Jaguar & Le Mans, 1954

" Some truly amazing footage here from a documentary focusing on the 1954 24 Heures Du Mans. It's all pretty gripping but highlight for me is right at the start when the Jaguar team emerge from the Browns Lane plant with those immaculate "

Le Mans ’77

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Written by Michael Fordham

We’re suckers for onboard footage. And if this footage is from the days before modern tech took all the fun out of it, then so much more the better. We reckon this sort of juddery, intense photography comes closer to the visceral experience of driving a sports car at the limit. But that’s just us. We’re kind of luddites, though we’re doing it online.

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4 Responses to “Le Mans ’77”

yaya July 31, 2010

It'd be nice to know what car it is
Baldy Lock July 31, 2010

OOh visceral heaven, proper seat of the pants stuff.

Car is a Martini Racing Porsche 936
MikeF August 2, 2010

Yep: the car featured is, to be exact the turbocharged Porsche 936/77 driven to victory in the 24 Heures Du Mans by German Jurgen Barth, supported by Belgian Jacky Ickx and American Hurley Haywood. Baldy, thanks for filling in the gap…
Kev February 4, 2011

Spot the non Porche! Great clip.

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