Le Mans: the official history 1949-59
- ISBN: 9780992820961
- Depósito legal: n/a
- Edição: 09/2015
- Idioma: Inglês
- Dimensões: 29x24x2,8 cm
- Tipo: Livro
- Estado: Novo
- Editora: EVRO
- Autor: Spurring,Quentin
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Descrição
As the victorious manufacturers actively promoted their successes, their commercial rivals also set out to win. As many as 15 brought ‘works’ teams every June, with purpose-built cars. On-track performance soared. In 1949 the fastest car hit 135mph (217kph) on the unique Mulsanne straight. Before the end of the 1950s, top speeds exceeded 180mph (290kph).
This fascinating book tells the stories of these increasingly potent racing cars and conveys the punishing nature of an incomparable event – the ultimate test of the mental and physical abilities of the fragile individuals who make up racing teams, be they drivers, engineers, strategists or mechanics.
The thorough statistics in the book result from fresh research, and there are more than 400 evocative photographs, many of them – including very rare colour images – never published before.
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