1994

While victory seemed a certainty for Toyota, this eventful race, where only 18 cars finished as classified, eluded the Japanese car an hour and a half from the finish. The Toyota n°1 stopped at the level of the exit of the pits caused by a blocked gearbox. 

Two Dauer took the opportunity to seize control. The private stable of German Jochen Dauer managed to have its cars registered as “Grand Touring” vehicles as they were toying with the new endurance racing regulations.

This minor administrative loophole made these Dauers the fastest homologated cars for road use during the 1990s. In reality, this name was keeping the Porsche 962s under wraps, even though it had already won the Le Mans 24 Hours six times in the 1980s.

This was an ultimate twist, while Mauro Baldi, Hurley Haywood and Yannick Dalmas climbed on the podium as leaders of Porsche dub the Dauer which officially become Dauer-Porsches. It was therefore a new Le Mans victory for the Stuttgart company!

Porsche gained legendary status at Le Mans. The model, which was created in 1948, was still very young when it made its debut at the 24 Hours race in 1951. Its participation in the race gave out a strong signal as the Second World War was not that far away. The fact it was installed in Téloché, a small village on the outskirts of Le Mans at the garage on rue du 8 Mai was also symbolic. 

Le Mans became a second home for the German manufacturer. With its fast and reliable cars, it followed up victories in certain categories before claiming its first victory in the general classification in 1970.

A record number of fastest laps that Porsche continues to increase. While we haven't seen it in the premier category since 2017 and the last of its three consecutive victories, the manufacturer is entering its Hyper car in 2023 to try to achieve a twentieth success!

Having been stationed in Le Mans in 1971, the 917 Pink Pig is remembered for its decoration which is conducive to arousing the appetites of rillette eaters. 

The anniversary model has iconic decorations and imposed itself in the GTE-Pro category to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the manufacturer in 2018.

The most notable Venturi at the start of the 1994 24 Hours race is number 30.

This Venturi 600 LM was the first Art Car of the 1990s. On this occasion, Hervé Poulain asked the great French visual artist Arman, the inventor of the accumulations, to design a livery in homage to the tile manufacturer Maury-Laribière, both a driver and sponsor of the car.

This repetition of the pattern of the tile creates the "Reptuile", a strange mechanical object between the dinosaur and the billboard.