00:29Paddock action
Get acquainted with the start up grid02:28Starting grid
The cars line up for the new race start behind the safety car03:50Feature
The warm up lap starts with onboard views from the safety car05:31Start
The cars charge with a rolling start08:09Race action
A race update after the first hour09:18Pit stop
A Porsche pulls in with problems09:41Crash
Porsche 908 clips it's front left09:53Pit stop
The Alfa Romeo of Masten Gregory and Toine Hezemans pulls into the pits before retiring10:19Pit stop
A series of pitstops occur, Lola has problems10:19Pit stop
A series of pitstops occur, Lola has problems11:37Run off
Porche 911 runs off at Mulsanne12:42Pit stop
Another series of pitstops, with race updates16:59Race action
Race update at 2am18:57Pit stop
The morning round of pitstops19:46Crash
Scenes of abandoned race cars along the track21:02Pit stop
Pitstops just before the end of the race23:52Race finish
Dr. Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep win for Porche24:09Celebration
Crowds huddle around the winners as they head for the podium1971 24 Hours of Le Mans
Added on 7 Sep 2018
25:03Description
It was the debut of the “rolling start” with another Porsche victory with Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep in iconic Martini colours. Marko and van Lennep made history when they completed a record race distance of 5335 km, a record that stood until 2010.
Info
| Channel | 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| Program | 24 Hours of Le Mans: The Great History |
| Season | 1970-1979 |
| Episode title | 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| Episode number | 2 |
| Date added | 7 September 2018 |
| Original date | 13 June 1971 |
| Run time | 25:03 |
| Category | Racing coverage |
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