Pescarolo forced to miss Le Mans

July 7, 2014

Sports car legend Henri Pescarolo will have no competitive involvement in the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time in 40 years.

Pescarolo, 67, will not be involved in this year’s edition of the 24 Hours after the team that bears his name pulled out of the event. Pescarolo would have run the team he set up for the 2000 season had a buyout with the owner of the Renault Formula 1 team gone ahead.

Gravity Sports Management and Genii Capital pulled out of a deal to take over Pescarolo Sport in April. The Sora composites group, which bought the team in the winter of 2008-09, subsequently scratched its Le Mans entries at the start of May.

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Gary has devoted his adult life to covering the world’s major sports car races, and is one of the most respected journalists in the sport. He was formerly on the staff of Autosport magazine and has been a regular contributor to Motor Sport since the start of this century.

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