1998 dawn of a new era - Gallery

Crowds and Clouds gathered in 1998.........

Flaming Groovies.........Doyle Risi Ferrari 333SP

Japanese supercar, French forests.........Toyota disappears from Arnage

Still elegant after all these years.....Thomas Bscher in the McLaren F1 GTR

Story of the race.........Toyota v Porsche

History lesson 1......the Courage C36 was back for one last tilt.......Henri Pescarolo joining Olivier Grouillard and Frank Montagny for his 32nd start in the race.......still a record

The start........Brundle and Schneider vie for top dog position

Colourful contraption.........

Legion of the Damned.........steering pump failure stopped the Stuttgart steamroller in its tracks

Test days Only...........Sparky the Hybrid Panoz

Wot u meen?..........Steve Soper in the BMW V12 Le Mans

Last one standing..............like the winner of bare knuckle prize fight the Porsche 911 GT1 98 of Allan McNish, Stephane Ortelli and Laurent Aiello pounded away till all the rivals fell away