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The 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 63rd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 17 and 18 June 1995 in one of the wettest races in the event's history with about 17 hours of steady rain. The race was won by the #59 McLaren F1 GTR driven by JJ Lehto , Yannick Dalmas and Masanori Sekiya entered in the GT1 category.
Highest average race speed by a winner: 225.228 km/h (140 mph) Audi R15+ TDI in 2010: Highest average lap speed (qualifying) 251.881 km/h (157 mph) Kamui Kobayashi with a Toyota TS050 Hybrid in 2017: Highest average lap speed (race) 248.628 km/h (154 mph) Mike Conway with a Toyota TS050 Hybrid in 2019: Highest top speed: 407 km/h (253 mph)
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.
4th at 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans. Sold to Lanzante Motorsport and campaigned in British GT in 1996, scoring one win and the GT1 drivers championship. #03R Modified from road car chassis #027 for David Price Racing ("West Racing") for BPR in 1995, scoring 3 wins and winning the teams championship. Did not finish 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans.
His first Le Mans was in 1970 in a works-entered Ferrari 512, with co-driver Ronnie Peterson, his last in 1996 racing a McLaren F1 GTR. Bell achieved his highest ever speed at Le Mans at the 1971 Le Mans 24 hours April test day, reaching a calculated top speed of 246 mph on the Mulsanne Straight in the JW Gulf Porsche 917 LH.
The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. [1] It is widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious races, [2] [3] and is one of the races—along with the Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500—that form the Triple Crown of Motorsport, and is also one of the races alongside the 24 ...
Both engines were mated to a Hewland 6-speed sequential transmission, the use of which would later plague the cars in the Le Mans race. The NSX made three appearances at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in 1994, 1995, and 1996. Three Honda NSXs were entered in the 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans.
4-speed 700R4 automatic; 4+3-speed ... engine installed to take to attempt to race at the Le Mans 24 ... competed in the popular GT1 class in 1995 at Le Mans and ...