24 Hours of Le Mans 1982
In 1982, the FIA World Sportscar Championship launched new regulations Introducing Group C sportscars. For its first 24 hours race in Group C, Porsche won all the podium places, with the 3 Rothmans-sponsored Porsche 956 ending in perfect formation across the finish line exactly as were their racing numbers.
Derek Bell: “We worked like crazy.”
At the Porsche Experience Centre in Leipzig, Bell, Mass, Stuck and Schneider encountered the winning car from the 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans with chassis number 956-002.
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