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Mazda 787B on display at Le Mans 2011 24-hour race After Le Mans, the winning car (787B-002) was retired from duty while the other two cars (787B-001 and new 787B-003) continued to race. Mazda would go on to finish fourth and fifth in the Japanese and world championship respectively, with a season high (besides Le Mans) third in the 1000 km ...
Mazda 787B Mazda R26B 2.6L quad-rotary: D: 355 7 Category 2 58 Konrad Motorsport Joest Porsche Racing: Derek Bell Hans-Joachim Stuck Frank Jelinski: Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.2L F6 twin turbo: G: 347 8 Category 2 56 Mazdaspeed Yojiro Terada Pierre Dieudonné Takashi Yorino: Mazda 787B Mazda R26B 2.6L quad-rotary: D: 346 9 Category 2 11 ...
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.
The Mazda 787B, winner of the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans. Mazdaspeed began in 1967 as "Mazda Sports Corner", an independent racing team [2] and tuning operation run by Takayoshi Ohashi, who also ran Mazda's Tokyo distributor.
The Mazda 787B, winner of the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans race. In 1991, a four-rotor Mazda 787B (2622 cc actual, rated by FIA formula at 4708 cc) won the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race outright. The 787B's triumph remains unparalleled, as it remains the only non-piston-engined car ever to win at Le Mans, and Mazda is the first Japanese brand to ...
In 1991, Weidler teamed with Johnny Herbert and Bertrand Gachot to win Le Mans behind the wheel of the Wankel engine-powered Mazda 787B, marking also the first win of the legendary French race by both a Japanese manufacturer and engine supplier. This Wankel engine-powered car was noted for being very loud.
Mazda had known their race-winning Mazda 787B was being rendered obsolete under the new regulations, so started investigating a potential 3.5-litre car. Mazdaspeed used their connection to sister-company Jaguar, through their parent Ford company, to order their XJR-14 composite monocoques.
During 1991, he also drove two rounds of the Fuji Long Distance Sports Car Series, co-driving a Mazda 787B, finishing fourth both times. [3] His decision at the July round to stop his car and aid a fellow competitor who had suffered a puncture at high speed would earn him the Sportsman Award at the 1991 Autosport Awards .