The circuit

24 hours of the Mans

Since 1923, the 24 Heures du Mans together with the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco F1 Grand Prix, has written the great legend of motor racing. In 2007, with the arrival of the Peugeot Total Team, the mythic Le Mans race will generate even more suspense. Riding high on its initial successes at Monza and Valencia, the 908 HDi FAP will benchmark itself against the elite of endurance racing with 41 teams selected by the organization from 13 nationalities in a powerful demonstration of the global – and popular – appeal of this race. Since it was first held in 1923, the 24Heures du Mans has been an anthology of superlatives: 117 drivers have shared the victory, 74 races have been run, 24 different brands have experienced victor y, 13 different routes have been used, 8 different manufacturers have supplied cars for the winners, and in 2006 there were over 230,000 spectators!

Georges Camel already understood this unique dimension in 1967, when he wrote in Sport-Auto about the Le Mans race: “Since the heroic beginnings of motor racing, there has never been such a major event as the 24 Heures du Mans... The admittedly high number of spectators will only be a drop in the ocean compared to the masses of TV viewers around the world who will be following this race...” Forty years on, with the presence of the Peugeot Total Team, the 2008 event should prove Camel true, since this prestige race will be shown on Canal+ and Motors TV to more than 400 million viewers in over 110 countries!