The Endurance Racing Legends race was one of the absolute highlights of this year's Le Mans Classic. No doubt attracted by the Le Mans Centenary celebrations, some truly fantastic recent prototypes and GT cars lined up for the two heats. Among them was the only privately owned Toyota GT-One. This particular chassis had qualified on pole position at Le Mans in 1999 and is today part of a formidable collection of a gentleman racer. He was behind the wheel himself and finished second in the feature race and won the sprint race on Sunday. From the same stable comes this Porsche 911 GT1 Evolution. It was raced by the factory team at Le Mans in 1997 and was subsequently sold to the United States where it was campaigned by Champion Motors. One of three works cars built in 1997, it was restored to its original guise for the current custodian. A third GT1 car that starred at Le Mans and later also at the Festival of Speed was this Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello. It has a somewhat unusual history as it was never campaigned by the Prodrive team but instead was sold direct to a Japanese customer. CRD 07 was raced with limited success in the Japanese GT Championship and has more recently been restored to full running order by Venture Engineering.
This morning the range topping Mercedes-AMG SL 63 S E Performance has broken cover. Powered by a hybrid drivetrain consisting of a twin-turbo V8 and a single electric motor, it boasts a combined 804 bhp and a maximum torque of 1,420 Nm.

Enjoy the links:

2003 Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello (CRD 07)

2024 Mercedes-AMG SL 63 S E Performance

1997 Porsche 911 GT1 Evolution (993-GT1-005)

1999 Toyota GT-One (LM907)