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| Location | Le Mans, France |
| Prints issue | LIMITED EDITION 30 prints ONLY |
| Shooting date | 19 june 1932 |
| Original picture | Glass Plate |
| Era | 1858-1960 |
| Colors | Black&White |
| Collection | Endurance |
| 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events from the 1920's through to the early 1990's. The first colour images appeared in the mid 1950's and 30 years of unpublished 35mm colour images remain in the LAT Black Books.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.
Luigi Chinetti is the only driver to have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans both before and after the war, but here, during his first victory, the expression on his face contrasts sharply with the good humor of the great Raymond Sommer. The latter has certainly just definitively earned his nickname "Wild Boar of the Ardennes" during this edition, which was destined for the conquering official Alfa Romeos of Scuderia Ferrari.
The diminutive Italian, ill at the start of the race, was forced to let Sommer drive the privately entered Alfa Romeo 8C 2349cc for 18 of the 24 hours of the event. Chinetti is undoubtedly struggling to savor his first Le Mans victory.
It is also the second consecutive victory for a privately entered Alfa Romeo, the official Scuderia Ferrari cars having been overly aggressive from the start, perhaps a little too early to maintain their pace and challenge Sommer.h.
