Le Mans Centenary Images

2002 Le Mans 24 Hour Race, Le Mans, France.
Sunday 16th June 2002.
Frank Biela/Tom Kristensen/Emanuele Pirro (Audi) win Le Mans 24 Hour race.
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1998 Le Mans 24 Hours.
Le Mans, France. 6th - 7th June 1998.
Allan McNish/Laurent Aiello/Stephane Ortelli (Porsche 911 GT1-98) 1st position, action.
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Ref: 98LM17

1998 Le Mans 24 Hours.
Le Mans, France. 6th - 7th June 1998.
Martin Brundle/Emmanuel Collard/Eric Helary (Toyota GT-One), retired, leads Bernd Schneider/Klaus Ludwig/Mark Webber (Mercedes-Benz CLK LM), retired, at the start of the race, action.
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Ref: 98LM20

Mauro Baldi / Kenny Acheson / Gianfranco Brancatelli, Team Sauber Mercedes, Sauber Mercedes C9/88 Mercedes, leads the field at the start.

Gerard Larrousse / Vic Elford, Martini International Racing Team, Porsche 917 LH is refuelled in the pits. Helmut Bott, in front, observes the procedure whilst engineer Helmut Flegel holds the light.

Jo Siffert / Derek Bell, J. W. Automotive Engineering, Porsche 917L.

A fuel and driver change pitstop for the Helmut Marko / Gijs van Lennep, Martini International Racing Team, Porsche 917K entry. Jo Siffert, from the rival John Wyer Porsche team, looks on.

Joe Buzzetta / Scooter Patrick, Porsche System Enginnering, Porsche 908 in the middle of a gaggle of cars.

The Jackie Epstein / Edward Nelson Lola T70 Mk3 Chevrolet passes the Sportscar Unlimited entered Ulf Coriander / Sten Axelsson Lola T70 Mk3 Chevrolet approaching the Dunlop Bridge

Dan Gurney / A.J. Foyt, Shelby-American, Ford GT40 Mk.IV, leads Ludivico Scarfiotti / Mike Parkes, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari 330P4.

Jean Guichet / Nino Vaccarella, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari 275P, makes a pit stop.

Jean Guichet / Nino Vaccarella, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari 275P.

Race winners Phil Hill (USA) / Olivier Gendebien (BEL) Ferrari 330 TRI/LM #6 cross the line at the end of the race.
Le Mans 24 Hours, Le Mans, France, 23-24 June 1962.

Carroll Shelby / Roy Salvadori, David Brown Racing, Aston Martin DBR1/300.

Le Mans, France. 20th - 21st June 1959
Roy Salvadori/Carroll Shelby (Aston Martin DBR1), 1st position, with Team Owner and Chief Designer, David Brown, sits on the car as they drive into parc ferme, action
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1957 Le Mans 24 hours.
Le Mans, France. 22-23 June 1957.
Ivor Bueb/Ron Flockhart (Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-type), 1st position.
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Ref: C49403

1954 Le Mans 24 hours.
Le Mans, France. 12th - 13th June 1954.
The start of the race where the drivers run to their cars on the grid, action.
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Ref: Autocar Glass Plate C39233

Le Mans, France. 14-15 June 1952.
Hermann Lang/Fritz Riess (Mercedes-Benz 300SL), 1st position, action.
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Jean-Pierre Wimille / Pierre Veyron, Bugatti T57C, leads Fritz Hans Wenscher / Max zu Schaumburg-Lippe, BMW, BMW 328 Touring Coupé.

Le Mans, France. 19-20 June 1937.
Daniel Porthault/Louis Rigal (Peugeot 302), 8th position, leads Robert Benoist/Jean-Pierre Wimille (Bugatti 57G), 1st position. Action.
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Ref: Autocar Glass Plate C12030.

Luigi Chinetti / Philippe Étancelin, Alfa Romeo 8C 2300.

The wreckage of Mme Odette Siko / “Sabipa”'s Alfa Romeo 6C 1750.

1930 Le Mans 24 hours.
Le Mans, France. 21-22 June 1930.
Woolf Barnato/Glen Kidston (Bentley Speed Six), 1st position, at Rue de Circuit.
Ref-Motor 730/2.
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The Bentley team left-to right: Jack Dunfee / Glen Kidston (#9), Woolf Barnato / Henry Birkin (#1), Frank Clement /Jean Chassagne (#8) and John Benjafield / Andre d'Erlanger (#10).

Le Mans, France. 16th - 17th June 1928.Bentley boys left-to-right: Frank Clement, Henry "Tim" Birkin and Woolf Barnato, (Bentley 4
5 Litre), portrait. Ref: Autocar Glass Plate A9986. World Copyright: LAT Photographic.