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Gulf blue back at Le Mans
First Gear
Apr 08, 2008
Aston Martin Racing is returning to Le Mans in June to defend its GT1 class title sporting the famed powder blue/orange colours of Gulf Oil. A pair of Aston DBR9s will try to repeat Gulf’s first victory at the 24-hour race 40 years ago — when Pedro Rodriguez and Lucien Bianchi drove their Ford GT40 to the overall win in 1968.
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