Aston Martin returns to Hotel de France - Motorsport.com
The hotel was the base for Aston Martin’s Le Mans racing team in the 1950s and 60s Le Mans - Aston Martin Racing and the Hotel de France reunited after more than 50 years yesterday to relive some of the most iconic memories from the luxury... Recreating the past In the 1950s and 1960s, Aston Martin’s racing team used the Hotel de France as its base for the 24-hour race. David Richards, Chairman of Aston Martin Racing, said: “The Hotel de France is an important part of Aston Martin’s motorsport heritage, having been the team’s Le Mans base for many years in the late 1950s, including 1959 when the team won the... The Hotel de France’s association with motorsport and the Le Mans 24-hour race started when John Wyer, Aston Martin’s then team manager, discovered it in 1952 and then based his teams there. The hotel first victory party Every year, hundreds of local people and motorsport enthusiasts would gather in the small French town to catch a glimpse of the cars and, in 1959, the hotel saw its first victory party, when the Aston Martin DBR1,... Source: www.motorsport.com
