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Le Mans 24h, H21: Cadillac, Toyota, Ferrari battle it out for the win

WHAT A BATTLE ! Between #6 Porsche & Ferrari #51! 🥊#LeMans24 #WEC pic.twitter.com/PVg5bd2wvg

Le Mans 24h, H9: Toyota leads Porsche after Kubica penalty for causing crash

Le Mans 24h, H9: Toyota leads Porsche after Kubica penalty for causing crash

After nine hours of frantic action, Toyota’s Ryo Hirakawa led in its #8 car after erstwhile leader Kubica was given a 30s stop/go penalty for causing a huge crash on the Mulsanne Straight.

Le Mans-leading Ferrari hit with big penalty for BMW crash

Le Mans-leading Ferrari hit with big penalty for BMW crash

AF Corse driver Robert Kubica was trying to put a lap on Dries Vanthoor in the seventh hour of the race when he side-swiped the BMW at the end of the Mulsanne straight, sending the car head-on into the barriers.

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Le Mans-leading Ferrari slapped with big penalty for Kubica's BMW clash

AF Corse driver Robert Kubica was trying to put a lap on Dries Vanthoor in the seventh hour of the race when he side-swiped the BMW at the end of the Mulsanne straight, sending the car head-on into the barriers.

Roger Dorchy obituary: 250mph Le Mans top-speed record holder dies aged 78

Yet his place in the history of the French enduro was sealed when he hit more than 250mph on the Mulsanne Straight at the wheel of a Peugeot-powered WM Group C car during the race in 1988.

Ferrari spins out of Le Mans lead as Toyota loses a car

The #51 Ferrari 499P was holding a comfortable lead of some 47 seconds at the head of the field over the Peugeot of Nico Muller when Pier Guidi lost control heading into the first chicane on the Mulsanne straight.

Archive: When Le Mans made its most controversial change

Three decades on from the addition of chicanes to the Mulsanne Straight, changing the nature of the Le Mans 24 Hours forever, in June 2020 Autosport polled drivers and engineers from 1990 to recall the first iteration of the modern race

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Le Mans and Daytona rename their chicanes after each other

Le Mans and Daytona rename their chicanes after each other

The Bus Stop chicane on Daytona’s road course has been renamed the Le Mans Chicane and the first chicane on the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans has been renamed Daytona Chicane.

Name change for first Mulsanne Chicane deepens Le Mans-IMSA ties

Name change for first Mulsanne Chicane deepens Le Mans-IMSA ties

The first chicane on the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans has been renamed the Daytona Chicane, a reciprocal agreement described as a strengthening of the relationship between the circuits' bosses.

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