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The 82nd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is on.

Audi has won 12 of the last 15 events, the scion of Auto Union is trying to make it 13 this year. To do so, it will have to overcome a situation faced only three other times during its dominance of La Sarthe: underdog status. Toyota has won the first two races of the year and claimed pole for this race, the rumor being that this year it's Toyota's race to lose.

And then there's Porsche. It's been 16 years since the Stuttgart brand raced on the top rung at Le Mans, three years years since it announced its return, just a year since it acquired Mark Webber in a signing that wasn't subtle and a few months since we got eyes on the 919 Hybrid.

Based on the number of incidents over the past few days, we expect the race to be less than subtle, too. Head below for our notes on what we've seen and heard and read so far.Continue reading A few pre-race notes and a lot of photos from the 24 Hours of Le Mans

A few pre-race notes and a lot of photos from the 24 Hours of Le Mans originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 14 Jun 2014 09:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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