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The A.C.O., the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, organiser of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, has change the date of the next edition of the classic endurance race.
The 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours will take place on 22-23 June. It will mark the 90th anniversary of the event.
The test day will now be held on Sunday 9th June, and the scrutineering (technical and administrative checks) will be performed on Sunday 16th and Monday 17th June.
The dates of the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours, initially scheduled for 15-16 June, have been put back by a week at the request of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in order to harmonize the world calendar of motor racing events.
The full calendar of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, of which the Le Mans 24 Hours race is the blue riband event, will be announced in September 2012.
It is worth recalling that this event was conceived at the 1922 Motor Show in the Grand Palais in Paris.
The idea emerged from a meeting between Charles Faroux, a journalist from La Vie Automobile, Georges Durand, the ACO general secretary, some eminent members of the club, and Emille Coquille, the French representative of the Rudge-Whitworth detachable wheels company.
The 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours will take place on 22-23 June. It will mark the 90th anniversary of the event.
The test day will now be held on Sunday 9th June, and the scrutineering (technical and administrative checks) will be performed on Sunday 16th and Monday 17th June.
The dates of the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours, initially scheduled for 15-16 June, have been put back by a week at the request of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in order to harmonize the world calendar of motor racing events.
The full calendar of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, of which the Le Mans 24 Hours race is the blue riband event, will be announced in September 2012.
It is worth recalling that this event was conceived at the 1922 Motor Show in the Grand Palais in Paris.
The idea emerged from a meeting between Charles Faroux, a journalist from La Vie Automobile, Georges Durand, the ACO general secretary, some eminent members of the club, and Emille Coquille, the French representative of the Rudge-Whitworth detachable wheels company.