Le Mans

Sometimes there are deeply held personal grudges to settle at the highest level of motorsports. This is the story of one such occasion, when a grudge match entwined with a fight between two famous companies and two nations to light up the 1960s. We have the full story of the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, and we also have a large Ninco track plan of La Sarthe.

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Slot.it Porsche 956C LH - Le Mans Winner 1983

1983 was the height of Porsche's powers at La Sarthe, Porsches dominated the entry list for Group C and would dominate the race. Three Rothmans-sponsored works 956s were entered and they were the fastest of the bunch. However, the lead works car of Mass, Bellof and Barth was already ailing when its engine blew in the 22nd hour. That left the sister cars of Holbert-Haywood-Schuppan and Ickx-Bell out front. Both cars had been in the wars but Holbert managed to drag the #3 Porsche limping over the line to win.

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Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher won the controversial 2005 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis, where only 6 of 20 cars started the race, prompting ridicule of F1 safety and tyre rules.

Imola

Having been opened three months earlier with a motorcycle race, Imola held it's first race for cars on this day in 1954.

Policar Ferrari 312B2 no.2 - Zandvoort 1971 - Jacky Ickx

Due to heavy rain, the Zandvoort track was treacherously wet and slippery at the 1971 Dutch Grand Prix. But Jacky Ickx managed to master the conditions to take pole postion, fastest race lap, and most importantly the race win.

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