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| Location | Sebring |
| Prints issue | LIMITED EDITION 30 prints ONLY |
| Shooting date | 21 march 1970 |
| Original picture | Negative |
| Era | 1960-1980 |
| Colors | Black&White |
| Collection | Celebs |
| New products | New works |
Motorsport Images has the largest motoring picture collection in the world. The archive houses approximately 18 million images of which in the region of half are black and white negatives and glass plates. The library is made up of images from the world of motor sport since it began and every conceivable road car since it's invention. This incredible archive is the result of the amalgamation of a number of previously separate archives, which are now housed under one roof.
Many of the images are published pictures from the magazines owned and bought by Haymarket over the years and the archive contains the original prints from the very first 'Autocar' issue published in 1895 right through to the present day issue. 'The Motor' archive contains more sporting images with black and white negatives, glass plate and acetate from 1924 - subjects include road cars, sprints, hill climbs, motor shows and Grands Prix.
The original Teesdale Company supplied pictures to 'MotorSport' magazine (founded in 1924) and Motoring News (founded in 1955) and has over 4 million black & white negatives of motor racing events from the 1920's through to the early 1990's. The first colour images appeared in the mid 1950's and 30 years of unpublished 35mm colour images remain in the LAT Black Books. LAT now supplies the Haymarket Media Group, commercial clients, the worldwide media and agencies with motor sport coverage from around the world from Formula 1 to karting.
The 'Autosport' archive contains images from the world's leading motorsport weekly. Since 1950 all aspects of motor racing from Formula 1, Le Mans and sports cars, rallying, single seaters and club racing have been photographed and archived in colour and black and white formats.
This photo captures another side of the movie star that was Steve McQueen. Undoubtedly, the real McQueen when he was living his passion for racing.
March 21, 1970, night fell on the finish of the 12 Hours of Sebring, the second race on the International Championship for Makes calendar, and the privately entered Porsche 908, driven by Peter Revson and Steve McQueen, stayed close to the Ferrari 512S of Andretti/Vaccarella/Giunti right up to the checkered flag.
Yet, a few weeks before the great classic held in the heart of Florida on a former airfield, McQueen broke his foot while motocrossing. In a cast, he managed to drive his Porsche 908, but had to hand over the wheel of the prototype to Peter Revson much more often than initially planned. This marked the beginning of a great friendship between the two drivers. Revson was one of the best American drivers of the moment, and was recommended to the actor by Gérard Crombac, editor-in-chief of Sport Auto magazine and McQueen's technical advisor during the filming of Le Mans.
Surrounded by his fellow racing drivers, Steve McQueen was no longer just a movie star; he became once again the passionate motorsport enthusiast he had always been, forgetting that his insurers had forbidden him from driving.
