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.

At extremely high speeds on the long straights at the Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe, the Mercedes CLR tended to build up air pressure under its nose, effectively pushing the whole car away from the ...

Mercedes and Iron Lynx's three-car team will run in the first running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans since the infamous CLR ...

That will give Mercedes a spot on the Le Mans grid, 26 years after its last entry with the CLR LM-GTP racer ... Mercedes is planning a new GT3 car to replace the long-serving current car after ...

This will mark the first time a Mercedes-badged car has raced at Le Mans since 1999, at which the famous incident of the CLR getting airborne on the Mulsanne forced Mercedes into an abrupt ...

Mercedes ended the CLK LM program, replacing it with the CLR prototype. That car had a disastrous outing at the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, with aerodynamic issues causing multiple high-speed flips.

Thr 963 LMDh has enjoyed incredible run in the WEC and IMSA after a rough start in 2023, with Le Mans now the last major race that the Multimatic-based car hasn ... the grid is Mercedes, which ...

Following the reveal of the Mercedes ... the basis of a Le Mans racer. It could also have bridged the gap between the 300 SLR racer of the ’50s and the later CLK and CLR competition cars ...