Johnny Herbert and the Mazda 787B

Motorsport Videos & Video News
November 23, 2011
- Last updated: September 19th 2019
November 23, 2011

In the January issue of Motor Sport we asked Aston Martin works driver Sam Hancock to get behind the wheel of the Mazda 787B that Johnny Herbert used to win the 1991 Le Mans 24 Hours.

However, at the 2011 Le Mans race Herbert was also given the keys to the rotary-engined machine after the car had been given a full rebuild by Mazda. Here are the videos of the rebuild and an impressively fast ‘display lap’ by Herbert at La Sarthe. Enjoy.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJGFBJlJrc[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaL0FWrDFjI[/youtube]

 

 

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Ed Foster

Ed returned from a stint in Milan, working on the Italian version of Autocar, and joined the team in August 2007 for nigh-on 10 years. As website editor, Ed wrote various features and is a regular contributor to TV and radio. He was awarded the MSA/Renault Young Motoring Journalist of the Year in January 2009 and the New Media Award in 2012.

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