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1971 Daytona 24 Hours www.porscheroadandrace.com A visit to the Musée des 24H Le Mans Published: 20th November 2020 By: Glen Smale Online version: https://www.porscheroadandrace.com/a-visit-to-the-musee-des-24h-le-mans/ This large poster announced the 50th anniversary of the first victory by the Porsche 917 at www.porscheroadandrace.com the 1970 Le Mans 24 Hour race It all started back in early March of 2020. I had a trip planned to visit the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, to conduct another extensive photo shoot expedition. The afternoon before I was due to leave, at 15h15 to be precise, I received a call from Porsche to say, “Don’t come!” I was speechless, but managed to stutter a garbled, “What do you mean don’t come? I am leaving tomorrow morning early and I have my ferry booked and all the accommodation arranged!” The reply was, “The Stuttgart City Council has closed all public spaces, schools, restaurants and more, and there will be no-one to receive you at Porsche.” In the main exhibition hall, the visitor is greeted by the 1998 winning Porsche 911 GT1 There was nothing I could do about it, and I just had to accept the situation as it was, because Europe was at the beginning of what would become its first lockdown. The www.porscheroadandrace.com coronavirus pandemic had taken hold, and the world would not be the same again. The UK was only a matter of weeks behind Europe, and soon the whole world would be plunged into the surreal situation of being told to stay at home. The Porsche 907/8 was raced primarily during the 1967-68 seasons and was powered by a 2.2-litre engine. This is the short-tail “K” version This was a first for almost everyone alive, but there was nothing to do but knuckle down and get all those tasks done that did not require leaving home. In some ways this did not affect my work too much, as being a self-employed freelance motorsport journalist, this was where I did most of my work anyway. Then we got news that the Le Mans 24 Hours itself was being postponed until later in the year. www.porscheroadandrace.com The Ford that famously beat Ferrari was the GT40. This vehicle shows how the ‘wool tuft test’ was used for testing the aerodynamic efficiency of the body This threw things up in the air a bit, as the whole world just got on with accepting this new regime of doing nothing, but being an inventive lot, we always had a plan at the ready that we could kick into action at a moment’s notice. In time we did indeed get news that the 24- hour race was to be held over the weekend of 19-20 September. So when the call came from Porsche that the coast was clear, I arranged my now rescheduled trip to coincide perfectly to finish just at the start of the Le Mans week. That way I would be able to cover all the bases in one long trip. www.porscheroadandrace.com A large section of the exhibition hall was given over to this extensive scale model display of the vehicles that have competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours over the years At quite a late stage of the proceedings, I was informed that two of the cars I wanted to photograph in Stuttgart had in fact been sent to Le Mans for the 50 years anniversary of Porsche’s first win in the 24-hour race. It was disappointing for sure, but some swift phoning around saw Plan B swing into action, and I arranged to photograph these two cars at the ACO Museum just before the start of the 24-hour racing action. Believe me, arranging this whole expedition from Porsche Road & Race Towers in Wales, including my Covid-19 test, was no small matter but in the end it all came together perfectly. www.porscheroadandrace.com A large section of the exhibition hall was given over to this extensive scale model display of the vehicles that have competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours over the years Finally the day arrived for my departure and long story short, the whole Stuttgart side of the trip went off well. With that side of things completed, I set a course for Le Mans and Phase 2 of the adventure. As planned, I arrived at the ACO Museum at 16h30 on Tuesday 15 September to confirm my photo shoot the next morning at 08h00, before any visitors arrived. Of course it had slipped my mind that the Museum wouldn’t be having too many visitors that week due to the Le Mans 24 Hour race taking place ‘behind closed doors’ and so no spectators would have made the trip. Be that as it may, I headed off for my Covid-19 test at the circuit, a pre-requisite for attending the 24-hour race as a member of the media. Make no mistake, the importance and privilege of being invited to attend this year’s event as a photographer, was not lost on me! www.porscheroadandrace.com A large section of the exhibition hall was given over to this extensive scale model display of the vehicles that have competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours over the years Bright and early the next morning I arrived at the ACO Museum and was shown in via a back door to carry out my photo shoot. This I did and while photographing cars in a Museum never produces great results, it was though important to do it as this photographic record would form part of the history of those two cars. It didn’t take long to complete my work, and while I was there, I thought it would be a good idea to explore a little as it had been many years since my last visit to see the display in the Museum, and seeing as there were no visitors, I pretty much had the place to myself. www.porscheroadandrace.com A large section of the exhibition hall was given over to this extensive scale model display of the vehicles that have competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours over the years Some background The museum was created in 1961 at Le Mans. At first, the museum was located within the circuit enclosure but it was then moved and bought by la Sarthe Council, a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, in 1991. It once again became the property of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) in 2017. www.porscheroadandrace.com The LMGTP #7 Bentley Speed 8 driven to victory by Rinaldo Capello, Tom Kristensen and Guy Smith in the 2003 Le Mans 24 Hours This LMP1 Toyota 94C-V finished second in the 1994 Le Mans 24 Hours in the hands of Eddie Irvine, Mauro Martini and Jeff Krosnoff www.porscheroadandrace.com In a normal year, the museum would expect to see nearly 125,000 visitors but of course in 2020, this number would have fallen to a mere trickle. The staff organise three thematic exhibitions per year at the Museum, celebrating automobile and historical anniversaries linked to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. So the work load for the staff is fairly intense as there is a lot to organise, and having seen it first hand, I can vouch for this. This #9 Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 won the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours in the hands of David Brabham, Marc Gené and Alexander Wurz 50th anniversary of Porsche’s maiden victory It goes without saying that Porsche can claim the highest number of Le Mans wins by a manufacturer, this number being 19 overall victories. The next highest is Audi with 13 wins followed by Ferrari with nine wins. Porsche has also amassed a total of 107 class victories and Ferrari is second with 37 class victories in the 24-hour race. www.porscheroadandrace.com Le Mans winners all – (from L-R) 1998 Porsche GT1, 1987 Porsche 962 C and 1981 Porsche 936/81 With it being such a momentous anniversary, it seemed fitting to recognise this achievement by working my way around the museum and photographing those cars which would have played a part in the races that Porsche won, rivals included. In collaboration with the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, the Musée des 24H Le Mans pulled together some of Porsche’s iconic race cars in a dedicated display to mark this significant anniversary. www.porscheroadandrace.com This car was the 1969 Geneva Motor Show display car, the first of the 917 LH cars (chassis #917-001) famously displaying the #917 on the side Besides the just nineteen Porsches winners, the number of other Porsches that have played an important or memorable part in the history of the Le Mans 24 Hours, it simply would not be possible to display all of these cars. But certainly some of the significant race cars from Stuttgart could be seen, along with other marques that have at times risen to the top of the podium. www.porscheroadandrace.com The #17 Gulf 917 LH (chassis #045) was driven by Jo Siffert and Derek Bell in the 1971 Le Mans race. The car qualified third for the start but posted a DNF in the race, retiring with engine problems Appropriately set aside in a separate display, six Porsche 917s represent the important role that the 917 played at Le Mans for the Porsche brand.
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