Le Mans 24 Hours 1966
#8 Ford GT40 Mk.II
John Whitmore / Frank Gardner
DNF
#2 Ford GT40 Mk.II
Bruce McLaren / Chris Amon
1st place overall, 1st place in P+5.0 category
#21 Ferrari 330 P3
Lorenzo Bandini / Jean Guichet
DNF
#7 Ford GT40 Mk.II
Graham Hill / Brian Muir
DNF
#27 Ferrari 330 P3
Richie Ginther / Pedro Rodríguez
DNF
The conditions were good for a Ford victory in 1966, even though there was strong opposition, as the Detroit team occupied almost 24% of the entire starting field. However, during the long race, the retirement rate was high and only 15 of 55 cars crossed the finish line. The yellow GT40 on the left was an early casualty, completing only 31 laps. Bandini and Guichet continued but eventually had to retire after 226 laps. It was the black GT40 of McLaren and Amon that completed the most laps in 24 hours, exactly 360, to win the race. It was unusual that the car that crossed the finish line first was not the winner. But that's exactly what happened to the "Kiwis" Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon in the black GT40 at the 1966 24 Hours. At the end of the race, Ken Miles and Denny Hulme were comfortably leading in their Shelby American Inc.-entered GT40. But Ford PR man Leo Bebe had a brilliant advertising idea and ordered them to slow down so that all three "surviving" GT 40s could cross the finish line in close formation. However, since McLaren and Amon had started from much further back in the field, but had now caught up with the leader and were on the same lap, they had actually overtaken the leading car and were declared winners. McLaren, who came to Europe in 1958, also had a successful career in Formula 1. He founded his own Formula 1 team and designed racing cars according to his own ideas. He tragically died while testing his own cars at the early age of 32. Amon, who came to Europe in 1962, was a talented Formula 1 driver, often considered one of the best drivers never to win a Formula 1 Grand Prix. He retired to his farm in New Zealand in 1977.
A watercolor by Uli Ehret
Limited edition art prints of 100 Pieces.
Art prints in "S-Format"
Frame outside: 33 x 28 cm
Glass format / passepartout format: 30 x 25 cm (standard glass)
Art print: 20 x 15 cm (260 g/m² paper)
Pencil sketch: 9 x 3 cm
Art prints in "M format"
Outer frame: 51 x 41 cm (Nielsen Alpha Aluminum)
Glass format / mount format: 50 x 40 cm (standard glass)
Art print: 40 x 28 cm (260 g/m² paper)
Pencil sketch: 15 x 4.5 cm
Art prints in "ORP format"
Art print: 64 x 50 cm
260 g/m² Fine Art Velvet paper, printed in 8 colors,
UV light protected,
Shipped rolled up in a cardboard tube, additionally packed in three-layer cardboard
On request, we can supply a passepartout in the format 83 x 69 cm
and also a frame without glass.
Canvas Prints
The standard format specifications mentioned indicate the outer dimensions of the stretcher frames.
The stretcher frames are 2 cm deep. The wooden slats of the stretcher frames are approximately 3 cm wide.
The art prints are delivered with a nano-film protected against UV light.
Upon request, we also deliver the canvas art prints rolled - not on the wooden stretcher frame., and we can also have them mounted on 4 cm thick wooden stretcher frames. Please send your request directly to: info@ehretdesign.de by email..
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