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| Location | Le Mans |
| Prints issue | LIMITED EDITION 30 prints ONLY |
| Shooting date | 16 june 1963 |
| Original picture | Negative |
| Era | 1960-1980 |
| 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events from the 1920's through to the early 1990's. The first colour images appeared in the mid 1950's and 30 years of unpublished 35mm colour images remain in the LAT Black Books.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.
The battle between Ferrari and Ford is on. The AC Cobra Ford V8 4728cc of Ninian Sanderson (already a Le Mans winner in 1956) and Peter Bolton is undoubtedly no match for the Ferrari 250 GTO V12 2953cc of the highly experienced "Beurlys"/Langlois and Van Ophem, but at the Mulsanne corner of the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans, it seems the American car is about to disrupt the Italian beauty's progress. Since Henry Ford set his sights on winning at Le Mans, a gigantic armada has been mobilized. This 400hp AC Cobra, entered by former champion Stirling Moss for the Sunday Times, is the first illustration of a long and arduous journey for Ford.
Yet Ferrari, with its meager resources compared to the American giant, will maintain its advantage for a while longer. The Belgian national team's 250 GTO even managed the feat of slotting in between the two Scuderia prototypes, taking second place overall behind Scarfiotti/Bandini and completing an all-Italian podium. Ninian Sanderson and Peter Bolton, meanwhile, ultimately finished in 7th position, a respectable result for the first Le Mans appearance of an AC Cobra Ford.
