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[Megatron]

I don't think Marlboro have ever won Le Mans, and to think of it for a company that put their name on anyone with a visor at some stages in F1, CART, Rally, etc, I can't remember two many Marlboro Le Mans efforts.

I can recall a Marlboro 956 around 83 or 84, who ran it? Any other serious Marlboro Le Mans or sports car efforts?

Though they did come close with their incredibly "sublimnal messages" adverts in 1999 with Toyota.

[Ross Stonefeld]

I know the guy who was in Marlboro motorsports during the Toyota thingy. It wasnt that much money to start with, and shortly after the rules became more restrictive. France has the most restrictions on tobacco advertising and you cant even run similar logos. Though Mclaren are allowed to run their David/Kimi stuff which imo is as close as running the Marlboro chevron sans logo.


And unfortunately we'll never see Martini back at Le Mans.

[petefenelon]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
I know the guy who was in Marlboro motorsports during the Toyota thingy. It wasnt that much money to start with, and shortly after the rules became more restrictive. France has the most restrictions on tobacco advertising and you cant even run similar logos. Though Mclaren are allowed to run their David/Kimi stuff which imo is as close as running the Marlboro chevron sans logo.


And unfortunately we'll never see Martini back at Le Mans.

Damn. ;(

A Martini Zytek would've looked damn good ;P

[Megatron]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
I know the guy who was in Marlboro motorsports during the Toyota thingy. It wasnt that much money to start with, and shortly after the rules became more restrictive. France has the most restrictions on tobacco advertising and you cant even run similar logos. Though Mclaren are allowed to run their David/Kimi stuff which imo is as close as running the Marlboro chevron sans logo.


And unfortunately we'll never see Martini back at Le Mans.

Yea I think there was a BMW privately entered in 2000 with a mysterious red/white/red scheme. I figured France had enough of the give away chevron signs and the deal was signed before the crack down. The BMW's colors never moved, if you will. It was stricly red/white/red. No chevron sign.

[Ross Stonefeld]

The Martini R8 looked even better.

[jarama]

Originally posted by Megatron

I can recall a Marlboro 956 around 83 or 84, who ran it?

It was in 1984 and finished in 6th position: the car was entered by SORGA, SA (race #8, frame #956104) and driven by Klaus Ludwig, Stefan Johansson & Bob Wollek.

[Megatron]

Do you think the factory's relationship with Rothmans kept Marlboro from any other 956/962s? 1984 was also the year of the factory Rothmans boycott.

I recall that one year one driver in the 936 had a Marlboro decal on his uniform. Though most drivers during the 70-mid 90s did.

[Jeremy Jackson]

Originally posted by Megatron
I can recall a Marlboro 956 around 83 or 84, who ran it? Any other serious Marlboro Le Mans or sports car efforts?

Joest racing ran that Marlboro 956-104 throughout the 1983 season.

There was a Marlboro-sponsored BMW M1 in 1980, driven by hans Stuck, hans-Georg Burger & Dominique Lacaud, and I think smaller Marlboro decals were on the March-built BMW M1 chassis in the same year.

[Megatron]

'Jo' Bonnier had a Marlboro decal on his car that fateful day at Le Mans didn't he? The Lola? Maybe I'm mistaken but I remember a highlight reel from 72 showing his car.

[petefenelon]

Originally posted by Megatron


Yea I think there was a BMW privately entered in 2000 with a mysterious red/white/red scheme.

The Bscher/Lees car, IIRC - I remember being very disappointed by it, I thought it'd be pretty much at the sharp end that year!

[GIGLEUX]

Originally posted by jarama



It was in 1984 and finished in 6th position: the car was entered by SORGA, SA (race #8, frame #956104) and driven by Klaus Ludwig, Stefan Johansson & Bob Wollek.

In fact it was in 1983.
1973: Marlboro stickers on the Porsche 908/2 n°4 of Ortega-Merello. They finished 7th.
1975: Marlboro stickers too on the Porsche 908/2 n°3 of Poirot-Cuynet. Did not finish.

[brooster51]

Ok a bit of an indirect way of proof, but this is a picture of a March BMW M1 at the Daytona 24-hour in 1980. It also ran at Le Mans. It also goes with out saying that it did not win!

Marlboro March BMW M1

[jph]

Can't remeber exactly which year and I'm several hundred miles from my reference material, but wasn't one of the early Japanesa Sigma-Mazda rotary engined group six cars Marlboro liveried? About 1975?

[Frank de Jong]

I can add the Siffert 1971 CanAm 917/10 (non-turbo); it had STP and Marlboro stickers.
Furthermore, Lancia raced the Stratos in group 4 (1975) and group 5 (1976) in Marlboro livery.

[JonC]

A Marlboro sponsored Porsche 911 GT1 ran at Le Mans in 1997, driven by Alain Ferté, Olivier Thévenin and Jürgen von Gartzen. It retired after 236 laps with engine failure.

Marlboro Porsche 911 GT1

[John B]

Another 1980 car, listed on this diecast page under IMSA class, 1980, raced by Hans Stuck et al:
http://www.diecastsp...eset78to81.html


I also see an Ecquator Marlboro team Porsche 908 was a DNQ in 1975 (several Ligier-Gitanes cars entered in that race, including 2nd place)