BENTLEY SPEED 8 - LIMITED EDITION

Name: BENTLEY SPEED 8 - LIMITED EDITION
Brand: Sportfahrer Verlag
SKU: 9062
Price: 250 EUR
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THE COMPREHENSIVE STORY OF BENTLEY'S LAST LE MANS WINNER

Cotton Andrew

In 2003 Bentley won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the sixth time. Just three years earlier, the project was born from within the brand. The later Bentley Motorsport Director Brian Gush secured the... Read more

Publisher: Sportfahrer Verlag

Language: English

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Bentley Le mans

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In 2003 Bentley won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the sixth time. Just three years earlier, the project was born from within the brand. The later Bentley Motorsport Director Brian Gush secured the internal support of the corporate siblings VW and Audi and rolled out the Speed 8 project.

There, where Bentley had established its motorsport heritage between 1924 and 1930, the aim was to revive the brand and make a clear statement. Already in the first year 2001 a small sensation was achieved with a podium finish, in 2003 the legendary double victory followed after intensive development and test work.

In this comprehensive book, former team members, engineers and drivers have their say and quite a few of them contributed their photos. Starting with wind tunnel tests, the construction of the eleven chassis, test drives and races, author Andrew Cotton covers the entire development and racing history of Bentley's Le Mans winner of the modern era.

In the course of his research he had access to all e-mails, documents and drawings of the team and he interviewed all important contemporary witnesses who were involved in the project.

This standard work on perhaps one of the most beautifully designed sports cars of the modern era is rounded off with the chassis history of every Bentley Speed 8 built.

Bentley Speed 8 is limited to 550 numbered copies.