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| The Le Mans 24 Hours; Le Mans, July 28-29, 1956 |
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| In the wake of the horror of 1955, the Le Mans organizers decreed that prototypes could not exceed 2.5 liters in displacement. However, Jaguar convinced the organizers that the D-type was not a prototype and were allowed to retain their 3.4 liter motor. Only one of these three lovely cars would finish, and only in sixth place, being the Mike Hawthorn and Ivor Bueb n. 1, although they did set a new lap record. The other two works D-types and one of the Ferraris were eliminated in a third lap crash at the Esses due to a very slippery and wet road. |
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