EPISODE · Jun 12, 2026 · 27 MIN
12th June 1999: The Race That Rewrote The Rules Part 2
from Chequered Past · host Martin Elliot
On the twelfth of June, across seventy-three years of motorsport history, Le Mans produced four races that refused to deliver the winner anyone expected. In 1926, Bentley ended up in a sandbank in the final half-hour while their competitor locked out the podium. In 1954, Ferrari held on by less than five kilometres after an engine that wouldn't fire at a pit stop nearly handed the race to Jaguar. In 1971, a car nobody expected to win set a distance record that stood for thirty-nine years — then its driver lost his career to a stone the following season. And in 1999, the most competitive grid Le Mans had ever seen produced one of its most dramatic finishes. Cover image: By Martin Lee - BMW V12 LMR - Pierluigi Martini, Yannick Dalmas & Joachim Winkelhock head towards Dunlop Bridge at the 1999 Le Mans, CC BY-SA 2.0, LinkSend us Fan MailMusic by #Mubert Music Rendering
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On the twelfth of June, across seventy-three years of motorsport history, Le Mans produced four races that refused to deliver the winner anyone expected. In 1926, Bentley ended up in a sandbank in the final half-hour while their competitor locked out the podium. In 1954, Ferrari held on by less than five kilometres after an engine that wouldn't fire at a pit stop nearly handed the race to Jaguar. In 1971, a car nobody expected to win set a distance record that stood for thir...
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