Mazda Le Mans 1991

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1991 Mazda 787B, pictured with the RX-8 sports car, won the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1991. It was driven by Bertrand Gachot, Johnny Herbert and Volker Weidler and completed over 4900km at an average speed of 205km/h.

The Mazda 787B is the only car powered by a Wankel rotary engine to have won the classic race. Mazda is also the only car maker to have persisted with the use of rotary engines in a production car - the RX series.

The Le Mans race car is on display at the Mazda museum at the company's headquarters in Hiroshima, Japan [-6/'01].

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