Rebellion-Williams Esports came out on top in the inaugural edition of the virtual Le Mans 24 Hours, thansk to the team's #13 car. Glamorous, dangerous, elusive, pioneering… Sportscar Racing in the 1950s was certainly all of these things, epitomised perhaps by the 24 hours race of Le Mans. Mercedes Benz – 2 Titles.
The first Le Mans race was run in 1923; an endurance through public roads dominated by French, British and Italian teams driving Bugatti, Bentley and Alfa Romeo.
Mercedes won their first race in 1952 and had been involved in the earlier years of Le Mans racing their iconic 300SLR, then the 1955 tragedy happened. The overall winners of all events since 1923 are listed here.
The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 heures du Mans) is the world's oldest sports car endurance race and one of the most famous and influential in motorsports history.. Chenard & Walker Sport was the first to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1923. BMW's participation in the LMGTE Pro class will be one of the big draws of the 86th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) 2018/2019 Super Season. The Mercedes-Benz CLR was a set of racing cars developed for Mercedes-Benz through a collaboration with in-house tuning division Mercedes-AMG and motorsports specialists HWA GmbH. Designed to meet Le Mans Grand Touring Prototype regulations, the CLRs were intended to compete in sports car events during 1999, most notably at the 24 Hours of Le Mans which Mercedes had last won in 1989.
The fastest non-motorised sports. For the third installment in this series, here is a look back at the marque's fielding of prototypes, climaxing in 1999, the crown jewel in an already impressive track record full of class victories. Mercedes-Benz Wins 1952 24 Hours of Le Mans June 11, 2012 by Sports Car Digest 3 Comments The 1952 24 Hours of Le Mans was staged June 14-15 at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. W.D.WINS Le Mans Roadster.
It was the third in a series of sports cars raced by Mercedes, following the CLK GTRs and CLK LMs that had debute With 20 Le Mans wins, the Porsche car company are by far the most successful at Le Mans. The race has been run every year since its inception with the exception of 1936, when the race was not run due to worker strikes, and 1940 to 1948, due to World War II.