With this year being the centenary of the Le Mans 24 hours race, the Le Mans Classic of last weekend was perhaps a bit more special than usual. Unfortunately I wasn't there but the good news was that a Mini Marcos did actually race during the weekend. This was a 1969 Mk3 car built up as a racer recently by a team from Perpignan. I only heard from them days before the weekend, but it seems they had a great time and the car looked good, too, although I understand it did not finish.
What's more: the team had one very special mechanic: Jean Pierre Brulé, who happens to be an original crew member of the 1966 Le Mans Mini Marcos team! I had been given a list with all the persons involved in the team by Hubert Giraud not long before he died, and Brulé certainly was on that list. There is no doubt I am eager to speak to him!
Why did it not finnish
ReplyDelete"Quelques temps après le départ de la dernière manche du Le Mans Classic 2023, notre Mini Marcos a décidé de s’arrêter et n’as plus accepté de redémarrer.
DeleteLa cause, le souci mécanique diagnostiquée lors des essaies qualificatifs ce sont aggravées.
Notre Mini Marcos n’as pas finit la 3eme et dernière manche au Le Mans Classic 2023 ….mais nous reviendrons !!!!"
Or translated: "Some time after the start of the last round of Le Mans Classic 2023, our Mini Marcos decided to stop and refused to restart.
DeleteThe cause, the mechanical problem diagnosed during qualifying tests, is aggravated.
Our Mini Marcos did not finish the 3rd and last round at Le Mans Classic 2023….but we will be back!!!!" I heard it ran on three cylinders, too