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« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2010, 02:28:33 pm » |
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We’ve already mentioned the 30th anniversary of Jean Rondeau and Jean-Pierre Jaussaud’s victory in the 1980 Le Mans 24 Hours, driving a Rondeau M382 in Le Point livery. It was the very first, and remains the only, victory at Le Mans for a driver/constructor and, as a bonus the constructor was a native of the Sarthe region. Thierry Rondel, the driving force of this project, had the unlikely dream of getting all 17 of the still-existing Rondeaus together. Thierry’s dream has almost come true, as he tells us that 13 cars will be at Le Mans in June, nine of which will be under their own steam. To commemorate this anniversary, The L'Epopée Inaltéra-Rondeau Association, and the ACO, have arranged the following programme: Friday morning 11 June: exhibition of two Inalteras and a Rondeau in the Place de la Mairie in Mulsanne. Michel Bonté will be signing copies of his book "Jean Rondeau, une histoire d'hommes". Friday afternoon 11 June : 13 Rondeaus will line up on the Le Mans 24 hours grid, with many of the drivers who drove these cars together with former team members. Saturday 12 June 12.30pm: parade of the 9 running Rondeaus, which will complete a lap of the circuit behind the Safety-Car, so that all spectators can applaud this wonderful project. Here are some photos of the cars, most of which raced at Le Mans. One of them features Thierry Rondel, to whom many thanks for the information, at the wheel of an Inaltera in the pit lane at Le Mans.
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