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Start of the Grid 5 race for cars built from 1962 to 1965<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Le Mans Classic is held every two years and it provides a unique opportunity to see the cars that raced in the Le Mans 24 Hours between 1923 and 1979 doing battle on the famed Circuit de la Sarthe in France. The 2014 edition of this historic meeting will also attract the top drivers that took part in the modern event, including seven of whom have won the world’s oldest sports car endurance race.<\/p>\n

Of the seven former victors taking part the one with the most victories to his name (5) with Audi (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007) is Emanuele Pirro. Three months after his first outing in the Tour Auto Optic 2ooo<\/a> at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo, the Italian driver has stayed faithful to the firm from Turin and he will drive a 33\/TT\/12 from 1974.<\/p>\n

Andy Wallace is another who remains faithful to a marque and 26 years after helping Jaguar to its sixth win in the Sarthe he is back at the wheel of a 1955 D-Type. The Englishman with 19 outings in the 24 Hours is one of the drivers with the highest number of starts. However, he is beaten by Emmanuel Collard who will be on the grid for the 20th time before competing in Le Mans Classic in a Porsche 910 and a 911 RSR. Hernando da Silva Ramos is also very experienced and the sprightly 88-year-old will be back in the Sarthe in an Aston Martin DB2\/4 similar to the one he drove 60 years ago.<\/p>\n

This year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans<\/a> marked Porsche\u2019s return to the prototype category, and some of the most famous representatives of the German marque will be taking part in Le Mans Classic: J\u00fcrgen Barth, winner of the race in 1977, will drive a Porsche 907 from 1967. Two-time victor Gijs van Lennep will be at the wheel of a 936 like the one in which he took the chequered flag in 1976. Kristian Poulsen, first in the LM P2 category in 2009 in an RS Spyder, will discover another universe than that of carbon fibre in a 1957 Porsche 356. Double category winner Raymond Narac will stay faithful to his 911, but will travel 40 years back in time to a 3-litre RSR of 1974. Current works Porsche driver Romain Dumas, first in the 2010 race in an Audi, will team up with Richard Mille in a Porsche 935.<\/p>\n

Two other French winners will be on the grid: G\u00e9rard Larrousse, two-time victor with Matra (and current Drivers\u2019 Club President) will be at the wheel of a Porsche 911 RSR while Eric H\u00e9lary, one of the heroes of Peugeot\u2019s historic triple in 1993, will share his time between two Corvette C3s (1970 and 1974).<\/p>\n

A De Cadenet Lola will race in the sixth grid, but its creator, Alain de Cadenet prefers an older model, a D-Type Jaguar from 1956. Same decision for driver-constructor Jacques Nicolet who will quit the cockpit of his modern LM P2 prototype for a venerable 1968 Costin Nathan.<\/p>\n

Many other people who have raced in the Le Mans 24 Hours are expected: Jacques Laffite (Porsche 910), Paul Belmondo (Ford GT 40), Vanina Ickx (Ford Mustang Shelby 350), Jean Ragnotti and Alain Serpaggi (Alpine Renault A 442 B) and Nanni Galli, Christophe Tinseau, Pierre de Thoisy, Elliott Forbes-Robinson, Michel Lecourt, Jean-Marc Merlin, Lu\u00eds P\u00e9rez Companc, Stuart Hall, Roald Goethe, Fran\u00e7ois Perrodo, Xavier Pompidou, John Sheldon, Patrice Lafargue, Lucien Rossiaud, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Da Rocha, Erik Maris and Lucien Guitteny, among others.<\/p>\n

The drivers will sign autographs in two sessions partnered by the Drivers\u2019 Club on Friday 4th July at 17h00 and Sunday 6th July at 11h30.<\/p>\n

For additional information, visit LeMansClassic.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[Source: Le Mans Classic; photo: Tim Scott \/ Fluid Images]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Le Mans Classic is held every two years and it provides a unique opportunity to see the cars that raced in the Le Mans 24 Hours between 1923 and 1979 doing battle on the famed Circuit de la Sarthe in France. The 2014 edition of this historic meeting will also attract the top drivers that took part in the modern event, including seven of whom have won the world’s oldest sports car endurance race. 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