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n 1999 Mercedes’ new Le Mans prototype car, named the CLR, famously decided to take up aerobatics, ending up airborne on three separate occasions at the famous track in Sarthe, France. Today we ...
In the late 1990s, Mercedes-Benz and its partners at AMG were heavily involved in motorsport, and one of their main goals was winning the most famous of all endurance races, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Mercedes World Endurance Championship squad Iron Lynx will run a special livery at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours to celebrate the German marque’s victory of the famous enduro in 1989. The ...
The Silver Arrows have skipped Le Mans since 1999, but that hasn’t stopped motorsport fans from dreaming of a glorious return – and the AMG One sounded like a probable candidate for the comeback.
Twenty years on, the horrific Mercedes CLR crashes at Le Mans are fresh in our minds. Here's why they happened. By Kyle Kinard Published: Jun 24, 2019. Save Article. Frank Peters // Getty Images.
Toyota won at Le Mans this year, and thankfully, nobody went airborne. But that hasn’t always been the case at Le Mans, especially in the late 1990s. Especially if you’re in a Mercedes CLR.