Jaguar D Type Le Mans
The ferrari jaguar grudge match of 1954 the horrific tragedy of 1955 the ecurie ecosse privateer delight of 1956 the 1 2 3 4 jaguar dominance of 1957 and the disasters of 1958 all of these. This is the legendary jaguar d type a descendant of the dominant lm prototypes jaguar built in the late 1940s early 1950s.
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Rules for the 1958 le mans race limited engine sizes to three litres for sports racing cars which ended the domination of the 38 litre d type.
Jaguar d type le mans. The 1957 24 hours of le mans was the 25th running of the 24 hours of le mans grand prix of endurance and took place on 22 and 23 june 1957 on the circuit de la sarthe. A camera is strapped to the back of a d type and a microphone fitted to mike hawthorn so he can commentate his way around the circuit in 1956 the result is rare and revealing treat. Jaguar developed a 30 litre version to power d types in the 1958 1959 and 1960 le mans races but it proved unreliable and by 1960 no longer produced sufficient power to be competitive.
Gwmasters sponsored by iwc. The cars that preceeded this dominant machine were the xk models and. It was also the fifth round of the fia.
Vintage car nut gary pearson shares how he built a 1955 jaguar d type that raced at le mans from parts. World sports car championship. Some 250000 spectators had gathered for europes classic sports car race around an 838 mile course.
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