The longest straightaway of the Circuit de la Sarthe prompted engineers to build some beautiful ways to conquer it.
After the 1960s, Ford exited from the top-tier prototype class and competed in production-focused class racing around the ...
The Viper will once again roar down the storied Mulsanne straight, as SRT is returning to the famed French race with two identically prepared GTS-R race cars set to compete at Le Mans later this ...
Mike Hawthorne and Ivor Bueb won The 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1955 driving a Jaguar ... us know that doing 185 miles per hour down the Mulsanne Straight was where you could "relax a little, recover ...
Jaguar D-Type ‘OKV 2’ heads to auction, expected to fetch $6.5M–$8.5M at Broad Arrow’s 2025 Amelia Auction. One of the most significant sports racing cars in history, the 1954 Jaguar D-Type ‘OKV 2’, ...
classic Le Mans fashion, though after this evocative but faux start the cars are sorted back into grid order on the Mulsanne Straight and brought round for the real rolling start. The spectacle ...
Broad Arrow Auctions will offer the legendary 1954 Jaguar D-Type 'OKV 2' Works competition car, estimated at $6.5M-$8.5M, ...
I’ve always loved Le ... Le Mans circuit but the corners that are there tend to be very fast and quite complicated. For any driver, it’s a fantastic challenge. On the start-finish straight ...
Brit Nick Tandy has become the first driver in history to win all four major 24-Hour races – at Le Mans, Spa-Francorchamps, ...
A historic image of the 1954 Jaguar D-Type 'OKV 2' Works Competition Car at its first race outing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans ... with ‘OKV 2’ down the Mulsanne straight.