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ince 1923, the 24 Heures du Mans together with
the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco F1 Grand Prix,
has written the great legend of motor racing. In
2007, with the arrival of the Peugeot Total Team,
the mythic Le Mans race will generate even more
suspense. Riding high on its initial successes at
Monza and Valencia, the 908 HDi FAP will benchmark
itself against the elite of endurance racing with
41 teams selected by the organization from 13 nationalities
in a powerful demonstration of the global –
and popular – appeal of this race. Since it
was first held in 1923, the 24Heures du Mans has
been an anthology of superlatives: 117 drivers have
shared the victory, 74 races have been run, 24 different
brands have experienced victor y, 13 different routes
have been used, 8 different manufacturers have supplied
cars for the winners, and in 2006 there were over
230,000 spectators! |
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eorges Camel already understood this unique dimension
in 1967, when he wrote in Sport-Auto about the Le
Mans race: “Since the heroic beginnings of
motor racing, there has never been such a major
event as the 24 Heures du Mans... The admittedly
high number of spectators will only be a drop in
the ocean compared to the masses of TV viewers around
the world who will be following this race...”
Forty years on, with the presence of the Peugeot
Total Team, the 2008 event should prove Camel true,
since this prestige race will be shown on Canal+
and Motors TV to more than 400 million viewers in
over 110 countries! |
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