Glen Smale 
Le Mans 100 [PDF ebook] 
A Century at the World’s Greatest Endurance Race

Marvel at 100 years of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the official illustrated history packed with photography, narrative,  and race results.
Held on the Circuit de la Sarthe comprising closed public roads and dedicated racecourse, Le Mans features cars and two-driver teams that can cover more than 3, 000 miles during the race.
Le Mans 100 is a thorough year-by-year history showcasing all aspects of the grueling contest, including:
 

• A slew of legendary marques and models , including Porsche, Ferrari, Ford, Corvette, Cobra, Mercedes-Benz, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Audi, Toyota, BMW, Mc Laren, and more


• A  who’s-who of motorsport legends  like Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, Carroll Shelby, Dan Gurney, Ken Miles, Jackie Ickx, Derek Bell, and Tom Kristensen (among dozens others)


• All the classes that ran in each year’s event, including the top LMP1 and LMP2 (Le Mans Prototype) categories and GT (grand tourer) 


• A list of each year’s top three overall finishers

In addition, author and award-winning Le Mans historian Glen Smale details touchstone events such as the late-1960s
battles between Ford and Ferrari popularized in the film
Ford vs Ferrari, and the
1955 tragedy that claimed the lives of more than 80 spectators.
The
oldest active endurance race  is intended to showcase mechanical reliability as much as driver skill and fortitude. This
beautifully designed and extensively illustrated book  celebrates those attributes, chronicling the exploits of
both factory-sponsored cars and privateer entries , from the early open-cockpit racers right through to today’s hybrid era.
Compiled by a meticulous author with a passion for motorsport,  
Le Mans 100 is the ultimate chronicle of a marquee race.

Sobre o autor

Born in 1967 in Hobro, Denmark, Tom Kristensen is the most successful racer of sports cars there has ever been, with record tallies of victories in the Le Mans 24 Hours (nine) and the Sebring 12 Hours (six). He wrote this book in collaboration with Lars Krone.