MORE LE MANS CARS WILL BE ON DISPLAY
18 November 2006 - Autosport International

NEW LE MANS FEATURE CARS - FERRARI, NISSAN AND GRAHAM HILL''S MATRA

The latest addition to the Le Mans 24 Hour Feature is the Ferrari 512 BB LM, of which only 25 were produced from 1979 to 1982. The Ferrari driven by Nick Faure, Steve O’Rourke and Bernard de Dryver in 1979 will be on display. The Pininfarina design body featured a longitudinally, mid-mounted 12-cylinder engine driving the rear wheels, built specifically for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. At its inaugural Le Mans appearance, the 512 BB LM finished in a disappointing 12th but modifications and improvements were made and in 1981 a 512 BB LM scored a class triumph at Le Mans.

The Matra MS670, driven to victory in 1972 by Graham Hill and Henri Pescarolo, will also be exhibited. Hill had not been to Le Mans since 1966 and he was one of eight current or future Grand Prix drivers who made up the four-car Matra team. This was a justly popular win – the first for a French car since the Rosiers'' Talbot triumphed in 1950.

In 1990 Mark Blundell became the youngest driver ever to reach pole position in Le Mans, with a six second margin driving the Nissan R90 CK works car. Blundell will be reunited with his car when he attends the show on Saturday.

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