24 Hours of Le Mans
RETURN OF THE SILVER ARROWS
The 24-hour race on the semi-permanent Circuit de la Sarthe took place for the first time in 1923, making it the oldest endurance event in the world still held today. The prestigious race is organised annually by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). It has been an integral part of the FIA World Endurance Championship calendar since 2012.
2025 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 93rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will take place between 11 and 15 June this year. Twenty-six years after the last participation of the racing cars with the three-pointed star, we will be making a comeback at the endurance classic in 2025 with three Mercedes-AMG LMGT3s. These cars will be entered by the Customer Racing Team Iron Lynx, who is competing in the entire FIA World Endurance Championship season. The Mercedes-AMG LMGT3s bearing the numbers 60, 61 and 63 will sport a distinctive silver livery, evoking memories of the Sauber-Mercedes C9 which triumphed at Le Mans in 1989. The #60 line-up comprises Andrew Gilbert, Lorcan Hanafin and Fran Rueda, while Martin Berry, Lin Hodenius and Maxime Martin will take turns at the wheel of the #61. Brenton Grove, Stephen Grove and Luca Stolz will drive the #63.
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1989
Peak of a success era
In the 1989 FIA World Sportscar Championship, the legendary Sauber C9 wins seven out of eight championship races, including the 57th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. After 390 laps, Stanley Dickens, Jochen Mass and Manuel Reuter drove the car with starting number 63 to our second overall victory in the endurance classic. In the end, the lead over second-placed team-mates Kenny Acheson, Mauro Baldi and Gianfranco Brancatelli was five laps. The day before, Jean-Louis Schlesser had already qualified for pole position in the team's third Sauber C9.
