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13 Jun 2015, 18:27 (Ref:3548964) | #1 | |
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"Le Mans is Now a Sprint" - Who Said it First?
Yet again I hear mention that "Le Mans is now a sprint - not like the old days" (ACO TV coverage just a few minutes ago, but repeated ad infinitum elsewhere every year).
So my question is - who said it first and when? My entry is Murray Walker - during the BBC's coverage of the 1986 LM. Yes, back when Aunty Beeb covered proper motorsport. So 29 years ago it was 'now a sprint' - so was there actually a time when it wasn't? And more to the point, when are these commentators going to stop repeating it!!?? I think 29 years (at least) is maybe enough? |
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Need to watch that narrated lap by Mike Hawthorn in 1955 and see if he mentioned it!
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13 Jun 2015, 21:05 (Ref:3549184) | #3 | |
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I find it a bit of an exaggeration even now.
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13 Jun 2015, 23:12 (Ref:3549332) | #4 | |
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Derek Bell said something along those lines in the mid 80s on one of those season review.
Probably around the time the 956 came out I'd say. |
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I'd imagine around 1924 for the second running someone said it.
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I don't know who said it first, but I just said it most recently "Le Mans is now a sprint"
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I can't remember a Le Mans race where i did not hear it.
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I have always heard this since the end of Group C.
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