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Niki Lauda’s 1984 Nürburgring Mercedes comes up for sale

The Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 Niki Lauda raced to second place in the 1984 Nürburgring celebrity race, comes up for auction. The car is up for sale at RM Sotheby’s auction at the Internationale St Moritzer Automobilwoche.

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30th Goodwood Festival of Speed gets going

With a superb display by the Red Arrows, festivities got going at the Goodwood Festival of Speed today. Here is a short impression.

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Le Mans Classic, the party of the century

This year’s Le Mans Classic, celebrating the centenary of the Le Mans 24 Hours, saw a massive crowd 235,000 entering the gates. With over 800 cars, the 11th running of Le Mans Classic was an event not to be missed.

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For sale, the most exciting GT1 that never raced

It’s a little-known fact, but in 2007 Koenigsegg had a car ready to race at Le Mans under GT1-rules. And then the rules changed. Now, Bonhams offers the Koenigsegg CCGT GT1 Competition Coupé for sale.

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1 in 3 wins at Spa 24 Hours goes to BMW

The Rowe Racing BMW M4 GT3 won last weekend’s Spa 24 Hours. Thus, they handed BMW a 25th overall victory in the Belgian classic.

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42 years on, BMW gets the Le Mans crew back together

To celebrate the 80th birthday of Prince Leopold von Bayern, BMW offered him a present. A drive at Le Mans Classic in the famous ‘Münchener Wirte’ liveried BMW M1.

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Le Mans Classic is in the starting blocks

ust weeks after the centenary running of the Le Mans 24 Hours, another party is ready to get under way: Le Mans Classic. It promises to be… well, another classic.

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Vesco makes it six Mille Miglia wins

Scuderia Villa Trasqua’s Andrea Vesco and Fabio Salvinelli recorded their sixth Mille Miglia-win last weekend. This edition was the longest yet.

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The Last Lap: on racing, on family, on deadly ambition

More than the memorial his father had built for him, it’s Pete Kreis’ cousin’s book ‘The Last Lap’ that will keep the memory of the Indy 500-star alive.

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Those yellow stripes on the Ferrari 499P explained

Did you notice the yellow stripes on the Ferrari 499P that won the Le Mans 24 Hours? These are a reference to the Ferrari 312PB that raced at Le Mans in 1973.