Great Read: Motor sport's greatest blast

100 years since the first Le Mans 24 Hours | View in browser FROM OUR ARCHIVE, OCTOBER 2020 | GARY WATKINS Great Read: The Mulsanne Straight, motor sport's greatest blast The very first Le Mans 24 Hours was started 100 years ago to this day. We'll be counting down to this year's centenary race with daily features on its most significant moments. But in today's Great Read, we look at the signature section of the world's greatest race track: the Mulsanne Straight Just over three and a half miles of public road. A flat-out blast lasting not much more than a minute. A place where the fastest cars reached 200mph and beyond. Legends were born here, and brave men died here. It is, of course, the Mulsanne Straight, a stretch of track that remains at the heart of the mystique of Le Mans 30 years on from its adulteration with a pair of chicanes. READ MORE PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES LE MANS | PAUL FEARNLEY The first Le Mans winners: 1923 French success that soon fizzled out   The first Le Mans 24 Hours was held a century ago in 1923, with much of the early success going to French teams who dominated the grid. It would be a short-lived period of superiority, however... READ MORE F1 | CAMBRIDGE KISBY Monaco Grand Prix circuit layout: how it's changed since 1929   Still remarkably similar to its original 1929 layout, the Monaco Grand Prix circuit has had a few alterations in its 94 year history. Here is every one that has shaped the modern F1 track READ MORE F1 | JAMES ELSON The greatest Gulf racing liveries: from 1960s Le Mans to modern F1        The famous Gulf livery lives on in F1, with Williams announcing that it will race a one-off version of the blue and orange paint scheme. Will its future be as prosperous as its historic racing past? READ MORE SHOP PROMOTION Bestsellers: Motor Sport shop Twice around the clock | Le Mans 100th Anniversary | Motor Sport Magazine | Collectors' Edition McLaren F1 GTR | 24H Le Mans | 100th Anniversary - 1995 Poster The World's Greatest Race | Motor Sport Magazine | Collector's Edition Bookazine Michael Delaney | Steve McQueen Le Mans 1971 | Replica Race Suit Blu Le Mans - Racing Stripe Motorsport GTO Holdall Le Mans: The Official History | Quentin Spurring | 7 Volume Bundle Share this newsletter: Stay up to date  Update your preferences to select the content you wish to receive.   UPDATE NOW  Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy. Motor Sport magazine, 18-20 Rosemont Road, London, NW3 6NE Company no. 05471049, Vat no. 871 544 60