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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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  • Thumbnail for List of female 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
    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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    closed specifically for an event other than the annual running of the 24 heures du Mans with contemporary sports cars and prototypes, thus allowing car owners...
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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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  • Duncan Hamilton (racing driver) (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    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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    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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    l'ACF - 12 heures internationales Reims 1957: Les 12 heures internationales - Les Grands Prix Reims 1958: V 12 heures internationales - 44th Grand Prix de...
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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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  • de l'Ouest". lemans.org. Retrieved 2023-09-10. Official Program, 24 Heures du Mans, 13–14 June 2009, Page 97. Joe Saward, The World Atlas of Motor Racing...
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    finish line at 4pm, ending one of the wettest and most difficult 24 Heures du Mans in history. Second step on the podium went to the private-entry Aston...
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  • 1957 season saw the return of the 24 Hours of Le Mans following track modifications as a direct result of the 1955 Le Mans disaster. In addition, the Venezuelan...
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  • championship was won by Ferrari. After major accidents at the 1955 Les 24 Heures du Mans and 1957 Mille Miglia, the sport's governing body, F.I.A. and its Commission...
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  • Peter Collins (racing driver) (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    One. Outside of Formula One, Collins was twice runner-up in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1955 and 1956 with Aston Martin, as well as in the 1956 Mille...
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    Cars – Le Mans 24 Hours 1952 entries, results, technical detail. Retrieved 20 October 2016. XX Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1952, www...
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    Jacky Ickx (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    Dakar Rally 24 Hours of Le Mans Porsche 956 The 24 Hours of Daytona was held as the 6 Hours of Daytona in 1972. "Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Jacques...
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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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  • revealed with historic green livery". Sky Sports. 3 March 2021. "24 Heures Du Mans" (PDF). 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007...
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    pictured in the illustration The Month of October of the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. In the late 14th and early 15th centuries, the preferred...
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  • Peter Walker (racing driver) (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    Jaguar embarked on their first racing program aimed at winning the 24 Heures du Mans outright. On its first attempt, just six weeks after completion, Walker...
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    Paul Newman (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    Retrieved September 28, 2015. "XLVII Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1979". Le Mans & F2 Register. May 2, 2008. Archived from the original on June...
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  • following is a list of the top 10 films chosen annually by the critics of Cahiers du Cinéma, a French film magazine. The magazine started the lists in 1951, but...
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    Ferrari 330 TRI/LM (category 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars)
    Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans". Motor Sport. Teesdale Publishing Company. Retrieved 9 June 2016. Boddy, William (August 1962). "Le Mans 24-Hour race". Motor...
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  • community were still contending with the fallout. The organisers of the 24 Heures du Mans introduced regulations reducing the maximum engine capacity for prototype...
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  • Guy Ligier (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    Carrera GTS, in which he placed 7th with Robert Buchet at the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans. That same year Ford France signed Ligier to drive one of two Formula...
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    criticized multiple French productions, such as Cotton Mill, Treadmill, 24 heures ou plus, and Un pays sans bon sens!, as being too biased or separatist...
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  • Michel Vaillant (category Comics characters introduced in 1957)
    different albums. He also twice won the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times. He also competed in rally races, winning the East African...
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    Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. – Site officiel du 24 heures du Mans Hill, Christopher R. (1996). Olympic Politics. Manchester University...
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  • countries, such as La Tête et les Jambes, Le Schmilblick, Les Jeux de 20 heures, La Chasse aux trésors, L'Académie des neuf, Tournez manège, and Fort Boyard...
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