One car, three drivers, nine sets of tires, and 24 hours: the ingredients of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.Run each year since 1923, the 24 Hours of Le Mans race was originally created to demonstrate the reliability of the automobile. Over the last 91 years, it has become the most significant motorsports event on the planet.Just shy of 300,000 spectators bustled around the race grounds this year, eager to catch what is essentially year zero – a rebirth – of the aging event. New regulations brought new cars, new automakers, and reignited passions to the 24-hour race. June 14 was opening day in Le Mans, France, a small, indistinguishably European town that is annually overrun for the race. Also overrun are the town’s roads. The circuit is just shy of 8.5 miles around; the racers will drive it hundreds of times.The sun was out and the sky was clear as the racers lined up in the starting grid this year, the teams and the spectators alike knowing that anything could happen. Pedigree, budget, and technology could all be nullified on the hallowed Le Mans circuit.Over the next 24 hours, the cars would travel more than the distance between Los… Read full this story
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