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Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans is a 2015 documentary film detailing the actor's quest to make the 1971 film Le Mans, complete with interviews from his then-wife Neile Adams McQueen, co-stars Louise Edlind and Siegfried Rauch, and McQueen's son Chad McQueen. It also includes recordings from John Sturges and Steve McQueen.
In 1963, Ford Motor Company Vice President Lee Iacocca proposes to Henry Ford II to boost their car sales by purchasing Ferrari, dominant in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.Owner Enzo Ferrari uses Ford's offer to secure a deal with Fiat that allows him to retain ownership of the firm's racing team, Scuderia Ferrari, and insults Ford and his whole company.
The 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 39th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 12 and 13 June 1971. It was the ninth round of the 1971 International Championship for Makes . This year would be the swansong of the mighty 5-litre engines – the incoming regulations would put a 3-litre limit on engine capacity for Group 5 Sports Cars .
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.
Her American productions included A Global Affair (1964), starring Bob Hope, and Le Mans (1971), in which she played opposite Steve McQueen. [1] Andersen and McQueen reportedly had an affair during the filming. [4] One of the Porsche 911S sports coupes used in the production was given to Andersen as partial compensation for her work in the film ...
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1971 & 2010: Fastest lap in race: 3:17.297: Mike Conway with a Toyota TS050 Hybrid in 2019: Fastest lap (since 1990, pole position) 3:14.791: Kamui Kobayashi with a Toyota TS050 Hybrid in 2017: Fastest lap (until 1989, pole position) 3:13.90: Pedro Rodríguez with a Porsche 917 in 1971: Smallest winning margin: 20 meters: In 1966 between two ...
His racing film, entitled Le Mans, was released in 1971. The production team began by using connections to Grand Prix drivers such as Dan Gurney , Carroll Shelby and former Grand Prix World Champion Phil Hill , who all assisted them in trying to break through an otherwise reluctant European establishment.