Three eye witnesses describe ford's first two victories at the le mans 24 hours : edsel ford, whose father henry ford II initiated this programme to beat ferrari.

The third episode in our YouTube mini-series dedicated to racing families at the 24 Hours covers a deeply moving father-son relationship. It's the story of Eduardo Barrichello's first participation in the Le Mans classic, following in the footsteps of his father, Rubens.

After the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/a-youtube-mini-series-all-about-racing-families-at-the-2025-24-hours-of-le-mans-60044" target="_blank">Taylor</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/inside-the-vanthoors-the-vanthoor-brothers-at-the-2025-24-hours-of-le-mans-60076" target="_blank">Vanthoor</a>&nbsp;families, our&nbsp;YouTube mini-series about racing families at the 2025&nbsp;24 Hours&nbsp;continues with The Barrichellos Story spotlighting&nbsp;Eduardo Barrichello, the son of former F1 driver Rubens Barrichello who represented Racing Team Nederland at&nbsp;Le Mans in 2017 in the&nbsp;LMP2 category.

This year, Eduardo took his rookie&nbsp;start in the race at the wheel of Racing Spirit of Leman&#39;s #10&nbsp;Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3. This episode&nbsp;revisits that pivotal moment in his young career as he&nbsp;discovers the world&rsquo;s most demanding race.

But&nbsp;The Barrichellos Story&nbsp;goes beyond the sporting aspect of this relationship, revealing&nbsp;the closeness&nbsp;between the two,&nbsp;with Rubens thrilled to witness his son&#39;s first Le Mans experience. Watch&nbsp;how his&nbsp;advice, experience and kindness helped his Eduardo&nbsp;find his way in motorsport and&nbsp;realize&nbsp;his dream of participating in the 24 Hours.

This episode also delves into&nbsp;how Eduardo&rsquo;s race unfolded, including&nbsp;behind-the-scenes coverage of&nbsp;the Racing Spirit of Leman garage.

Check out&nbsp;The Barrichellos Story, the third&nbsp;episode in&nbsp;our&nbsp;2025 24 Hours of Le Mans YouTube mini-series, at the official&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/@24heuresdumans">24 Hours of Le&nbsp;Mans YouTube channel</a>.

24 Heures du Mans 2025 - The Barrichellos Story | A deeply connected father-son relationship

24 Heures du Mans 2025 – L’histoire des Barrichellos ou une relation père-fils profondément liée

The Barrichellos Story: a father-son duo bonded by the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA has announced its driver line-ups for the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship season. The American manufacturer is banking on continuity and experience.

Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA ended the 2025 season in fourth place in the FIA Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers&rsquo; Championship. Highlights of the campaign were undoubtedly a maiden victory in the 6 Hours of S&atilde;o Paulo and three pole positions, including Hyperpole at the 93rd 24 Hours of Le Mans. The outfit is banking on two talented, experienced driver line-ups to add further wins to its tally in 2026.

Alex Lynn,&nbsp;Norman Nato&nbsp;and Will Stevens scored points in every round in 2025 and will continue to&nbsp; share the wheel of the #12 <a href="https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/the-cadillac-v-series-r-under-the-microscope-ready-to-roar-for-america-at-le-mans-59659" target="_blank">Cadillac V-Series.R</a>. 
Thirty-year-old Jack Aitken will join Earl Bamber&nbsp;and S&eacute;bastien Bourdais&nbsp;in the #38 sister car. He will take the seat vacated by Jenson Button, the 2009 Formula One world champion, who is retiring after two seasons with JOTA.

&ldquo;We&rsquo;re delighted to welcome Jack on board,&rdquo;&nbsp;said JOTA Sport director and founder David Clark.&nbsp;&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been following his progress closely this year and have been really impressed by his raw pace and consistency &mdash; both essential ingredients for success in the Hypercar category. As an existing member of the wider Cadillac Racing driver family, Jack is a natural fit for us. He already understands the culture, the people, and the expectations within the Cadillac ecosystem. Beyond his performance on track, Jack&rsquo;s calm personality and team-first attitude make him an excellent addition to our driver line-up. We never take team chemistry for granted &mdash; six individual stars won&rsquo;t win endurance races, but six drivers who work as one can. Everything we&rsquo;ve seen from Jack so far shows he embodies that spirit, and we can&rsquo;t wait to see what he achieves with the team next season.&rdquo;

Aitken had the chance to try out the Cadillac V-Series.R in its FIA WEC set-up during the Rookie Test held the day after the Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain. Next season, he will also compete in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Action Express Racing.&nbsp;&ldquo;I am very appreciative that Cadillac has that trust and are willing to give me the opportunity,&rdquo; said the British racer. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s very exciting for me personally because I&rsquo;ve never raced in the WEC and I&rsquo;ve never raced with JOTA, even though we&rsquo;ve come close a couple of times and have had a relationship that is now coming to fruition. They have fantastic people &ndash; from the drivers to the staff &ndash; and it&rsquo;s a team that has had success in WEC.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m excited to try to take what I&rsquo;ve learned in IMSA at Action Express and bring that across to try to push things forward.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m excited to start the year and to double up on my time in the Cadillac V-Series.R.&rdquo;

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Ferrari won the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ titles in today’s Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain season finale, sealing the deal in style with a triple top five finish in Sakhir.

In its third campaign in FIA WEC&rsquo;s top-tier, the legendary Italian marque has been the benchmark all year in the Hypercar class, winning the opening four races with its 499P prototype to establish an advantage that none of its rivals was ultimately able to overcome.

The result represents the Prancing Horse&rsquo;s first global endurance racing success since lifting the laurels in the World Sportscar Championship more than half-a-century ago in 1972, ending up a commanding 75 points ahead of closest competitor Toyota in the Manufacturers&rsquo; classification.

To complete Ferrari&rsquo;s joy, its three crews locked out the top three positions in the Drivers&rsquo; standings. Courtesy of a fourth-place finish in Bahrain, Antonio Giovinazzi, James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi clinched the crown behind the wheel of the #51 Ferrari AF Corse entry, having led the way since triumphing on home turf at Imola back in April.

The runner-up spoils went the way of 24 Hours of Le Mans winners Robert Kubica, Phil Hanson and Yifei Ye in the privately-run #83 AF Corse 499P, with the #50 Ferrari AF Corse crew (Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina) taking third.

The final race of the season was won by outgoing Manufacturers&rsquo; World Champion Toyota.

In the LMGT3 class, Manthey 1st Phorm won the FIA ​​Endurance Trophy for LMGT3 teams. Riccardo Pera, Richard Lietz, and Ryan Hardwick were crowned champions in the drivers&#39; standings. They had also won at 24 Hours of Le Mans.

<a href="https://fiawec.tv/" target="_blank">Watch FIA WEC live</a>&nbsp;or on-demand via the official FIA WEC TV app &ndash; your full-access pass to the FIA World Endurance Championship including the iconic 24 Hours of Le Mans. Don&rsquo;t miss a moment. For further information, check out the app.

FIA WEC : Ferrari crowned FIA World Endurance Champions in Bahrain

The focus might have been on the title contenders, but TOYOTA GAZOO Racing reminded everybody just why the team is a multiple title-winner in the FIA World Endurance Championship by locking out the front row of the grid for the season-closing Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain (8 November).

The result replicated that achieved by the Japanese marque last year &ndash; a day before it clinched its seventh Manufacturers&rsquo; crown in the series. There might be no chance of another Toyota title 12 months on following a disappointing campaign at the international pinnacle of the discipline, but the brand has put itself in pole position to salvage its season with a podium finish if not better in tomorrow&rsquo;s race.&nbsp;

It was Kamui Kobayashi who posted the fastest lap behind the wheel of the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar that he shares with Mike Conway and Nyck de Vries, stopping the clocks 0.151secs quicker than Brendon Hartley in the sister #8 car. That represented the Japanese star&rsquo;s 18th career pole &ndash; second on the all-time list &ndash; and on Saturday, he will seek to similarly add an 18th victory to his glittering CV.&nbsp;

&ldquo;The car felt great, the lap was great and the team did a great job,&rdquo; Kobayashi enthused. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s no secret that we&rsquo;ve had a really tough season; we&rsquo;ve struggled a lot and still haven&rsquo;t finished on the podium yet this year, but we&rsquo;ve had a lot of success with the GR010 overall and tomorrow is its last race before we update it for 2026, so we&rsquo;ll be pushing hard to come away with a win.&rdquo;

Of the championship protagonists, Antonio Giovinazzi secured seventh spot in the #51 Ferrari AF Corse 499P. Together with James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi, the Italian is aiming to lift the laurels in the Drivers&rsquo; World Championship battle in Bahrain, as they enter the final race holding a 13-point advantage at the summit of the standings over the privately-run #83 AF Corse entry.

Robert Kubica put that car 12th in the pecking order, but far worse fortune befell the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963. Defending world champion K&eacute;vin Estre locked up heading into Turn One on his first flying lap, setting the tone for a frustrating session that ultimately left the red-and-white German prototype 18th and last on the Hypercar grid &ndash; an early blow to the Frenchman and team-mate Laurens Vanthoor&rsquo;s bid to turn the tables on their Ferrari rivals in the chase for the crown.

<h2>Lexus lights it up again in LMGT3&nbsp;</h2>

Finn Gehrsitz led an all Lexus and Mercedes top four lockout in LMGT3 qualifying, as title-chasing Manthey 1st Phorm struggled for speed under the fading Sakhir sun.

Gehrsitz posted two laps faster than any of his adversaries could muster in the top ten Hyperpole shootout to secure a second career pole in FIA WEC, having similarly topped the timesheets at Spa-Francorchamps back in May.

&gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="https://www.fiawec.com/en/news/toyota-en-premiere-ligne-des-bapco-energies-8-heures-de-bahrein/8536" target="_blank">Read the full story here</a> &lt;&lt;&lt;

Tomorrow&rsquo;s Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain will get underway at 14:00 local time (12:00 CET).

<a href="https://fiawec.tv/page/679a56921229db49627128a6" target="_blank">Watch FIA WEC live</a>&nbsp;or on-demand via the official FIA WEC TV app &ndash; your full-access pass to the FIA World Endurance Championship including the iconic 24 Hours of Le Mans. Don&rsquo;t miss a moment. For further information, check out the app.

FIA WEC : Outgoing champions outshine title protagonists in Bahrain qualifying

<div class="donneesIPTC">In this video from 2011, three eye witnesses describe Ford's first two victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours: Edsel Ford, whose father Henry Ford II initiated this programme to beat Ferrari, Racing Engine Engineer Mose Nowland and Dan Gurney who won the 24 Hours at the wheel of the Ford Mk IV in 1967. Commentary in English. </div>

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In 1966, the New Zealand duo of Chris Amon and Bruce McLaren (Ford Mk II) led a triple finish for the American manufacturer, completed by John Miles - Dennis Hulme and Ronnie Bucknum - Dick Hutcherson. The following year there was another Ford victory at the 24 hours for Dan Gurney and AJ Foyt (Ford Mk IV) persued by the Ferrari of Ludovico Scarfiotti and Michael Parkes. They were the first to cross the threshold of 5000 km traveled, despite retirement of seven of the nine Fords entered. Bruce McLaren and Mark Donohue also managed to go the distance, finishing fourth.

The winning streak of the Ford GT40 continued with the British team of John Wyer, who won with Pedro Rodriguez-Lucien Bianchi (1968) and Jacky Ickx-Jackie Oliver (1969), and made the blue and orange Gulf oil Company part of the legend of Le Mans.

The 90th anniversary 24 Hours of Le Mans will be on the 22nd and 23rd June 2013.

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Video : Ford victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966 and 1967

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