 25 and 26 July 1953, at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, (Belgium). It was also the fourth round...
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    approval") originate with the regulations for the inaugural 1923 24 Heures du Mans, credited to: Charles Faroux, a motoring journalist for La Vie Automobile;...
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  • Graham Whitehead (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    Alta in the 1952 British Grand Prix. He finished second at 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans only weeks before the accident on the Tour de France in which Peter...
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    Jaguar XJ220 (category 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars)
    2012. Retrieved 26 June 2013. "Classement des 24 heures du Mans 1993". 61ème Edition des 24 Heures du Mans – 70 ans (in French and English). Automobile...
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  • com. Retrieved 24 August 2021. "I Grand Prix du Roussillon • STATS F1". statsf1.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021. "1946 24 Heures du Mans - ChicaneF1.com"...
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  • Charles Pozzi (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    Prix of Bourgogne – Dijon where he finished in fourth position and the Le Mans Grand Prix, raced on the Nantes race track this year, where he finished in...
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  • Jean-Louis Rosier (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    Retrieved 23 March 2023. "Louis Rosier Jr (1925–2011)". Website of the 24 Heures du Mans (in French). 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011...
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  • Anthoniyar (1977) (India) Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) (UK) Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ (1982) (France) Quo Vadis? (2001) (Poland)...
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    Audi R10 TDI (category 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars)
    the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans just 200 days later. The R10 was eventually replaced by the R15 TDI at the conclusion of the 2008 American Le Mans Series....
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    Tom Cole (racing driver) (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    com. Retrieved 27 August 2015. "Le Mans 24 Hours". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015. "1953 Le Mans 24 hours: Magnificent Victory by Jaguar...
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    Porsche 356SL (category 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars)
    & Strauss to each built two racing cars for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and other racing events. Le Mans regulations required the cars to be available for...
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  • Juan Jover (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    com. Retrieved 18 November 2010. "17èmes Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1949". experiencelemans.com. Retrieved 18 November 2010. "Grand Prix...
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    bien le marchand du sel ‒ in English: "Rrose Sélavy knows the merchant of salt well"; in French the final words sound like Mar-champ Du-cel. Note that the...
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    Coupe d'Or: 1ères 12 Heures de Reims, Aug 22". amis-du-circuit-de-gueux.fr. Retrieved May 29, 2014. "Reims: Revenge for Le Mans". 24h-lemans.com. Retrieved...
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  • critics of Cahiers du Cinéma, a French film magazine. The magazine started the lists in 1951, but did not publish a list from 1952 to 1953 and from 1969 to...
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