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Video: The last lap of the 1991 24 hours of Le Mans

Submitted by on June 9, 2014

Mazda 787B

A magic moment as Mazda become the first and only Japanese manufacturer to ever win the legendary race.

Watch as Johnny Herbert pushes beyond the normal limits of human strength and endurance to hold off the likes of Jaguar, Peugeot, Porsche and Mercedes to grasp a monumental victory. He was so exhausted, dehydrated and food-poisoned that immediately he fell into the arms of his father following the race. Real racing.

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