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2010: Le Mans Classic storyboard |
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A 24 Hour race is a film. With a storyboard which changes as laps go by, heroes, challengers, developments, unexpected finishes and always the breathtaking image of the sunrise on the Hunaudières straight line. Every two years, Le Mans Classic gathers the leading players of the over eighty year old mechanical saga. Three days full of flash-backs to the key moments of a legendary race, and a tribute to the drivers, their cars and to all motor racing enthusiasts… Action!
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An excellent vintage! The success of previous years is definitely confirmed: 100,000 spectators; 8000 club cars, becoming now the biggest car gathering in the world; 460 racing cars; around 1,000 drivers and 100 Little Big Mans budding drivers.
On the track no major incidents among the drivers, for the most part amateurs making a child's dream come true. Team 21 wins this fifth edition, followed on the podium by teams 65 & 69. Le Mans Classic was also a former Le Mans stars' meeting point with over 40 ex-Le Mans drivers and 100 ex-Le Mans racers, including the Art Cars displayed by BMW. But it was also the time for future Le Mans challengers to perform since the brand new Citroën electric concept car was run for the first time -by Vanina Ickx- on a racetrack!
As for the Clubs, the Jury, presided over by brilliant designer Jean Pierre Ploué, architect of Citroën renewed design, awarded the 1937 Adler Super Trumpf the "Best of Show" of the 24 former Le Mans racers gathered in the Le Mans Heritage Club. The clubs' "Best of Show" prize went to the Club Renault Histoire; whilst the TVR Car Club de France was honoured for its tribute to the Swordfish movie.
A success also for Hervé Poulain and the new Artcurial Motorcars team: 6 million Euros and 75% of the cars sold…
… Without forgetting the most unpredictable weekend star, we mean the Sun and an average temperature of 32°C!
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THE RACE | |
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Podium : Teams 21 / 65 / 69 | |
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THE CLUBS CONTEST | |
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Best of Show : Renault Histoire & Collection | |
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LE MANS HERITAGE CLUB CONTEST | |
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Best of Show : Adler Super Trumpf | |
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