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Le Mans 24h 2011
Gigantkampen mellan Peugeot och Audi fortsätter... ![]() Eurosport och Eurosport 2 sänder non stop i helgen... ![]() _________________ ///Mvh Sören Hall (fd Kristensson) "Raksträckor är bara en transport till nästa kurva" |
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Mazda återvänder tyvärr utom tävlan.
![]() ![]() ![]() Mazda 787B 1991 Winning Car Returns to Le Mans After 20 Years Submitted by Dan Mazzella on Friday, May 20, 2011 - 7:11am HIROSHIMA, Japan-2011 marks the 20th anniversary of Mazda's victory in the world's most demanding endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 1991, Mazda became the first and only Japanese car manufacturer to win the race. In celebration of this anniversary, and at the invitation of the event organizers, the Automobile Club de L'ouest (ACo), Mazda will demonstrate the winning Mazda 787B on the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France on Saturday, June 11, 2011, before the 24-hour race begins. The 79th 24-Hours of Le Mans is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. (local time) on Saturday, June 11, 2011, and finish at the same time on the following day. Mazda plans to hold the demonstration of the 787B racecar on the Circuit de la Sarthe at 12:30 p.m. On June 11. Additionally, the 787B will also take part in the Driver's Parade through the Le Mans city center on Friday June 10. The Mazda 787B is the first and only Japanese car, and rotary-engine car, to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Jointly developed by Mazda and Mazdaspeed, the organization that managed Mazda's racing program, the 787B has a chassis designed to meet Group C racing car technical regulations and is powered by a four-rotor rotary engine that produces 700 horsepower. Due to a change in the race regulations, 1991 was to become the last year that a rotary-engine car could participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. At the last chance, after 17 years of effort, Mazda finally realized its long-held dream to take the overall victory at Le Mans. This victory was not Mazda's alone, but the result of long years of hard work by Mazdaspeed, the drivers, suppliers and the many others involved. Takashi Yamanouchi, Mazda's representative director, chairman of the board, president and CEo, said, "Mazda is founded on a desire to 'never stop challenging.' This spirit brings Mazda Group employees together across the globe, and it inspires us to achieve the demanding goals we set ourselves. Exactly 50 years ago, in 1961, Mazda commenced development of the rotary engine. The road from this beginning until our 1991 victory at Le Mans, and on to our current SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY development program, is built upon our spirit of challenge. 2011 is set to be another landmark year for the entire Mazda Group, as we enter our SKYACTIV era with the global introduction of our next-generation vehicles." Since 1991, the winning Mazda 787B has mostly been on display at the Mazda Museum in Hiroshima, Japan. In preparation for the demonstration at Le Mans, Mazda has carefully restored the winning 787B racecar back to driving condition for the first time since its post-race overhaul in 1991. The work was carried out by current Mazda employees who participated in the company's original Le Mans Challenge Project, along with engineers from Mazda's subsidiary engineering company Mazda E&T. The restored 787B has been tested by one of Mazda's in-house top gun drivers, and its performance has been confirmed by former Mazda factory drivers Yoshimi Katayama, Takashi Yorino and Yojiro Terada at Mazda's Mine Proving Ground in western Japan. As part of the 20th anniversary celebrations, various members of the 1991 Mazda team will also return to Le Mans. The winning driver Johnny Herbert (England) will be joined by 1991 Mazda drivers David Kennedy (Ireland), Pierre Dieudonné (Belgium) and other team members. Video footage and photographs of the restoration work and the demonstration at Le Mans will be uploaded on Mazda's official Facebook and YouTube web pages. _________________ Lennart Pettersson "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi |
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Lindström och Ring bjöd på ett par pärlor under kvällen: "Tanken med Aston Martin-projektet verkade god innan det började"
![]() och, antagligen lite mindre genomtänkt: "Holland är ett land med många innevånare för sin befolkningsmängd." Men nu börjar kvällskvalet, och då Peugeot och Audi bokstavligen slogs in på mållinjen om pole på förra passet så tittar jag nog hellre på det än skriver här. _________________ mvh Patrik Petersson Time Attack, är inte det bara en tidsträning? |
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Johnny Herbert är ett fynd som expertkommentator. De visade bilder från Mazdas vinst -91 när de fick bära ut Herbert ur bilen pga utmattning. "oj, där har vi en kille som inte mår så bra..."
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Han ÄR den enda. Lite synd... Vad var det danskarna hade på plats? fyra-fem stycken? I.o.f.s. inte så underligt då halva danmark är på plats och tittar...
_________________ mvh Patrik Petersson Time Attack, är inte det bara en tidsträning? |
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_________________ Peter Sundström Datsun 280Z, MGB GTS V8, Giulia QV 297 varv på Nordschleife |
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Support-racet var bra. Dessutom låter gammelbilarna som racebilar skall.
Morgonen inledd med att ta på sig min Steve McQueen-tröja och gå igenom https://rejsa.nu/forum/viewtopic.php _________________ mvh Patrik Petersson Time Attack, är inte det bara en tidsträning? |
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_________________ May the Downforce be with you Team Swedish Racing Mates |
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_________________ Jonas Zetterman Västerås Sonens Race Insta https://www.instagram.com/philiptangerstad63/ |
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Ja det var en riktigt rejäl vurpa, men jag kan inte förstå att han chansade där riktigt. Ferrarin hade ju inte en chans att se McNish där eftersom den andra Audin låg där bakom. _________________ Viktor Starkman |
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_________________ Per Gustavsson #95 BMW E36 1:A serien SSK Klass3a 2012 2:A serien SSK Klass3a 2013 1:A Modsport 3 samt 1:A totalt spvm 2014 2:A Modsport 1 2018 |
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Mike Rockenfeller totalskrotade just en audi till när han gick ihop med en ferrari när det var varvning.
En riktig fullfartskrach istort set inget kvar av bilen han kunde dock ta sig ur bilen för egen maskin _________________ Michael Bäck BMW 328is -84 BmwCup #50 ![]() |
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Skönt att höra att han verkar ok ![]() (Slog precis över till Eurosport 2 och undrade varför det var safety car...) |
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_________________ H e n r i k P i h l #52 Modsport II |
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