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It was, sadly, not to be a 50th anniversary present to remember for the Lola-Aston Martin team at the French classic this year.
Despite a very well presented and superbly executed team effort from the Gulf Backed squad, they were’ piped’ to the podium by a little under three laps.
The pace of the Peugeots proved the class of a star studded field. The Audis were almost literally “blown into the weeds” – although, had the all-star McNish/Kristensen car not suffered ECU and steering-wheel maladies, it could have been a LOT closer “up the sharp end”.
The team with the overwhelming support amongst the estimated 95,000 British Fans was, not surprisingly, the Gulf Astons. A sea of pale blue and orange was to be seen every-where one looked throughout the duration of the meeting, be it in Le Mans town on Tuesday or Friday for scrutineering and driver presentation, or at the Circuit itself during practice and the race. Let’s hope that the wave of good will for the marque translates into greater enthusiasm for the type of classic Astons that The Aston workshop both prides its self upon, and specialises in. After all, a DB9 GTR is not within everyone’s budget, but a DBS just might be……
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