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Offline Werner

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Oldest winner?
« on: October 18, 2005, 08:54:12 am »
Anyone has a clue who was the oldest driver that ever scored an overall win at Le Mans?
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Re: Oldest winner?
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2005, 11:10:52 am »
The best guess is Graham Hill who I think would have been 50ish when he won in 72

just checked, Hill was 'only' 43, still pretty old granted but I doubt he was the oldest winner.
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Re: Oldest winner?
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2005, 03:27:20 pm »
Without consulting the web or books I'm gonna go with "Pappy" Jean Pierre Jaussaud. I think he was around 43 or so when he won with Jean Rondeau in 1980.
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