1931 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 9th Grand Prix of Endurance that took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe on 13 and 14 June 1931. With the demise of Bentley...
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This is a list of records in the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 1923. This page is accurate up to and including the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans. Note: The first...
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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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The 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 27th 24 Hours of Le Mans, Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 20 and 21 June 1959, on Circuit de la Sarthe...
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The 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 32nd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 20 and 21 June 1964. It was also the ninth round of the 1964 World...
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The 1932 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 10th Grand Prix of Endurance that took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe on 18 and 19 June 1932. A significant year...
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Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
While in Parliament he took up motor racing, and later won the 1931 24 Hours of Le Mans race. He ascended to the peerage in 1929, succeeding his father...
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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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The 1937 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 14th Grand Prix of Endurance. It took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe on 19 and 20 June 1937. The race was won by...
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Circuit de la Sarthe (redirect from Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans)
the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race. Comprising private, race-specific sections of track in addition to public roads which remain accessible most of the...
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The 1930 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 8th Grand Prix of Endurance that took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe on 21 and 22 June 1930. It saw the first...
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(male) and Mancelles (female). Since 1923, the city has hosted the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's oldest active endurance sports car race. The event is...
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The 1934 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 12th Grand Prix of Endurance. It took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe on 16 and 17 June 1934. Four privateer Alfa...
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Philippe Étancelin (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
13 October 1981) was a French racing driver, and a winner of the 1934 24 Hours of Le Mans. He competed primarily on the Grand Prix circuit, and was an...
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Charles Montier (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
and automotive engineer whose race entries included the inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans. Montier, with his father Elie and friend Gillet, built a steam car...
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Bentley 4½ Litre (category 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars)
and Lorraine-Dietrich focused on designing cars to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, a popular automotive endurance course established only a few years...
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1925 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1928 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1929 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Chrysler Imperial Eight roadster in the 1931 24 Hours of Le Mans. The...
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Tim Birkin (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
In 1931 he won Le Mans with Earl Howe in an Alfa Romeo, even receiving a telegram from Mussolini congratulating him on his "win for Italy". On 24 March...
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active driver to have won two of three events in both versions of the crown, having won the 2018 and 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 2005 and 2006 World Drivers...
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Twenty-four hours is the length of a day. 24 Hours or Twenty Four Hours may also refer to: 24 Hours (1931 film), a 1931 drama 24 Hours (2002 film), a Croatian...
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Arrol-Aster (category Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Scotland)
car was entered in the 1931 24 Hours of Le Mans. 1927-1930 Aster 21/60 3042 cc Straight-6 Overhead valve 1927-1930 Aster 24/70 3460 cc Straight-6 Sleeve...
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Jean-Pierre Wimille (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
racing driver and a member of the French Resistance during World War II. He was a two-time victor of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning in 1937 and 1939...
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Singer Nine (redirect from Singer 9 Le Mans)
was also made from October 1933, and one of these managed to finish thirteenth at the 1933 24 Hours of Le Mans race. In 1933, celebrating this moderate...
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CrowdStrike. The Spa 24 Hours was conceived by Jules de Their and Henri Langlois Van Ophem just one year after the inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans was run. It debuted...
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Raymond Sommer (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in both 1932 and 1933, and although he did not reach the finishing line in any subsequent appearance at the Le Mans...
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motorsport's three most prestigious races. These annual events are the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race at the Circuit de la Sarthe, the Indianapolis 500...
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Briggs Cunningham (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
including the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Cunningham was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on 19 January 1907. The family were long-time residents of the Cincinnati...
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Dan Gurney (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1967 with Ford, as well as the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1959 with Ferrari. Born in Long Island, Gurney was the son of bass-baritone...
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Sébastien Bourdais (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
24 Hours of Le Mans. The Frenchman was a Ford Performance factory driver from 2016 to 2019, winning the GTE-Pro class at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans...
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Woolf Barnato (category 24 Hours of Le Mans winning drivers)
one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s. He achieved three consecutive wins out of three entries in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. The youngest son of Fanny...
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