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A brief history of the 'Le Mans-style' start

The famous ‘Le Mans start’ Since the race’s inaugural meeting in 1923, tradition dictated a standing start. This later became known as a ‘Le Mans start’, and involved drivers lining their cars up along the pit wall in the order they qualified in. Racers would then have to stand on the opposite side of the track, and when the French Tricolor flag dropped the drivers would have to sprint to their cars, strap themselves in and begin racing.

Design Contest: Peugeot

The theme for the 3rd Peugeot Design Competition has been announced. Following on from the earlier contest themes of '2020' and 'Retrofuturism', the 3rd instalment of the contest challenges participants to design "the Peugeot of your dreams for the near future". "We want to know what amateur designers dream about in cars.

Enter the I Draw Cars Summer Sketch Off on Facebook

Our friends over at I Draw Cars are holding a sketch-off over the next two weeks on their Facebook page. It couldn't be easier to enter - create a sketch in any medium you like, submit it to contest@idrawcars.com, look out for it in I Draw Cars' ‘Summer Sketch Off' album and share it with your friends. The sketch with the most likes, wins.