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A late season Le Mans win for F1's all-rounders
Phillip van Osten
29/09/2024 at 12:1529/09/2024 at 12:06 Civil unrest in France in 1968 had forced the organizers of the 36th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours to reschedule their event to the end of September. The late season date meant cooler weather but also increased the amount of darkness the drivers would have to contend with in the endurance classic, but that was no deterrent for John Wyer's pair of aces, Lucien Bianchi and Pedro Rodriguez. Figuring among motorsport's greatest all-rounders, the Belgian-Mexican duo steered their JW Automotive Gulf-Ford GT40 to an outright win on this day 54 years ago. The triumph also delivered to Ford the manufacturer's title in the 1968 World...
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