Nearly 300 historic cars will pass through la Sarthe…
Competitors of the Tour Auto will pass through Le Mans on Tuesday the 23rd of April.
Founded in 1899 and revived in 1992, the Tour de France Automobile (Tour Auto) will be held from Tuesday the 23rd to Saturday the 27th of April 2013. In the first stop will be at the Grand Palais in Paris, the tour will make a short stop on the Circuit du Mans (between 11:30 and 14:30) before taking the road to Orleans through the famous Mulsanne corner. In 5 days, 2025 km will be travelled to La Rochelle via Vichy, Albi and Limoges.
Many of the models on the tour have also participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans on the list of entries in the Competition or Regularity classes. Note in particular the presence of several Ford GT40, Ferrari 365 GTB / 4, BMW 3.0 CSL and AC Cobra.
Drivers include, Jacques Laffite (9 participations in the 24 Hours of Le Mans) who will drive a Porsche 910 from 1970 and Erik Comas (8 participations, 2nd in 2005) a Lancia Stratos Gr IV 1974. As for Olivier Panis (winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring 2011), he will drive a Ferrari 308 Gr IV Michelotto 1976 co-driven by his friend Jean-Paul Driot, owner of the DAMS team in which he won the F3000 title in 1993.
