Sutton 16x12 photo le mans 24 hrs 1971 multi signed
This is an Original Sutton 16"x 12" colour photograph showing the start of the 24 hours race of Le Mans 1971. The photograph has been hand signed by participants Richard Attwood Porsche 917K, Bjorn Waldegard (1943/2014) Porsche 911S, Derek Bell Porsche 917L. Alain de Cadenet Ferrari 512M Jackie Oliver Porsche 917L . Henri Pescarolo Ferrari 512F and David Hobbs Ferrari 512M (2)
The 1971 Le Mans 24 Hours saw Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep win for the Martini Racing Porsche 917K, setting a distance record of 5,335 kilometres at an average of 222 km/h that stood unbroken until 2010. Their car ran a magnesium-alloy chassis built for outright speed, and the pair followed team orders to manage the race rather than chase the sister Wyer-Gulf cars. It was the final Le Mans for the 917 before regulation changes pushed it aside, and a landmark in Porsche's golden run at the Sarthe. Sutton's images capture the era's pit-lane intensity.