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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 endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is widely...
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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 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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    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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    James Weaver (racing driver) (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    driver. (key) (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) "Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : James Brian Weaver". www.24h-en-piste.com (in French). Retrieved...
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  • Eric Thompson (racing driver) (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    sports car racing between 1949 and 1955 taking his greatest success by finishing third in the 1951 Les 24 Heures du Mans and took part in the 1952 RAC British...
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  • Gonzague Olivier (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    been killed in a road accident. "XXIII Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1955". Formula 2 Register. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017...
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  • Jean de Montrémy (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    [The Story — Le Mans 26 May 1923] (in French). Moity, Christian; Teissedre, Jean-Marc; Bienvenu, Alain (1992). 1923-1962. 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Vol...
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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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  • Michel Cosson (category Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite)
    January 2001). "Les collectivités locales rachètent le circuit des 24 Heures du Mans". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 14 June 2022. Richard, Xavier (7...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • Alain Ferté (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) "Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Alain Serge Ferté". www.24h-en-piste.com (in French). Retrieved...
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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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  • 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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    Tony Rolt (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    second for Jaguar in the 12 heures internationals – Voiture Sport Reims, but retired from the 1955 Les 24 Heures du Mans while running in second place...
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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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    Bristol 450 (category 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars)
    2009. Retrieved 12 August 2007. "Results: 24 Heures du Mans, Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans. Date: 12.6.1955". World Sports Racing Prototypes. Archived...
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    Jacky Ickx (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    designed with his cooperation. Dakar Rally 24 Hours of Le Mans Porsche 956 "Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Jacques Bernard Edmon Martin Henry Ickx"....
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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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    automobile dealer. Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu. 24 Heures du Mans, 1923-1992. Éditions d'Art, Besancon, 1992 ISBN 2-909-413-06-3. Biography...
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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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  • Mike Hawthorn (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    January 1955, Hawthorn joined the Jaguar racing team, replacing Stirling Moss, who had left for Mercedes. Hawthorn won the 1955 les 24 Heures du Mans following...
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  • Peter Collins (racing driver) (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    Racingsportscars.com. 16 October 1955. Retrieved 1 August 2016. "Racing Sports Cars : Le Mans 24 Hours". Racingsportscars.com. 12 June 1955. Retrieved 1 August 2016...
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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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    12 heures internationales - 40th Grand Prix de l'ACF 1954: 12 heures internationales - Voiture Sport Reims 1956: 42nd Grand Prix de l'ACF - 12 heures internationales...
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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...
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  • Mike Salmon (racing driver) (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
    1967). "Le Mans 24 Hours". Motor Sport magazine archive. p. 13. Retrieved 28 January 2016. J.C.T. (July 1977). "Les Vingt-Quatre Heures Du Mans". Motor Sport...
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