The famous annual dedicated to this important race (the first volume published in 1978) ? the course of each competitor ? of the figures, the statistics, all the classifications ? a technical analysis ? a historical file of each year, Jean-Marc Teissèdre and Christian Moity take care of the editorial part. With more than 500 photographs to illustrate the report of the year 2005.
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An Owner's Review (2005 Le Mans 24 Hours).,
By Maelstrom "VMIFerrari" (Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 2005 Le Mans 24 Hours (Hardcover)
I own several of these Le Mans annuals by Christian Moity. Let me just say that they are REQUIRED for any fan of endurance racing. Most of the editions are in English but be careful.....some are in French and ONLY available in French (1982 is a prime example). The earlier editions from the late 1970's through early 1980's feature mostly black and white photos but there's NO SHORTAGE of them: Every page is full of detailed pictures from that year's 24 hour race. The newer editions from the mid-1990's forward are in full color and the photos are FANTASTIC! The 2005 edition follows the story of the awesome Audi R8 making it's final appearance at Le Mans. It was a fierce battle between the 3 older Audi's and the state-of-the-art Pescarolos. In the end, the Champion Racing Audi R8 #3 from Florida took the overall win (Giving Tom Kristensen his 7th). It also follows the return of Aston Martin with the beautiful DBR9's fighting against the new factory Corvette C6-R's and Ferrari 550's. Each book gives you an in depth look at the men/women and machines that take part in the gruelling race. The books usually start off with a historical section devoted to some sort of significant achievement at Le Mans. For example, Cadillac returned to La Sarthe in 2000 for the first time in decades so the historical section was devoted to Cadillacs at Le Mans. The same has been done for Corvette, Bentley, Aston Martin, etc. If there are no particular marques making a historic return to the race, then the section usually talks about what happened decades ago. For instance, if you have a 2002 annual you'll be able to see all the things that happened in years ending in 2. The books show you the complete entry list for the year (One car per page) as well as the drivers, sponsers, etc. Detailed statistics are provided regarding practice times, qualifying, the race itself (Hour by Hour), and finally the race results. The books are so well detailed they even give you the hour by hour pit stops of each individual car along with mountains of additional information. These books are well worth the price of owning them but be warned.....the older they get, the harder they will be to find and they will be EXSPENSIVE! (Yes, these books do appreciate in value) I have a rare English version of the 1979 race that has never been opened.....try finding one of those! The easiest edition to find right now is the 2003 annual (Won by Bentley). Anything older than 1999, however, is practically impossible. Try to buy them the same year they come out; that way you can be reasonably sure about finding a copy.
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