-
chased in a
works Bentley. When that car was put into the
sandbank at
Pontlieue corner, it was the
other works Bentley of
Woolf Barnato and Glen Kidston...
- into the city, and
after a
sharp right-hand
corner near the
river ****sne
Pontlieue bridge (a
hairpin permanently removed from the
circuit in 1929), before...
- Léonard's Chenard-Walcker
collided with a
lorry coming away from the
Pontlieue hairpin but was not
badly damaged. The
Sunbeams developed issues and were...
- the
country roads from
Mulsanne to
Arnage and from the start-line to
Pontlieue hairpin. For the spectators’
comfort and
entertainment through the event...
-
aimed at. To
ensure such a high
output Renault bought the SUP
factory at
Pontlieue [fr], to
start another UE 2 ****embly line there. On 1
April 1940 AMX had...
-
changes to the
circuit in the race's history. A new
section byp****ing
Pontlieue suburb was
built starting with a long
right turn
after the pits, going...
- new by-p**** road, the Rue de Circuit, was
built 600
metres ahead of the
Pontlieue hairpin at the edge of the city. It
reduced the
track length by 922 metres...
- the pits,
Pontlieue hairpin and near
Maison Blanche. The main road south, the
Ligne Droit or
Mulsanne Straight was tar-sealed. The
Pontlieue hairpin and...
- (Transferred from Saintes, 1960 - 1976) Laroche-Migennes (1965 - 1972) Le Mans-
Pontlieue (1951 - 1970)
Limoges (Since 1951)
Longueau (1970 - 1977) Lyon-Perrache...
-
better handling, the
Duesenbergs would be able to
brake later at the
Pontlieue and
Mulsanne hairpins at the end of long straights. In
practise the weight...
