12 legendary Le Mans cars | Le Mans at FOS

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the world’s greatest motor race. Sure you can probably argue that there are more famous and potentially more challenging races, but the mixture of fame, danger and challenge marks Le Mans and its twice-round-the-clock challenge as one of the true greats.

Every year the Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard has a huge amount of legends of La Sarthe on the hill, from the very early days to the very latest ones, sometimes fresh from victory at Le Mans. Indeed this year will see the debut of Glickenhaus’s brand new SCG007 Le Mans Hypercar.

This is a selection of some of our favourites from over the years, from the single most successful chassis at Le Mans, a double-winning Ford GT40, to the stunning LMGTP Toyota GT-One.

Which of these is your favourite?

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TImestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:18 Porsche 962
01:00 Jaguar D-Type
02:01 Porsche 911 GT1-98
02:42 Ford GT40
03:34 Toyota GT-One
04:37 Audi R8 e-tron
05:36 Toyota TS040
06:21 Mazda 787B
07:33 Jaguar XJR9
08:38 Ferrari 312PB
09:27 Matra MS670B

#gw_porsche #gw_jaguar #gw_toyota #gw_audi #gw_ferrari

[GoodwoodRR]

What's your favourite Le Mans racer ever?

[_zigzak]

The toyota and mazda bring back all the gran turismo memories

[augustortiz]

The Toyota GT One is just god tier legendary. For me the most beautiful racecar ever.

[patrick]

Valentino Rossi and a Mazda 787B... what a curious and incredible combination!

[jordonpollock]

Gulf GT40, 787B, GT-One and XJR9... what an insane group of cars. Brings me back to my childhood blasting down La Sarthe on GT4 :)

[patrick]

It's very hard to pick a fav here on this list, but that Toyota GT one... what a stunning car!!!

[Nowheremt]

The sound of that Matra gives me chills…

[nananghermawan]

Damn, I cannot see the Toyota GT One with normal eyes anymore, my eyes would just turned down the graphics to Gran Turismo 2 everytime i see that beauty.

[joe]

Don’t forget the Panoz GTR-1. Sounds like thunder goes like lightening.

[wolfenher]

That Mazda 787B 26B 4-Rotary will never get old 🧡🧡🧡 Also that Toyota GT-One, what an absolutely legend of car back then 🔥

[ClevelandBrown]

The Mazda 787B will always be one of my favorites. And it sounds absolutely mental.

[C.I...]

The Toyota looks so strange without that one shine pattern from Gran Turismo 2.

[TheAtb]

I feel like the Oreca Viper would be at home here. :)

[hectorzambrano]

My favorite is the GT-One, mainly because of the Gran Turismo franchise.

[vencelfoldi]

This is like watching my childhood with Gran Turismo 4 being reanimated with real-life graphics.

[h_v_]

The gt1 is pretty but the noise from the 787B 😍😍😍

[grandicellichannel]

8:30 The 312 PB, what a glorious legend. The last Ferrari to win (no, DOMINATE) the WSC in 1972, and if it wasn't for Eng. Colombo (that took the place of Mauro Forghieri in 1973) that ruined it cornering capabilities with a longer wheelbase the majestic work of Forghieri whom created this masterpiece of prototype (along the V12 Matra and the Porsche 12-boxer, the most beautiful-sounding engine of all times...) it would have won also the 1973 Sportcars Champ. And we must NEVER forget the incredible effort of Arturo "Merza" at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1973, which finished 2nd for a matter of laps, and it would have won surely if it wasn't for the faulty gas tanks. BTW I must also say that it's a shame that none of the 1973s long-tailed 312s that raced at Monza, Spa and Le Mans exist today, since it was the most winning configuration of that year for the PB. If it wasn't for that, we would have seen one of these in this FOS clip, since the "short tail" never ran at Le Sarthe, it was only tested in August 1972 at LM along the long-tail sister, but the flat-12 wasn't still relaiable enough to withstand for 24 Hours, so the "Greatest Race in the World" that year never saw the Forghieri beast. The 1973 run to the glory was a close call, and Ferrari never ufficially returned again at Le Mans in the top class, after having cancelled the 1974 version of the prototype in favour of the F1 developement. Hopefully, in 2023 the things will change with the new Hypercar from Maranello... just let's cross the fingers toghether!

[guspisano]

The entire field sees the D-Type and says, "If this were a beauty contest, we just lost!" Also, Porsche 917K, please. Also, props to the Doctor. Fast guys know how to go fast

[LateralTwitlerLT]

The Gulf GT40, Mazda 787B, and the MatraMS670B gave me a triple eargasm 😍
Dear God, let me experience them IRL

[JoshGTmedia]

That GT40 sounds Incredible! Attwood behind the wheel too, what a combo! 👌🏼