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Originally posted by Howard Agency
Rover BRM Turbine 1963 Le Mans???
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A winner!
It ran at LeMans in '63 only with the number 00, as no official class could be agreed to within the ACO for a turbine engined car. After the rest of the field had left via the traditional start with drivers running to their cars angled at the side of the track, the Rover BRM Turbine "00" was flagged off seperately .
Graham Hill and Richie Ginther covered 2582.96 miles at an average of 107.84 mph. They would have finished 8th overall, had the petulant Froggies let them be classified.
The #27 Porsche is the (by then) ancient 718 Coupe of Jo Bonnier and Tony Maggs.
The great Graham Hill warming his feet(!) in the toasty Rover BRM turbine exhaust during testing at the Sarthe, April 1963:
Tim