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Picture story Le Mans Classic 2018 - "Saturday Night Fever" twice in Le Mans

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A photo story by Daniel Reinhard, published on July 9, 2018

Es war ein Wochenende der Superlative. Die Le Mans Classic lockte vom 6. bis 8. Juli 2018 über 135’000 Zuschauer an. Auf der Piste lieferten sich rund 700 Autos spannende Rennen bei Tag und bei Nacht, am Steuer viele der Legenden, die einst grosse Siege bei den 24 Stunden von Le Mans feierten.

Mit dieser Bildergeschichte zieht Daniel Reinhard Vergleiche zwischen den modernen 24 Stunden und er historischen Veranstaltung Le Mans Classic. Er zeigt Momente und Einstellungen, die vermutlich selbst den Leuten vor Ort entgangen sind.

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Two times "Saturday Night Fever" in Le Mans, ...

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... The first is the "24h du Mans" on June 15, 16 and 17 and the second is the "Le Mans Classic" on July 6, 7 and 8.

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For the photographer, this meant a trekking tour in France over 55 kilometers by day and by night with thousands of pictures.

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The Le Mans Classic 2018 was like a Porsche recall campaign. Thanks to the milestone birthday, there were more Porsches on site than ever before.

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Not only on the track, ...

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... but also in the "in-house" parking lot. As far as the eye could see, there was one Porsche next to the other.

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One last group photo before the start, ...

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... and then the little ones also had their "big" race.

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The traditional start time of 4 p.m. was moved forward by two hours years ago.

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The familiar "Le Mans start" is also only available at the "Le Mans Classic".

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In the first three plateaus, the pilots are still racing around the track, ...

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... jump into the car, start the engine and off we go.

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The extreme heat of well over 30 degrees not only caused problems for many engines, ...

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....auch fans had to be treated by the dozen. We are omitting the picture here for reasons of piety.

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The fern has remained the same for almost 100 years and is still visually very beautiful, ...

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... what has changed is the technology. And the aesthetics are always a matter of debate.

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In the past, a racing car was simply ravishing. A low, wide flounder like the GT40 was simply sensational, ...

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... today, a lot of lighting design has to be used to pimp up the current Ford.

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In the end, it looks like a disco on wheels and ...

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... not at all like a real racing car as it was back then.

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Unfortunately, the timetable of the Le Mans Classic takes no account at all of the photographers, because at the best moment ...

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... unfortunately there were only a few cab rides from BMW!

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A 24-hour race lives solely from the few hours of night.

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From a photographer's point of view, it doesn't really matter whether current or historic cars are on the road.

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"Arnage", the town named after a bend in the road, becomes the Reeperbahn at half past twelve at night.

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The police turn a blind eye, even when Amilcars from the 1920s are forced to burn out.

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In the dark, everything is made to glow, whether it's just the brake disks, ...

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... or the turbo fire, ...

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...or, as in the modern 24 Hours of Le Mans, the full program.

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In the early hours of the morning, when the fan has finally found his peace, ...

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... the drivers are still on the road, as are the photographers ...

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... and enjoy the magnificent sunrise.

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A new day awakens and nature enjoys the renewed warm rays of sunshine.

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Unfortunately, unlike the photographer, the driver hardly has time to enjoy this moment.

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Suddenly, tiredness creeps in everywhere, so one of them parks with damage, ...

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... the other turns into the damage ...

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... and the third party "gets" damage.

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Only very few people are lucky enough to have a self-repairing car. The Porsche 962C was probably one of them, as it broke down and was pushed away, ...

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... only to do a quick "tic-tac" once or twice and then get back into the race.

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By the way, BMW celebrated its comeback at Le Mans this year with the M8 GTE, ...

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where they took overall victory in 1999 with the V12 LMR and also drove the 3.0 CSL from 1972-77.

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While the modern 24 Hours finally ended with the eagerly awaited Toyota victory, there were plenty of winners in the historic category. That's nice!

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