A fantastic weekend is promised at this year’s Le Mans Classic (6-8 July) that celebrates its 10th anniversary with more than 400 cars expected to take part in the action-packed racing around La Sarthe.
American cars and drivers will take centre stage this year with cars such as the creation of the late-great Carroll Shelby – the AC Cobra – and the car tasked with beating Ferrari at its own game – Ford’s four-time Le Mans winning GT40, not to mention Chevrolet Corvettes en masse.
The 90,000-plus spectators will be treated to a feast of motor sport courtesy of six classes ranging from Grid 1 (1923-1939) – which includes 2-litre Aston Martins, 4.5-litre Bentleys, the full range of period Bugattis, Talbot 105s, MG Midgets and Morgan 4-4s – to Class 2, covering 1949-’56 and cars such as Jaguar C-types, Maseratis, Austin-Healeys and Triumph TR2s.
Exceedingly rare metal will make up the third group (1957-’61) with the 1961 Ferrari 250LM, a restored AC Bristol LM, an Alfa Romeo SZ Tronca, a Cooper Monaco, a Peerless GT and a Porsche 718 RSK in the line-up.
