Paru le 12/11/2015 | Relié sous jaquette 263 pages
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24 h Le Mans
In more ways than one the 83rd Le Mans 24 Hours left its mark on the legend of the race. First of all, Porsche scored its 17th victory in an event in which it already held the record for the number of outright wins. And secondly, a new outright lap record, all circuits combined, was set by the no.7 Audi. Porsche's success was achieved with a 919 Hybrid in which a grand prix driver making his Le Mans debut led the victorious trio. Then in Grand Touring, Corvette added another win to its tally in the LM GTE Pro category : it was the first for the C7.R, which followed in the footsteps of its glorious predecessors, the C5-R and the C6.R. In the other categories, Oreca finally added its name to the roll call of LM P2 winners thanks to the KCMG team from Hong Kong, in other words the People's Republic of China for which it was also a premier. In LM GTE Am a Russian team was on the topmost step of the podium, another first, in front of Patrick Dempsey's Porsche. The American has helped the Le Mans 24 Hours to acquire another dimension among an international audience who, up till now, didn't perhaps pay all that much attention to the Sarthe classic. Finally, this year's event is the best possible launch pad for the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours in which Audi and Toyota, beaten this year, will have but a single aim, revenge, while Corvette will have to cope with the return of a prestigious rival - Ford !
Jean-Marc Teissedre
It was through his love of model cars that math's teacher, Jean-Marc Teissedre, discovered his true vocation. This coincided with the launch of Auto Hebdo in 1976 to which he has remained faithful ever since becoming one of the best (if not the best) endurance racing journalists. He has also contributed to all the major books dedicated to his specialty with his usual talent and enthusiasm, including this Yearbook on which he has worked since 1978 with Christian Moity and more recently with Alain Bienvenu. In addition to his professionalism, he adds the meticulousness of the model maker he has always been as he created the magazine Auto Modélisme, of which he recently stepped down from the post of chief editor.
Alain Bienvenu
In 1976, when he was a history student he answered a classified ad in the magazine Sport Auto which was looking for a collaborator. It was the start of his career in the world of the motor car. He then worked for the DPPI photo agency followed by publishing with Automobile Year, the first issues of Auto Passion, Automobile magazine and finally Auto Plus. In addition to his job in the editorial departments of these magazines, he discovered the other aspects of the motor car (shows, tests, new models etc) and began to specialize in the history of makes and the people behind them. But he did not neglect racing with books written in collaboration with his two accomplices mentioned above : 50 Ans d'endurance for E-T-A-I and the Le Mans 24 Hours.
