The 24 Hours of Le Mans may be the single most relevant race in the world, establishing itself through 90 runnings as the definitive test of automotive speed and endurance. In its formative years it was the latter of those two terms that took precedence as all the entries aimed to make the finish first, go fast second. During the past several decades, however, car builders have more or less mastered the reliability aspect so that the race has become a flat-out sprint from beginning to end.
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