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Le Mans hosted the fastest racing cars on the planet, top speeds on the Mulsanne straight exceeding 250mph for the first time in 1988. This decade’s new Group C regulations challenged motorsport engineers to achieve race-winning engine performance while saving fuel, fostering the original rationale of this historic event as a proving ground for emerging technologies. After seven impressive Porsche successes, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz, both returning to motorsport after long absences, won in 1988 and 1989.