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This year marks the 84th running of the most famous endurance race on Planet Earth: The 24 Hours of Le Mans.For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, Le Mans sees 60 cars competing on the eight-and-a-half mile Circuit de la Sarthe from Saturday afternoon, racing through the night until Sunday afternoon.It"s a gruelling test of mechanical and mental strength that every manufacturer wants to win: Audi, last victorious in 2014, covered more than 3200 miles in the 24 hours of racing.The hyper-competitive nature of Le Mans has, on more than one occasion, led to things getting a bit fighty between marques.In celebration of this competitive spirit (and occasional personal vendetta), we"ve trawled through the archives all the way back to the early 1930s to bring you the biggest and best battles from the race"s 90-odd year history - from Bentley vs Alfa, to Ferrari vs Ford, to Porsche vs everyone.And with Porsche dominating this year"s qualifying with a blistering 3m 19.733s lap time, could there be another battle brewing between Stuttgart and Audi? We"ll just have to wait and see. Click through for a very fighty history lesson
Date written: 17 Jun 2016
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This year marks the 84th running of the most famous endurance race on Planet Earth: The 24 Hours of Le Mans.For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, Le Mans sees 60 cars competing on the eight-and-a-half mile Circuit de la Sarthe from Saturday afternoon, racing through the night until Sunday afternoon.It"s a gruelling test of mechanical and mental strength that every manufacturer wants to win: Audi, last victorious in 2014, covered more than 3200 miles in the 24 hours of racing.The hyper-competitive nature of Le Mans has, on more than one occasion, led to things getting a bit fighty between marques.In celebration of this competitive spirit (and occasional personal vendetta), we"ve trawled through the archives all the way back to the early 1930s to bring you the biggest and best battles from the race"s 90-odd year history - from Bentley vs Alfa, to Ferrari vs Ford, to Porsche vs everyone.And with Porsche dominating this year"s qualifying with a blistering 3m 19.733s lap time, could there be another battle brewing between Stuttgart and Audi? We"ll just have to wait and see. Click through for a very fighty history lesson
Date written: 17 Jun 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 3884
