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Le Mans Racing Circuit. Motor racing art prints featuring the famous Le Mans circuit and Ferrari, Jaguar and MG race cars. The Le Mans circuit is famous for its 24 hour race. |
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1963 Le Mans by Graham Turner. The winning works entered Ferrari 250P of Ludovico Scarfiotti and Lorenzo Bandini leads the second placed Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 250GTO of Jean Blaton (Beurlys) and Gerald Langlois van Ophem into Tertre Rouge. |
1957 Le Mans by Graham Turner. In 1957, Jaguar D-Types filled the top four places at Le Mans and scored the third successive victory for the marque in the classic 24-hour race. Here, the winning Ecurie Ecosse entry, driven by Ron Flockhart and Ivor Bueb, accelerates out of Tertre Rouge and onto the Mulsanne straight. |
1971 Le Mans by Graham Turner. The winning Porsche 917K of Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep flashes through the Mulsanne kink ahead of the Siffert/Bell long-tailed 917. The fastest cars attained over 230mph on the Mulsanne straight in this year, and the winning car took victory at a record average speed of 138.19 mph over the 24 hours. |
1998 Le Mans by Graham Turner. Winners of the 1998 Le Mans 24 Hours, the Porsche 911 GT1-98 of McNish, Ortelli and Aiello powers out of the second chicane and on down the Mulsanne straight. |
1960 Le Mans by Graham Turner. The victorious Ferrari TR60 of Paul Frere and Olivier Gendebien rounds Arnage corner. |
1953 Le Mans by Graham Turner. Tony Rolt, driving the Jaguar C-type he and Duncan Hamilton took to victory in the 1953 Le Mans 24 Hour race, leads the Ascari/Villoresi Ferrari and the Moss/Walker Jaguar. |
1930 Le Mans by Michael Turner. The winning Kidston/Barnato Bentley fights off the Mercedes challenge. |
E-Type at Tertre Rouge by Keith Woodcock. For the 1962 Le Mans 24 hour race, Jaguar prepared an E-Type for Briggs Cunningham. At the track, it transpired that Roy Salvadori was too tall for the Birdcage Maseratis he had planned to drive, he therefore partnered Briggs Cunningham in the E-Type to bring her home in a memorable 4th place overall, 3rd in class and 3rd in the GT category at an average speed of 107.9 mph. The painting depicts the E-Type leading a Ferrari through Tertre Rouge. |
1969 Le Mans by Graham Turner. The Ford GT40 of Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver leads the Herrmann/Larrousse Porsche 908 during the exciting final laps of the 1969 Le Mans 24 Hours, the two cars finishing just yards apart at the finish. |
Jaguar at Le Mans by Graham Bosworth. A celebration of the 50th anniversary of Jaguars first appearance at Le Mans in June 1950, when three privately owned XK120s competed. The majority of models that have racewd over the years are depicted including all the winning cars. Jaguar won Le Mans on seven occasions : C Type - 1951 and 1953, D Type - 1955, 1956 and 1957, XJR9 - 1988, XJR12 - 1990. |
Ferrari at Le Mans by Graham Bosworth. The second in the Le Mans series by Graham Bosworth, this time Ferrari at Le Mans, from their first victory in 1949 they followed up with a total of 8 victories during the following 16 years. |
MG at Le Mans by Graham Bosworth. MG have raced at Le Mans as works teams and private entries since 1930. The models depicted include: M, C and P type Midgets, K3 Magnette, TC and TD Specials, MGA, MGA Twin Cam, MGB with the latest being the MG Lola EX257, which ran in 2001. |
Top Cat by Graham Bosworth. TWR Jaguar XJR 9LM - Winner of the 1988 Le Mans. The car in this image is shown at maximum speed on the Mulsanne Straight (240mph) Drivers: Jan Lammers, Johnny Dumfries and Andy Wallace. This was the first win for Jaguar since 1957. Previous victories at Le Mans were in 1951 and 1953 with C types and in 1955, 1956 and 1957 with D types. Jaguar also won Le Mans in 1990 with the XJR 12LM. |
Whistling Through the Esses by Michael Turner. In 1963 the Rover-BRM made history at Le Mans, Graham Hill and Richie Ginther racing against the clock and covering 2,553 miles to win a special award for the first gas turbine car to beat the target. |
Night Stop at Le Mans by Michael Turner The Ferrari P4 of Scarfiotti/Parkes makes a pit stop during the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hours. |
1989 Le Mans by Michael Turner. The victorious Sauber-Mercedes leading the third placed Porsche past the crowded pits on Sunday morning. |
1967 Le Mans by Graham Turner. The Ferrari 330 P4, one of the most beautiful and charismatic sportscars of all time, here driven by Ludovico Scarfiotti and Mike Parkes, sweeps into the Esses during the early laps of the gripping 1967 Le Mans 24 Hours. |
Jaguar's Return to Le Mans by Keith Woodcock. Return to Le Mans depicts the Group 44, Inc. Jaguar XJR-5 V-12 leading the Le Mans 24 hour race in June 1984. The return of the factory supported Jaguars dominated the headlines leading up to the race. The cars were designed by Lee Dykstra and driven by Bob Tullius, Brian Redman and Doc Bundy in the number 44 car and John Watson, Adam Adamowicz and Ballot Lena in the number 40 car. |
Night Stop - Le Mans 1935 by Keith Woodcock. In 1935 seven Aston Martin Ulsters were entered in the Le Mans 24hr race. These 1.5 litre cars acquitted themselves superbly, finishing 3rd, 8th, 11th, 12th and 15th overall, won the index of performance, was 1st in the 1500cc class and secured the Rudge-Whitworth Cup for 1935. They finished only seven laps behind the much more powerful 4.5 litre Lagonda and a 2.3 litre supercharged Alfa Romeo. Charles Martin also achieved a new class lap record of 81mph which stood until 1950. |
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