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Largest winning margin: 349.808 km: In 1927 between a Bentley and a Salmson: 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)
Two years later, the French video game publisher Infogrames, who incidentally absorbed Ocean, released Le Mans 24 Hours for PlayStation and PC. The game was developed by UK company Eutechnyx. In the US the game was released under the name Test Drive: Le Mans. In the following year the same software house released Le Mans 24 Hours on the Dreamcast.
Game Boy Color owners probably won't find a more gripping racing game for their format." [64] Bryan Melville, however, gave the PlayStation version two-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "another sub par game in the series." [65] X-Play gave the Dreamcast version all five stars, saying, "In all, Test Drive Le Mans is the best racing game ...
Foyt won four editions of the Indianapolis 500, and collected seven open-wheel titles and a 24 Hours of Le Mans win. Andretti won three editions of the 12 Hours of Sebring, the 1969 Indianapolis 500, and also won four open-wheel titles, a Formula One world championship, and a class win and second overall finish at the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The winning #15 BMW V12 LMR Toyota was a top challenger throughout the race. This #3 Toyota GT-One was the lone finisher for Toyota, finishing second. When this #8 Audi R8R came home in third place, it marked the beginning of what was soon to become the era of Audi dominance at Le Mans. 1999 saw another increase in manufacturers involvement.
For Le Mans, three of the M382s were prepared, fitted with the bigger Cosworth DFL: the race-winning chassis would be driven by François Migault, Gordon Spice and Xavier Lapeyre. The premier car had Henri Pescarolo and Jean-Pierre Jaussaud (with five wins between them) while the third car had Rondeau himself with rally-specialist Jean Ragnotti .
Approximately 200,000 people attended the race. [1] The 1-2-3 finish of the Audi LMP900s marked the beginning of two dynasties, Audi's and Tom Kristensen's in the top-finishing Audi. [2] The Oreca team's GTS class winning, seventh place, 333 lap finish with the Chrysler Viper was the best ever with that car.
The 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans was a motor race staged at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France on 14 and 15 June 1969. It was the 37th Grand Prix of Endurance and was the eighth round of the 1969 International Championship for Makes .