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| Location | Le Mans, France |
| Prints issue | LIMITED EDITION 30 prints ONLY |
| Shooting date | 24 juin 1962 |
| Original picture | Negative |
| Formats | Square |
| Era | 1960-1980 |
| Colors | Black&White |
| Collection | Endurance |
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events from the 1920's through to the early 1990's. The first colour images appeared in the mid 1950's and 30 years of unpublished 35mm colour images remain in the LAT Black Books.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.
In 1962, the Ferrari 250 GTO, the legendary 3-liter V12, bursts out of the forest's "Esses" at full speed. Leon Dernier and Jean (Blaton) Beurlys, driving for the Belgian National Team, finished 3rd. The tires on the tarmac accentuate the visual effect of speed in this photograph.
For their first participation, the Ferrari 250 GTOs were entered in the GT class, prepared by Mauro Forghieri. They dominated, securing 2nd place, less than 5 laps behind the leaders (Guichet/Noblet in car #19), and 3rd overall. Among the Belgians, Jean Blaton, known as "Beurlys" and uncle of Jacky Ickx, has a particularly special history with the Le Mans circuit, having participated 15 times and achieved 5 podium finishes, always with Ferrari. He was in charge of a major public works company… as well as a jazz enthusiast and saxophone player in his spare time. He finished second the following year, again driving a 250 GTO.
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