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The 82nd 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 82e 24 Heures du Mans) was an 24-hour automobile endurance racing event for teams of three drivers entering Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars held from 11 to 15 June 2014 at the Circuit de la Sarthe close to Le Mans, France. It was the 82nd running of the event, as organized by the ...
The 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship season was the third season of the FIA World Endurance Championship auto racing series, co-organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes and grand tourer -style racing cars from four ACO categories.
Neel Jani (born 8 December 1983) [2] is a Swiss professional racing driver. [3] [4]He achieved his greatest success winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016 after first joining Porsche's LMP1 programme for the 2014 season driving in the FIA World Endurance Championship. [5]
2014 European Le Mans Series. The 2014 European Le Mans Series season was the eleventh season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest 's European Le Mans Series. The five-event season began at Silverstone Circuit, in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship, from 18–19 April and ended at Autódromo do Estoril on 19 October. [1]
3. Olivier Gendebien, Phil Hill (1958, 1961, 1962) Jacky Ickx, Derek Bell (1975, 1981, 1982) Tom Kristensen, Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro (2000, 2001, 2002) Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer (2011, 2012, 2014) Lowest start position before win. 16th. Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood in 1970.
Odette Siko was one of the first two women to drive in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and competed in four editions overall. Joan Richmond was the first Australian woman to compete at Le Mans. Lella Lombardi drove in four Le Mans races and finished second in her class at the 1976 race. Vanina Ickx finished a career-high seventh place at the 2011 24 ...
The 2014 United SportsCar Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship) was the inaugural season of the International Motor Sports Association 's new series created out of a merger of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series and the first to be held under the name as the United ...
Tom Kristensen has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans nine times, more than any other driver.. The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is an annual 24-hour automobile endurance race organised by the automotive group Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and held on the Circuit de la Sarthe race track close to the city of Le Mans, the capital of the French department of Sarthe.