{"id":713655,"date":"2026-06-04T00:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/713655\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:30:13","slug":"iconic-group-c-battle-1987-le-mans-24-hours-watchalong-with-anthony-davidson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/713655\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Group C battle: 1987 Le Mans 24 Hours watchalong with Anthony Davidson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/anthony-davidson\/829591\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Anthony Davidson<\/a> returns for another\u00a0Autosport Retro watchalong, joined by Kevin Turner, as they look back at the legendary 1987 Le Mans 24 Hours.<\/p>\n<p>As a former Peugeot and Toyota LMP1 factory driver with multiple Le Mans podiums, 2014 World Endurance Champion Davidson brings elite prototype experience to the commentary box. In a highly candid moment, the\u00a0sportscar veteran also opens up about his own harrowing, airborne crash at the Circuit de la Sarthe in 2012, offering a stark reminder of the perils of racing.<\/p>\n<p>The 1987 race is remembered for the titanic Group C battle between the high-downforce Jaguar XJR-8LMs and the mighty 3.0-litre Rothmans Porsches. We dive into all the key moments from the archive broadcast, from the sheer speed of the Sauber-Mercedes, to the early drama of Porsche lacking a spare chassis and Price Cobb\u2019s early crash.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion also explores the technical heartbreak of the era, including Porsche&#8217;s devastating piston failures caused by Bosch Motronic fuel incompatibilities, and heroic feats of endurance, such as Henri Pescarolo nursing his stricken car back to the pits after a broken universal joint.<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:<\/p>\n<p>            We want to hear from you!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">Let us know what you would like to see from us in the future.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our survey<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Autosport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Davidson returns for another\u00a0Autosport Retro watchalong, joined by Kevin Turner, as they look back at the legendary&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[346589,64,63,346590,346588,806,805,803,804,85,94075],"class_list":["post-713655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-24-hours-of-le-mans","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-circuit-de-la-sarthe","tag-iconic-group-c-battle-1987-le-mans-24-hours-watchalong-with-anthony-davidson","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports","tag-wec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}